Word: agent
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Roberts was a utility man for Texas, playing mostly on the left side of the infield. He also caught 22 games for the Rangers in 1979. And when word got out that he could be used at a variety of positions, his free-agent value mysteriously soared...
Baseball's free agent market pays players more than they're probably worth--and has helped create more $2 million per annumsalaries than in any other sport...
Although only Carter joined his present franchise via the free-agent route, the eight others--along with other players of their caliber--are paid such high salaries to preventthem from seeking free-agency...
...picture is not of murderer Halliwell or the perverse Orton, but of Lahr himself. Played annoyingly by Wallace Shawn, Lahr comes across as a block-headed buffoon with hardly a grasp of the events he is retelling. His interviews with Peggy Ramsay (Vanessa Redgrave), Orton's literary agent, point out the distance between artist and audience; it's as if Ramsay, representing Orton, is leading Lahr around on a string...
...Jackson had been using drugs. "Jeep had this responsibility and maturity that was just too strong to be overcome by the temptation to use drugs," said a friend. However, police called cocaine a "contributing factor" in Jackson's death. Jackson was well aware of cocaine's dangers: an FBI agent had lectured his team, and El Paso Coach Don Haskins had ordered three surprise drug tests, including one less than two months before Jackson's death. Jeep had passed...