Scott Boras holds court on the Bryce Harper sweepstakes at placid winter meetings
(LA Times Anaheim Ducks)

Scott Boras climbed atop a platform before a ceiling-scraping imitation fir bedecked with silver, gold and emerald ornaments as dozens of reporters swelled around him. On the penultimate day of the winter meetings, Boras came bearing corrections, metaphors and reassurances about the strength of...