Wet foot, dry foot
Sunday, November 22, 2009 at 12:41 pm by SJK
There have been a few developments in the chase for the Aroldis Chapman, the Cuban boy.
First, in the "Wow, what an ungrateful di*k" category:
Cuban pitching phenom Aroldis Chapman has fired the representative who helped him gain free agency, his former agency confirmed Saturday.
Edwin Mejia, of Athletes Premier International, had represented Chapman soon after he defected from the Cuban national team in July.
Mejia had started negotiations with several major league teams, but Chapman switched to veteran agents Randy and Alan Hendricks, Randy confirmed to ESPN The Magazine on Saturday.
The timing of Chapman's decision is curious considering he and Mejia were linked as recently as this week. When asked by ESPN The Magazine on Monday what Chapman's time frame was for making a decision on signing, Mejia replied in an e-mail, "We hope to have him preparing for spring training with his new club as soon as it's possible."
Also last week, Mejia took Chapman on a round of interviews with Sports Illustrated, The Associated Press and ESPN Deportes
And now, in the "We thought the Red Sox didn't have any money" category:
Many in baseball believe either the Yanks or Sox will sign Aroldis Chapman, a 21-year-old left handed pitcher who has hit 102 miles per hour on the radar gun. Chapman, who defected from Cuba last July and is a free agent, might be the best pitching prospect not already in a major league organization.
"He is an extremely talented guy," says one baseball executive who has seen Chapman pitch. "My bet is that it'll come down to the Yankees and Red Sox, like it always does now. Most of us believe that. To them, it's only money."
Will another international incident result in the chase for the Cuban boy?
nobody does world affairs like nomaas
Why is he an ungrateful dick for firing his agent though? If he felt the agent wasn’t doing a good job, then so what. Also, the agent ought to end up with a fee nevertheless.
Surprised he didn’t hire Boras? Maybe that’s his next move.
LOL at small market red sox tag
A question for NoMaas: What comes first? The idea for the picture or the article in which you find your subject? How does your genius work?
What is your favorite word?
Your least favorite?
A cuban includes ham, roast pork, pickles and mustard.
THAT”S RACIST!@
and it wasn’t funny either
What’s “racist”? Or was a post pulled?
Only improvement to above photoshop? Put Theo’s head on the other guy’s body. So good though.
ELIAN!!!!!
That’s hilarious!
+1 on Theo’s head on the guy on the right.
genius
“Now your Mexican friend is going to die!”
“Pssh, I’m Cuban, Bee!”
“Yes! Cuban Bee!”
He fired his agents because they posted pics of him at a strip club.