Jason Bay

Born on today's date, Jason Bay.

"I'll text him later. It won't be pleasant." - Jack Wilson after Bay robbed him of a home run at the fence.

I think Jason Bay should be offended!

 

Jason Bay

Born on today's date, Jason Bay.

"I'll text him later. It won't be pleasant." - Jack Wilson after Bay robbed him of a home run at the fence

They gotta take him now

Ok, so Jason Bay has passed his physical with the Mets.

How did this happen? Didn't the doctor get the memo?

Now presumably the Mets HAVE to pay Bay all that money to hit in a pitcher's park and can't just tell their fans, "Hey we tried but how we were to know that he would fail his physical?"

I wonder if the Mets used a new doctor this time because they sure didn't seem to be communicating very well here.

I bet Omar Minaya is pissed! Stay away from him today.

When was the last time....

.....a big name free agent signed with a team his people were consistently saying* that he didn't want to play for because he ran out of options and he didn't want to play for less than "market value"?

You are supposed to be happy when you sign these things, you know.

This should be interesting.

*Peter Gammons reported earlier that Bay would "rather play in Beirut than Queens" and the offer did sit for 3 weeks as Bay apparently kept saying that he couldn't find a pen with ink in it or something.

My client is the best there ever was.....

....until my next client comes up for free agency.

Per Bill Shaikin of the Los Angeles Times, agent, Scott Boras has thrown out the ceremonial first pitch in announcing the greatness of his free agent client, Matt Holliday.

"These guys are blue-collar superstars," Boras said. "They don't hit 50 home runs, but they're complete players. They can give you something without swinging the bat."

"There are differences between hitters and complete players," Boras said. "Matt Holliday is a complete player."*

"There is, frankly, no one like him in the market."

I think free agent, Jason Bay is better but Boras does not represent him so he does not count.

Funny how that works.

*Gold gloves - none. Critical defensive errors in post-season - one.

P.S. - 7 year old Skate Kid's team plays on a nicer field than that.

Time to call in the professionals

John Tomase of the Boston Herald writes that general manager, Theo Epstein of the Boston Red Sox and Jason Bay are in contractual negotiations but they have so far been unable to close the deal on a new contract.

Says Tomase: "Epstein characterized the negotiations thus far as 'weird' in the fact that Bay wants to stay, the Red Sox want him, and neither side is being unreasonable, and yet they still can't get a deal done."

Frankly, I know not to take things which are said to the press at face value but this really is one of the most feeble things I have ever heard a major league general manager say. In other words, Bay wants to be here, we want him here, he is not unreasonable in his demands but for some reason we just can't get this done now, this is so hard. As someone who negotiates for a living, I do know that timing can be everything in putting together a deal and the timing just might not be "right" on this one but I am still missing something here.

I think they need a "conflict resolution specialist" like Dr. Phil or Kate Gosselin to mediate this.* Lock them up in a room with nothing but gummi bears and water and don't let them out until they have an agreement so we don't have to hear any more wishy-washy statements from Theo Epstein on this.

Life is too short for these unresolved "weird" issues to be lingering around.

Get to it!

*I bet if you would agree to televise the arrival and departure of either of these specialists, they would be even more likely to come and do this. Just a thought.