And that brings this conversation full circle back to A-Rod. If it wasn't for money, he wouldn't have gone to Texas.
Back then, every one ASSumed he was going to the Mets because he was a Mets fan growing up in NY, and supposedly his dream was to play for them. They even started calling him "Shea-Rod" in Seattle. When Boras started negotiating with the Mets, he asked for: the use of a private jet for road trips, personal office space usually reserved for managers and executives, a personal tent to sell A-Rod merchandise, and more billboard advertising space than crosstown Yankee shortstop Derek Jeter. The Mets ended negotiations right there.
