The readers at the social media site Sawxheads.com had an opportunity to interview Boston Red Sox assistant general manager Jed Hoyer through email about many different topics. This was the one that caught my eye though was about the negoitations that took place with Curt Schilling during Thanksgiving 2003.
One thing you don’t know… Curt took the very unusual step of representing himself. He was well prepared and detail oriented throughout the process. Whenever we would exchange offers, Curt would take it and then disappear to his office for an hour or so before responding. After we were done with the deal, I went into his office to find a quiet place to type up the final terms. On Curt’s desk was ‘Negotiating for Dummies’ or ‘My First Negotiation’ or some such book. Theo and I just cracked up. Prior to leaving Curt’s house for the press conference, Theo showed him what we had found. Curt thought it was pretty funny, though I think he was glad we found it after the fact.
This is just classic. I am pretty sure Schilling didn’t want them to find that book. I can only imagine if they had found it before the deal got done what they would have done to him. At least Theo and Jed were nice about it to him.
