Read: Johan talked to K-Rod during Negotiations
In a post to Newsday, David Lennon provides incredible details from the Mets negotiations with Francisco Rodriguez.
Lennon relays a collection of interesting anecdotes, the best of which reads as follows:
“When K-Rod and his agent, Paul Kinzer, had dinner with the Mets on Sunday night, they were pleasantly surprised when the team executives got a call from Johan Santana, who had no idea they were meeting with Rodriguez. K-Rod, a fellow Venezuelan, idolizes Santana and was thrilled that he called. The Mets handed the phone to K-Rod and the two talked. In retrospect, it was a turning point as Santana expressed his excitement that K-Rod could be closing games for him.”
…oh, come on…there is no way that was a coincidence…
…if not, it would suggest santana regularly calls team executives, which i have an equally difficult time believing…
…the thing is, who cares…it’s freaking awesome either way…
