Jerry Kapstein

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Jeremy A. Kapstein is an American attorney and sports agent. He represented most of the highly-paid players in Major League Baseball (MLB) in the decade following the advent of free agency in the mid-1970s. [1] He was called "the Scott Boras of his day" by Dan Shaughnessy in Francona: The Red Sox Years, a book he co-wrote with Terry Francona. [2]

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Politics

Kapstein began his run for Rhode Island lieutenant governor on April 29, 2010. [3] He was the first politician to speak out against the state government granting Curt Schilling and his 38 Studios a $75-million loan guarantee to move the company to Providence. [4] He received 35.8% of the votes in his Democratic primary loss to the incumbent Elizabeth H. Roberts on September 14. [5] An injury sustained in a car accident in Boston thwarted his second attempt at running for the same office four years later. [6]

Notable clients

Personal life

Kapstein married Linda Smith, the daughter of San Diego Padres owner Joan Kroc and ex-wife of former club president Ballard Smith, at La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club on October 12, 1988. [10] In 1990, Linda Smith filed for a divorce from Kapstein after 18 months of marriage. [35]

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