License to Deal
From SoSH
Jerry Crasnick follows Matt Sosnick and Paul Cobbe, founders of the baseball agency Sosnick-Cobbe, as they emerge on the MLB scene along with their premier client, Dontrelle Willis.
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Red Sox References
- Curtis Leskanic on searching for a new agent after his previous agent, Ed Keating, died: "You know what I wanted most in an agent? I wanted somebody that I can put in a headlock and give a noogie to."
- Phil Dumatrait was one of the first Sosnick-Cobbe clients.
- Brandon Lyon, a Sosnick-Cobbe client, features prominently in a few of the storylines.
- Adam Stern and Sosnick-Cobbe have a bad breakup: "Stern was unpopular with his teammates at [the University of] Nebraska." Sosnick describes Stern as venomous.
- Freddy Sanchez, a Sosnick-Cobbe client, is mentioned a few times.
- Dennis Tankersley, a Sosnick-Cobbe client, is mentioned a few times.
- A number of comments related to the sports agency created by Jeff Frye.
- Discussions of Sosnick-Cobbe contract negotiations with Wayne Britton.
- Scott Boras refused to represent Jose Canseco because as a high senior, Canseco fell asleep in an interview with him.
- Curt Schilling challenged Scott Boras to a televised debate on the topic of signing bonuses for draft picks.
- Discussion of the advantages and disadvantages for players like Jason Varitek who hold out in draft negotiations.
- A few comments about Jeff Moorad and the conflict of interest between his assuming a role in the Arizona Diamondbacks front office and negotiating the huge contract for Manny Ramirez.
- Some comments about players' association and Alex Rodriguez contract restructuring negotiations.
- Lou Gorman comments about agent-team relations.
- Number of pages about Jerry Kapstein including an argument that Carlton Fisk had with Marvin Miller about Kapstein.
