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Buffett Helps Keep A-Rod in Pinstripes

Investor told slugger to negotiate deal sans his superagent

By Kevin Spak, Newser Staff

Posted Nov 17, 2007 5:36 PM CST

(Newser) – When Alex Rodriguez did an end run around agent Scott Boras to make a deal with the Yankees, he wasn't without high-powered advice, reports the Wall Street Journal: Warren Buffett told him to do it. A worried A-Rod called the Sage of Omaha, a personal... Read full story »

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