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Derek Jeter's agent on Wednesday responded to comments from Yankees owner Hal Steinbrenner, who went on New York sports-radio stations the day before and sounded cold-blooded about the negotiations on the star's next contract."While it is not our intent to negotiate the terms of Derek's free-agent contract in a public forum," Casey Close told FanHouse, "we do agree with Hal's and Brian (Cashman, the GM)'s recent comments that this contract is about business and winning championships.
"Clearly, baseball is a business, and Derek's impact on the sport's most valuable franchise cannot be overstated. Moreover, no athlete embodies the spirit of a champion more than Derek Jeter."
Close declined further comment, but his words make clear that he and Jeter will seek a deal that rewards Jeter not just for his performance on the field -- which declined in 2010, at age 36, but was still top-five among AL shortstops -- but also for the value he adds to the franchise.
Steinbrenner, the Yankees' managing general partner, told WFAN the following:
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Source: http://mlb.fanhouse.com/2010/11/03/derek-jeters-agent-his-impact-cannot-be-overstated/
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