When Agents Explode: David Sloane’s Bizarre Email
Baseball, Douchy Agents, Email May 13th. 2008, 11:16am
Dan Graziano is an occasionally hot-headed baseball writer for the Newark Star-Ledger. David Sloane is Carlos Delgado’s agent, and from what you’re about to read, clearly crazy. The two got into an e-mail tete-a-tete over Delgado’s contract, and Graziano decided to blog about it because of Sloane’s last response:
“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?”
Not that we were on the MLB beat when we bolted from newspapers years ago, but dealing with agents like this on a daily basis was something we had zero interest in. We can handle all your hate mail, but if nailing down a ballplayer’s contract particulars is like pulling teeth, we’ll pass, thanks. We emailed Graziano about this yesterday around lunch-time, but didn’t hear back. Dan, if you’re out there and read blogs – what’s the protocol on publishing emails? Does there have to be consent?
BREAKING NEWS: Delgado’s agent is insane (Star Ledger)
36 Responses to “When Agents Explode: David Sloane’s Bizarre Email”
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May 13th, 2008 at 11:19 AM
How do you spell retard? I’ll kick your ass is how!
/ Brett Myers
May 13th, 2008 at 11:21 AM
Now the Mets fans know how the Mariners fans have felt for the last 3 years… only 6 more months until Richie Sexson’s contract expires!
May 13th, 2008 at 11:23 AM
shortbus jokes and comments are always funny.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:24 AM
No need for consent, TBL. Once it’s in your posession, it’s yours to do with as you see fit. This is why phone calls are a much better medium for the airing of craziness.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:26 AM
My high school rugby team used to travel to away games in a short bus.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:26 AM
I like that “so’s your mom” isn’t even really a putdown in that little back and forth. The agent is saying that his mom is funny. I guess it was sarcastic, but that’s not all that insulting, is it?
I think the agent should have gone all George Costanza with his insult and said something like “oh yeah, well I had sex with your wife.” That would have been much more effective.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:28 AM
fantastic job by Graziano
May 13th, 2008 at 11:28 AM
So’s your mom!
May 13th, 2008 at 11:29 AM
short bus and your mom jokes. that’s very adultlike.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:32 AM
Neener Neener Neener
May 13th, 2008 at 11:35 AM
Handiman was my favorite In Living Color character
May 13th, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Yo mama so fat I rolled over twice and was still on her
May 13th, 2008 at 11:36 AM
Mags…well played.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:38 AM
What’s the over/under on how long it takes someone to user “Apologize this retard” as their nickname?
The MLPBA is a bit more guarded regarding player contracts than the NHLPA or NFLPA, for example. So I can understand everyone’s confusion in that regard.
And being crazy shouldn’t prevent someone from being a player agent. Ever.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:38 AM
He even used a contraction for “so is”. This is too much.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:38 AM
I am going to side with the crazy on this one, kind of. Ok, first the reporter started it with his “you are playing down to your rep” line. That was uncalled for and started the entire exchange. Second, these newspaper guys write all sorts of crap and they “make it up” when they are wrong with some insignificant blurb on the notes page (usually the back page) so they should get their facts in line first. Obviously the retard comment was uncalled for as well, but the reporter was being an ass too.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:39 AM
Yo mama’s so ugly they renamed Halloween Yomamaween.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:41 AM
if you’re out there and read blogs – what’s the protocol on publishing emails? Does there have to be consent?
We better ask Buzz. This is definitely too important of a question for a blog/blogger/commentor/non-MSM writer to answer.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:42 AM
I’m still awestruck over TBL’s usage of tête-à -tête.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:43 AM
unless it’s agreed upon by both parties (very much like an off-record conversation) e-mails are fair game in my eyes.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:46 AM
“So’s your face.” is my favorite.
/Courtesy of “Scrubs”
May 13th, 2008 at 11:47 AM
Jimmy, even then it comes down to a gentleman’s agreement. Iirc, Rowe v. Wade established this.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:49 AM
What’s the over/under on how long it takes someone to user “Apologize this retard†as their nickname?
and the Almighty jesus can’t answer His own question? I am seriously having doubts about Him.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
@Rex: It’s-a pizza as soon as you put your first in-a the dough!!
May 13th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
And I’m equally impressed you got all those things over the letters.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
You’re all wrong, Rex – it was Brown v. Board of Education.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
fists*
May 13th, 2008 at 11:51 AM
“so’s your mom” was one of the funnier things I have read recently. But, did he pull it out too soon? He clearly could have gone with “you suck” or “nice life” well before he pulled out the trump card of “so’s your mom.”
May 13th, 2008 at 11:52 AM
That’s some funny a## sh*t. Delgado blows.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:53 AM
that’s what she said.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:58 AM
When you are talking to a reporter (and you know you are talking to a reporter) all bets are off unless both parties agree to speak off the record before the talking starts.
May 13th, 2008 at 11:59 AM
Is there ever such a thing as off-the-record? Unless a relationship with a reporter is rooted in trust, me says no. What do you think?
May 13th, 2008 at 12:05 PM
I don’t want to defend the agent (using the tag “douchy agent” seems redundant), but after the first contentious email, maybe the writer should have called the guy instead to get the story right instead of trading snarky responses back and forth.
May 13th, 2008 at 12:11 PM
johndewar:
Good point, and one rooted in common sense. However, in George Constanza land, the two of them probably had way too much fun going back and forth, thinking for a minute it was the TBL message board.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:14 PM
I’ve never heard anyone refer to Graziano as hot-headed. What are you Delgado’s agent?
Graziano is one of the best in the biz, but its a bit unprofessional to make his email conversation public. That being said, Delgado’s agent is a putz.
May 13th, 2008 at 1:35 PM
Both of these dudes sound like douches of the first order.