Go watch "Dancing With the Stars" and leave the negotiations to the grown-ups.

Negotiating is lying:

"Now it is as if he is being punished for the insane contract extension Rodriguez got from the Yankees three years ago, one that takes him until the age of 42. Sometimes you get the idea that the Yankees are more obsessed with the deal they already made with Rodriguez than the one they are trying to make with Jeter."

I don't think the Yankee management is obsessed with the Alex Rodriguez deal.

I think Mike Lupica is obsessed with the Alex Rodriguez deal.

Jeter's "punishment," by the way, will be tens of millions of dollars.


"Rodriguez opted out on them during Game 4 of a World Series and, oh boy, it was goodbye and good riddance. That position had the shelf life of an open carton of milk."

That position was a lie. In fact, Boras's first position was minimum $30 million per year, if not $35 million per year. That was also a lie.


"This negotiation doesn't involve Rodriguez, even though his name keeps popping up. It is only about the Yankees and Derek Jeter. It doesn't have to turn stupid. But if the Yankees really think that after all the years this is only about baseball with Jeter, the thing has turned stupid already."

The Yankees don't think it's only about baseball with Jeter.

Negotiating is not stupid, it's just negotiating.

If you believe what they are saying during a negotiating, then you're stupid.