Gary Sheffield is not going to be happy about this.Okay, that's a trick opening statement, because Gary Sheffield isn't happy about anything. And if he is, we don't know it. But he's really not going to be happy about having to give Scott Boras money. You see, Boras has won a $550,000 decision for an option in Sheffield's contract which eliminated an $11 million option. Sheffield then fired Boras and negotiated a brand new deal with the Yankees himself, so Sheffield claimed that Boras wasn't entitled to a dime. Boras, however, wanted to be paid a commission on the whole $39 million deal, but instead he received the commission on the option only.
The fun part might be coming though. Here's what Sheffield said back in February:
"I shouldn't have ever introduced myself to him. Period. Bad person," Sheffield said then. Sheffield promised to say a lot of "ugly things" about various topics when the case is resolved. "It ain't going to be pretty," he said then. "No fine is going to be big enough. No suspension is going to be long enough."And also:
"It's probably personal with him, but when it's done, it's going to be personal with me," Sheffield said. "It's going to be the ugliest thing you've ever seen ... Certain people you don't mess with and I guarantee you, I'm one of them."Your move, Mr. Sheffield. That is, if you turn out to be that upset about $550K that you would risk, perhaps, a slander suit from Boras, who has enough money to buy some pretty good lawyers, and force you to throw money at a court case which, just or not, will be expensive. You might want to think about that in this rough economy. But don't let that influence you. We've been waiting for this to get ugly and now it's time. C'mon Gary, you promised.
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Sheffield seems to be such a bitter guy with a chip on his shoulder. It seems he causes trouble where ever he goes. It's time for him to retire and keep his mouth shut.