Knowing Boras, don't be shocked if A-Rod gets a contract even bigger than the last one he signed. When he signed the 10 year, $252M deal with Texas, it was exactly double the next highest contract is sports (at the time, KG had a $126 deal). Boras wanted to be able to say he negotiated a deal that was double the previous high. My guess is he's shooting to get over the $252M. 8x$32M would do that.

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Somebody on ESPN this morning said something about ARod trying to get some ownership of the Yankees. That's just freakin' insane. If that started going down and I'm an owner, I get the hell out fast.

If I have to start giving my team away to every good employee that comes along, forget it.

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Soriano just got 8 years, and he's 31 and not nearly the player that A-Rod is. I'm not saying I would endorse it. Just don't be surprised when it happens.

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I have to admit, the thought of Cuban becoming the Cubs' owner makes me giddy, but it sounds like there are too many obstacles for him to over come (namely Selig and the rest of the MLB owners). I would bet that he would do everything to make a splash if he bought the Cubs, and there would be no bigger splash than signing A-Rod.

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Cuban + Cubs = Daniel Snyder

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So what will Canseco say about A-rod?

Gee Nas, that sounds so familiar. People didn't believe that Bonds, McGuire, Palmeiro, et al at did them either at first. Innocent until proven guilty of course. But with so many baseball players (a majority?) using roids between 98 and 02, the amazing thing will be if it is eventually proven that A-Rod, Griffey, Frank and the other so far untouched by scandal HR hitters actually DIDN'T do them.

Yeah, but Michael Jordan is the only athlete in the history of any sport who was probably underpaid at $30M a year.

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I don't know whether A-Rod has or has not done roids. But visible signs like muscle mass and head size are just a few of the many indicators of roid use. When I read that more than half of the sluggers in baseball did them in one form or another over a five-year period, they are all somewhat suspicious to me, regardless of what they look like. We buried our heads in the sand for years about this stuff. I'm not about to be naieve again and suggest just because someone hasn't had sudden increases in muscle mass they are definitely innocent.

And the argument that if Canseco has something on A-Rod he wouldn't wait until a second book to announce seems to be a knee-jerk defense of A-Rod. Many, many people have first revealed things in books. It's the way Canseco is making a living. He's not the first to do that. Why reveal something so important to the media and make zero money out of it? Not the way the world works. A long line of political officials and athletes have revealed important issues first in books. That doesn't make them bad guys or any less honest.

Also, while Canseco and A-Rod never were on the same team, they did, according to reports, work out together for some time in their home town of Miami.