Scott Boras Will Always Win

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I think we all have or had someone in our lives—whether it be a family member, friend, classmate, or colleague—that no matter what happens to them, they always land on their feet.

Usually these people are smug and borderline arrogant.  They are usually at the top of their profession or the most popular person in their school.  For example, these kind of people will break up with a model and wind up dating a super model.

We want to see these people fail so we can chop them back down to size.  We want to see them fail so for once we can laugh in their faces instead of having them laugh in ours.

More often than not, this never happens.

As I mentioned above, this can be anyone in your life.  In baseball circles, this type of person is Scott Boras.

Boras is perhaps the most powerful man in baseball.  He represents some of the biggest names in the game.  Names like Alex Rodriguez, Mark Teixeira, Matt Holliday, Manny Ramirez, and Prince Fielder.

He usually comes out on top in his negotiations and is clearly the best at what he does.  Boras probably made more money off the Holliday deal this winter than the average "ham and egger" has made in his or her lifetime.

Boras has come out on the winning end of so many deals that we can't wait until he loses one.  And if he somehow manages to get fired by one of his clients, well, then there might be a parade.

On Friday, Boras was fired by Felipe Lopez.  Lopez left him because he felt Boras was spending too much time with his other clients and didn’t focus enough on him.  I can see where that makes sense.

Every five minutes I hear about a Johnny Damon (also represented by Boras) rumor and I have not heard a peep about Lopez.  When Lopez fired Boras, it was headline news.  The super agent lost a client and had his faced rubbed in the dirt a little bit.

However, a guy like Boras will always land on his feet.  Less than 24 hours after losing Lopez, he signed Kendry Morales.  Once again, Boras wins.

Who would you rather represent?  Lopez, who has played on six teams in nine years, or Morales, who is an up-and-coming star and finished fifth in the AL MVP voting last year?

Once again, Boras took a negative situation and turned it into a positive.

The moral of this story is not to get too excited when the smug, arrogant, winner finally loses.  The chances are that he or she will end up back on top before you know it.

No matter now much we hate it, Scott Boras will always win.

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