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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://atbat.msnbc.msn.com/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Wood will get dollars not years</title><link>http://atbat.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/19/1682269.aspx</link><description>Kerry Wood and the Cubs "divorced" this past weekend. Chicago was the only organization Wood has known. It is where he became Nolan Ryan/Roger Clemens redux with his 20-strikeout performance in a game in 1998. It is where he rallied from multiple injuries</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.0 (Build: 60608.1)</generator><item><title>Wood will get dollars not years</title><link>http://atbat.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/11/19/1682269.aspx#1684827</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:45:09 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">8a5d2dbc-a0e4-4c7a-979f-3188051f228e:1684827</guid><dc:creator>Greg Godsil, Arvada, CO</dc:creator><description>Can you explain to me why any club would negotiate with Scott Boras? &amp;nbsp;If I was MLB, I'd shun him and his clients. &amp;nbsp;When they'd come back with a respectable agent, I'd negotiate. &amp;nbsp;Why is it that the owners must spend 50% of THEIR revenue on players' salaries? &amp;nbsp;They should set the market, not the agents. &amp;nbsp;He's a reason baseball must command such high dollars from TV rights making the games come on so late at night that baseball is missing an entire generation! &amp;nbsp;Go back to afternoon playoff games and let the series games start at 7pm, regardless of the coast!</description></item></channel></rss>