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Article: Agent Boras Urges 9-Game World Series
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- June 30, 2007
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NEW YORK - Scott Boras loves the World Series so much, he wants to make it best-of-nine - and open with two games at a neutral site.
Arguing that the shift would create a marketing bonanza that would rival the Super Bowl, Boras outlined his ideas in a two-page letter he sent to baseball commissioner Bud Selig on April 15.
"I know from an owner's perspective, this is a gold mine," Boras said. "To have a World Series Weekend, WSW, I think it will create a stage that the game has not seen."
Boras, the high-profile agent with high-profile clients who earn high-octane paychecks, said in an interview Thursday that he will meet with the commissioner after the All-Star break to discuss his ...