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NJ.com - BREAKING NEWS: Delgado’s agent is insane

From Dan Graziano’s Blog…

Sloane wrote back at 12:40 p.m.:

“Apologize this retard, he’s making 16 this year WITH an option for next year @ 16 or a buyout @ 4. Nice research by you but then I guess that whole concept of fact finding escapes you huh? They didn’t teach that on the short bus did they?”

Seriously. Not making this up. I cut-and-pasted it.

Couple of thoughts here:

1. I don’t respond when readers call me names, but I’m not surprised when it happens. But this guy is an AGENT. I mean, somebody you’d expect, even if vindictive and hateful, to act like a professional in his dealings with the media. I guess we don’t have to wonder why he has no other clients.

2. If he thinks there’s a chance in hell the Mets are picking up a $16 million option on Delgado for 2009, he’s delusional on top of everything else.

Anyway, maybe I should have resisted, but I couldn’t. I wrote him back again:

“That a joke too? You’re a funny guy.”

And then, at 12:46 pm, in apparent celebration of Mother’s Day, David Sloane, the agent for Carlos Delgado, wrote back the following e-mail, which I present to you in its entirety:

“So’s your Mom.”

Sean McNally Posted: May 12, 2008 at 01:41 PM | 128 comment(s)
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101. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:00 PM (#2778513)

...but isn't there at least a chance that this isn't actually David Sloane?

Maybe it's your mom.

102. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:03 PM (#2778527)

Words of wisdom, those.

If I were not bound & determined to remain gef the talking mongoose , I would almost certainly be some hippie halfwit who thinks he's mr mark smith.

Or maybe me & your granny on bongos.

Yes, yes, I know ...

So's your mom.

103. Mushmouth Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:06 PM (#2778532)

Actually I have a buddy from HS that's a hoops agent. He's a real slimeball. As I RTFA, I could envision him having this exact exchange, if only he were successful enough to do so.

104. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:06 PM (#2778533)

And Mike Crudale.

105. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:07 PM (#2778535)

I'm sick & tired of players like Albert Belle & Chris Truby & your mom ... well, I forgot where I was going with that, but you get the drift.

106. Esoteric roots for the two worst teams in baseball Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:12 PM (#2778545)

Gef -

What is The Fall? If it's me and your mom, it's The Fall.

107. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:15 PM (#2778552)

You're sleeping with some hippie halfwit who thinks he's your mom.

108. Crashburn Alley Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:17 PM (#2778555)

Um, no, I don't remember such a ####-storm at all. Perhaps you could provide some links.

I think he's referring to me. I had an E-mail exchange with Bill Conlin and I posted them online.

http://crashburnalley.com/?p=47

109. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:17 PM (#2778557)

I trust Repoz is cueing up Vom's (I have only an Angry Sams bootleg recording, I think) "Just Like Your Mom" somewhere even as I type.

110. SoSHially Unacceptable Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:26 PM (#2778564)

I think he's referring to me. I had an E-mail exchange with Bill Conlin and I posted them online.

That's the only one I remember, though I don't remember you getting roughed up by the mainstream media for posting Conlin's letters. There was some back-and-forth here and other places on the web, but I wasn't aware of it making its way into the mainstream. That's why I requested the links.

111. Esoteric roots for the two worst teams in baseball Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:26 PM (#2778565)

I actually think Repoz has used disappointingly few Fall references in his taglines. It's an endless goldmine. Ned Yost gets fired? What could be more perfect than:

SEE YA, MATE. YEAH, SEE YA MATE.
SEE YA, MATE. YEAH, SEE YA MATE.
SEE YA, MATE. YEAH, SEE YA MATE.
SEE YA, MATE. YEAH, SEE YA MATE.

Sarcastic contempt has never been more perfectly embodied than by those four lines.

112. Howie Menckel Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:28 PM (#2778570)

Only caveat about publishing the email is whether it stops a 'real' agent down the road from 'conversing' with the writer about something that actually matters.

I'd think it would give rival agents pause; they may be more comfortable feeling they can have an informal exchange with other writers.

It's not unusual these days for high-ranking insiders to shoot the breeze with writers via email. Negating that opportunity via publicizing one could be both ethical - and not-so-smart in the long run.

113. walt williams bobblehead Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:29 PM (#2778572)

Sarcastic contempt has never been more perfectly embodied

Hey, keep my mother out of this.

114. gef the talking mongoose Posted: May 12, 2008 at 10:38 PM (#2778577)

Esoteric --

I would reluctantly posit from the evidence that Repoz's record collection may, in fact, be comparatively Fall-deficient.

I find this prospect more troubling than I care to articulate.

115. Cooperstown Schtick Posted: May 12, 2008 at 11:01 PM (#2778600)

I'm sick & tired of players like Albert Belle & Chris Truby & your mom

So's your gother.

116. Crashburn Alley Posted: May 12, 2008 at 11:33 PM (#2778617)

That's the only one I remember, though I don't remember you getting roughed up by the mainstream media for posting Conlin's letters. There was some back-and-forth here and other places on the web, but I wasn't aware of it making its way into the mainstream. That's why I requested the links.

I wasn't roughed up by the MSM though I was told that there were some snarky comments made on Conlin's behalf by his compatriots on (Philadelphia) Daily News Live. I didn't see it, so I'm not sure exactly what they said.

Rob Neyer had a blurb about it but I wasn't sure from what angle he was coming from.

Other than that I don't think there was too much reaction from the MSM.

Speaking of snarky comments on Daily News Live... they had Ken Rosenthal on today and they were making fun of the fact that people who use Sabermetrics don't put as much stock in intangibles as they do. They called us "stat guys" but it was in that way that your uncle refers to "the homosexual" in the family.

Marcus Hayes didn't bite.

117. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: May 13, 2008 at 09:32 AM (#2778754)

Romanes eunt domus!

118. Deadball... With the Power To Melt People's Faces Posted: May 13, 2008 at 09:40 AM (#2778759)

Romanes eunt domus!

People called Romanes they go the house?

119. number5_pulse Posted: May 13, 2008 at 10:49 AM (#2778811)

Aside from when I've posted as Backlasher, Randal, Admiral Ackbar, RossyCW, and Dan Szymborski, I've always posted under my own name.

Are you the biggest trap ever?

120. Baseballing powerhouse Crispix Attacks Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:01 AM (#2778816)

Are you the biggest trap ever?

No, but so's your mom.(NSFW NSFW NSFW NOT SAFE FOR WORK)

121. 1k5v3L Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:05 AM (#2778825)

I am not Larry Bowa.

122. Jose Can Jussi Jokinen (Justin T) Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:11 AM (#2778830)

Dude. Come on.

123. 1k5v3L Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:23 AM (#2778837)

Dude. Come on.

It's true, I'm not.

124. number5_pulse Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:28 AM (#2778842)

Sure, I'd listen if Paul Kilgus called.

125. Joe Bivens, Ditch Digger Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:34 AM (#2778850)

2. If he thinks there’s a chance in hell the Mets are picking up a $16 million option on Delgado for 2009, he’s delusional on top of everything else.

Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present Carlos Delgado, member of the 2009 NY Yankees!

126. Rocco's Malfunctioning Mitochondria (Brickhaus) Posted: May 13, 2008 at 11:37 AM (#2778854)

Sure, I'd listen if Paul Kilgus called

Psyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyych

127. Slinger Francisco Barrios (Dr. Memory) Posted: May 13, 2008 at 12:15 PM (#2778904)

People called Romanes they go the house?

Cf. Life of Brian...

128. A Surfeit of Peaches Graham (SdeB) Posted: May 13, 2008 at 12:19 PM (#2778906)

Is your mom even legal?

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