Hard to believe, but 16 years have passed since Boston's courtship of Rodriguez ended with the superstar shortstop donning pinstripes instead of a stitched B. It was the biggest story in sports and the Red Sox believed they had their man — he actually signed a contract — before the union refused to sign off on a pay cut. A week before Christmas, the deal died. Not even a month later, Yankees third baseman Aaron Boone blew out his knee playing pickup basketball. let's have a look at the whole scene.
Max
"There were four signatures needed. You needed the owner of the Red Sox, John Henry, and Theo Epstein, you needed myself. Check check you got at the time, but Sealy who was the commissioner check, okay, you needed one signature, and we got this one signature, I would have had about a $40 million haircut. And I would have been the shortstop for the Boston Red Sox."
“But the one thing that sure that was missing was Don Fehr. Don Fehr was the head of the Union. And Don Fehr said ‘There's no way that I'm gonna let any player concede $40 million dollars, because this is a union that includes 750 players. And if we let one player can make that type of concession, it sets the wrong precedent for the other 749.”
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A-Rod Concluded
"At the time, I didn't really understand why, you know, Don Fehr took this position. But in hindsight, I totally not only agree with his but I totally understand it."