Comments on: Go to sleep already http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/13/go-to-sleep-already/ Media, Baseball, Boston, the Red Sox, Music, Literature, and Mnookins Fri, 05 Dec 2008 14:33:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: dansoxfan http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/13/go-to-sleep-already/#comment-3552 dansoxfan Wed, 13 Dec 2006 14:02:06 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/13/go-to-sleep-already/#comment-3552 I just watched the Boras press conference. He says that luxury taxes don't impact salaries. His example (rough quote): "the Yankees didn't ask Petite to reduce his salary by the amount of the luxury tax."<b> <b> So the NY Yankees don't figure in the millions of dollars they will have to pay in luxury taxes in deciding how much to pay players? If they didn't have to pay the tax, their willingness to pay (the player) wouldn't go up? I guess Boras wasn't an economics major in college. I just watched the Boras press conference. He says that luxury taxes don’t impact salaries. His example (rough quote): “the Yankees didn’t ask Petite to reduce his salary by the amount of the luxury tax.”

So the NY Yankees don’t figure in the millions of dollars they will have to pay in luxury taxes in deciding how much to pay players? If they didn’t have to pay the tax, their willingness to pay (the player) wouldn’t go up? I guess Boras wasn’t an economics major in college.

]]> By: Jack http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/13/go-to-sleep-already/#comment-3549 Jack Wed, 13 Dec 2006 10:48:14 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/13/go-to-sleep-already/#comment-3549 Wait, what was the real reason Pettitte went to Houston? Wait, what was the real reason Pettitte went to Houston?

]]> By: ibeatsars http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/13/go-to-sleep-already/#comment-3548 ibeatsars Wed, 13 Dec 2006 06:08:12 +0000 http://www.sethmnookin.com/blog/2006/12/13/go-to-sleep-already/#comment-3548 I've got it! This is my first post, and I'm going to make this one a doozey, sure to turn the world of baseball upside down (and shake it profusely until all of it's lunch money falls to the ground). So, we can assume that Boras is going to take a 5% cut of whatever deal goes through, let's say 10 million a year for 6 years, that's 60 million, and 5% of that is 3 million. So, that plus any extra loot from any weird salary add on's for Dice-K that Boras may get will give him somewhere in the 3 to 4 million range. Now here is where my idea comes in: What if the Evil Empire gave Boras an early phone call promising 5 or 6 mil if the deal falls through. Think about it!!! Boras the wordsmith convinces trusting Daisuke that the Red Sox are low-balling them and that he can get him more money in a few years (which he eventually does, getting the 5 million on TOP of the 5 million bribe money from you know who). Damn Yankees. I can see it now... Over and out. I’ve got it! This is my first post, and I’m going to make this one a doozey, sure to turn the world of baseball upside down (and shake it profusely until all of it’s lunch money falls to the ground). So, we can assume that Boras is going to take a 5% cut of whatever deal goes through, let’s say 10 million a year for 6 years, that’s 60 million, and 5% of that is 3 million. So, that plus any extra loot from any weird salary add on’s for Dice-K that Boras may get will give him somewhere in the 3 to 4 million range. Now here is where my idea comes in:

What if the Evil Empire gave Boras an early phone call promising 5 or 6 mil if the deal falls through. Think about it!!! Boras the wordsmith convinces trusting Daisuke that the Red Sox are low-balling them and that he can get him more money in a few years (which he eventually does, getting the 5 million on TOP of the 5 million bribe money from you know who). Damn Yankees. I can see it now…

Over and out.

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