Scott Boras’s semiannual press conferences have become a tradition, as have the reaction they receive: Reporters alternating between groans and laughter. stephapstein details the craft of the pun-filled event of the offseason
GM Sandy Alderson quipped, “Makes some of our contracts look pretty good. That’s a long time and a lot of money. I thought they were trying to reduce the deficit in Washington.”
Reached now to atone for his part in all this, Alderson says, laughing, “I’m not issuing [an apology].” He adds, “We’ve exchanged things over the years. I have a lot of respect for Scott, and I only engaged to humor myself and to humor the writers.” So he convenes another group of writers: his Boras Corporation employees. People jot down thoughts all year, but the rule is that they are supposed to keep their ideas to themselves until the World Series ends. He sends out an email, and a dozen or so of them gather to hone the jokes. “These guys work 18 hours a day,” he says. “[This] creates great levity.
His staff, worried he will run out of material, asks him to delay the session until the winter meetings, but he likes the idea of kicking off free agency, so he splits up his act: The GM meetings are about his clients, and the winter meetings are about the teams.
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