The Bryce Harper sweepstakes moved into a new and interesting phase this week — the phase where super-duper agent Scott Boras attempts to charm the money belt off suitors for his client’s services.
Speaking to the San Francisco Chronicle at the general managers meeting in Southern California, Boras employed Eddie Haskell-grade ingratiation. Eddie Haskell? If you never had the pleasure, more’s the pity. Here is a short primer:
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As anyone worth his fantasy baseball participation certificate knows, Harper, a free agent, seems dead set on moving on from the Washington Nationals, for whom he averaged 32 home runs and 91 RBI over seven years.