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Pedro Alvarez Details

By Tim Dierkes [September 23, 2008 at 8:50am CST]

Jim Callis of Baseball America and Dejan Kovacevic of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette have all kinds of details on the Pedro Alvarez situation.

After Bud Selig testified on the first day of the hearing, Scott Boras and the Pirates got in touch (it's not known who broke the ice). The Pirates renegotiation doesn't look great for president Frank Coonelly, who was publicly against the idea.
Callis implies that MLB and the Pirates may have made a calculated move by finishing the Alvarez deal after the deadline. Maybe Boras and Alvarez aren't the villains here, after all. Unlike the Julio Borbon signing in '07, the Pirates didn't contact the players union for approval of the extension. Hopefully Alvarez is given a fair shake by baseball fans.
Callis considers the new deal an improvement for Alvarez and Boras, despite the present-day value of $5.67MM. The Pirates save face with the lower number, but ultimately it looks like Boras and Alvarez won this battle.

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Of course, as always, the fans are the ones who lost. $10 beers. $100 tickets. All great for Boras, Baseball, and Alvarez.

Posted by: Playwright | September 23, 2008 at 09:30 AM

Agreed Playwright. But at a Pirate game you can actually get tickets for $4 and beer for $4.75. The beers are every game, but the tickets are on Tuesdays with a Giant Eagle Advantage Card. Just a quick fact. But I agree completely that everything is overpriced.

Posted by: The Sobesman | September 23, 2008 at 12:03 PM

The Sobesman is right a Pirate game will not put a dent in your pocket even on any night of the week it is only 9$ for an upper level seat and they are great seats. Of course everything is overpriced because they know people will get hungry and thirsty sitting there for 3-5 hours so they can charge whatever they want it is just like a movie theater. That's why you get the "All You Can Eat Seats" completely worth it.

Posted by: BucSox | September 23, 2008 at 12:56 PM

Hell even the infield box seats, where I almost always sit, won't really put a dent in your pocket. I am in college and when I go to the games I can't sit in the upper deck unless the tix are given to me. I personally just feel to far from the feel and I don't like looking down on a fly ball. The games are really cheap considering most are $100+ for the infield box seats and in st. louis its like $50 for upper level seats.

Posted by: Gregwek | September 23, 2008 at 08:41 PM

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