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Friday, September 17, 2010
Marc Rubin
Glove-slap Mike:
“He would maintain the deficit and pitch a scoreless inning,” Rubin said. “But he wouldn’t get credit for anything. There was no statistic ... so I invented something called ‘Maintain,’ where a guy comes in, retires at least one batter, and exits having maintained the score he inherited. “That won Wheeler a huge contract. Dan Wheeler was worried about getting cut; he instead signed a $2.15 million dollar contract and three weeks later signed a three-year, $10 million dollar deal.” So when Rubin is representing a relief pitcher who has had a history with losing teams, he has a figure to turn to. “I’m pretty creative in inventing my own statistics. I’m pretty good at maneuvering the numbers and coming up with ideas.”
“It’s terrific,” Bick wrote, “how the work he does compliments the hundreds of hours we put into every case ourselves.” Sometimes he’ll dabble in agent work himself, but that’s rare. Rubin attended numerous Nashua Pride games and, with a former student, helped former Can-Am Player of the Year Olmo Rosario in his Double A deal with the Giants. “He’s as close to the big time (as an agent) as I might have ever had a chance at getting,” Rubin said with a chuckle. But, he doesn’t want to delve into that job. Too many headaches. “I like what I’m doing now,” he said. “I haven’t got the time to babysit.”
How many hours a week does he spend on all this? “More than my wife would like,” Rubin said with a chuckle. “It’s fun. You probably know how big an industry fantasy sports is. “I’ve never understood. Why get involved in fantasy when I can do the real thing?” The reputation Rubin has built for himself is most definitely the real thing.
“Marc will be involved with us as long as he wants to be,” Bick wrote. “He’s a brilliant, fun guy who loves our players, and we love him.”
Always love hearing stories of saberists involved in the game.
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