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Beverly Hills Sports Council is a sports agency based in Los Angeles that represents baseball players. ==History== The company was founded by Beverly Hills life insurance agent Dennis Gilbert 〔http://www.si.com/vault/1993/06/14/128748/big-deals-for-agents-scott-boras-and-dennis-gilbert-baseball-is-a-bonanza〕 and former minor league player Rick Thurman 〔http://www.baseball-reference.com/minors/player.cgi?id=thurma001ric〕 in 1984.〔http://sportsagentblog.com/2014/11/20/interview-with-the-agent-rick-thurman/〕 Early clients included George Brett, Jose Canseco, Danny Tartabull, Bret Saberhagen and Rickey Henderson. Gilbert remained at the company until his retirement as a sports agent in 1998 and he later joined the Chicago White Sox as special assistant to Chairman Jerry Reinsdorf.〔http://chicago.whitesox.mlb.com/cws/team/exe_bios/gilbert_dennis.html〕 BHSC continued to be run by partners Thurman, Jeff Borris, Daniel Horwits and Dan Lozano.〔http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Issues/1998/02/5/Sports-Industrialists/CASHING-IN-HIS-BONDS-DENNIS-GILBERT-CALLS-IT-QUITS.aspx〕 In 1989, Beverly Hills Sports Council negotiated Bret Saberhagen's three-year, $8.9 million contract extension that made him the highest-paid player in baseball.〔http://articles.latimes.com/1989-11-18/sports/sp-1447_1_3-year-extension-worth〕 Three more times in a 30-month span, a player represented by the company became the highest-paid player in baseball based on average annual salary:〔http://www.si.com/vault/1993/06/14/128748/big-deals-for-agents-scott-boras-and-dennis-gilbert-baseball-is-a-bonanza#〕 Jose Canseco with the Oakland A's in 1990, averaging $4.7 million a year,〔http://www.nytimes.com/1990/06/28/sports/canseco-gets-his-pitch-23.5-million-from-a-s.html〕 Bobby Bonilla with the New York Mets in 1991, averaging $5.8 million year,〔http://www.nytimes.com/1991/12/03/sports/baseball-how-bonilla-got-mets-to-empty-their-pockets.html〕 and Barry Bonds with the San Francisco Giants in 1992, averaging $7.3 million a year.〔http://www.nytimes.com/1992/12/06/sports/baseball-giants-make-investment-43-million-in-bonds.html〕 In 1991, BHSC client Mike Piazza signed a 7-year, $91 million contract with the New York Mets, making him the highest-paid player in baseball at the time.〔http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/sports/mike-piazza-mets-91m-catcher-big-cheese-article-1.815847〕 In 2004, BHSC client Albert Pujols signed the biggest deal in St. Louis Cardinals history with a 7-year, $100 million contract, and with only three years in the big leagues, made him the fastest player to receive a $100 million contract.〔http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/baseball/nl/cardinals/2004-02-19-pujols-contract_x.htm〕 In May 2010 agent Dan Lozano left Beverly Hills Sports Council, where he had been since 1989,〔http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5220159〕 and announced he would continue representing several players including Albert Pujols and Jimmy Rollins in a new agency.〔http://content.usatoday.com/communities/dailypitch/post/2010/06/dan-lozano-leaves-sports-agency-brings-pujols-and-others-with-him/1#.VUqZqo7BzGd〕 In February 2011, Beverly Hills Sports Council defeated the Houston Astros in baseball salary arbitration〔http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/info/faq.jsp#arbitration〕 when Hunter Pence won his hearing. It was the Astros' first loss in arbitration since 1996.〔http://blog.chron.com/ultimateastros/2011/02/20/pence-wins-salary-arbitration-case-against-astros/〕 It improved Beverly Hills Sports Council's arbitration record to 4-4 over the past decade, believed to be the best of any agency during that period.〔http://bizofbaseball.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=5081:with-ruling-hunter-pence-sets-record-for-second-time-salary-arbitration-position-player&catid=72:salary-arbitration&Itemid=183〕 In July 2013, Forbes.com listed the "World's Most Valuable MLB Agencies" based on dollar amount of contracts under management and BHSC was 10th on the list with $136.8 million.〔http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonbelzer/2013/07/23/the-worlds-most-valuable-mlb-agencies/〕 In April 2014, BHSC negotiated Jason Kipnis' 6-year $52.5 million contract extension with the Cleveland Indians after having discussions previous offseasons.〔http://www.cleveland.com/tribe/index.ssf/2014/04/jason_kipnis_signs_contract_ex_1.html〕 On August 4, 2014, BHSC added 2-time All-Star Salvador Perez of the Kansas City Royals to its list of clients.〔http://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Journal/Issues/2014/08/04/Labor-and-Agents/Labor-and-Agents.aspx〕 It was reported in March 2015 that BHSC and agent Rick Thurman had rekindled talks of a long-term contract extension with the Pittsburgh Pirates for outfielder Gregory Polanco, after talks from the previous May were tabled that would have made the player the highest-paid player with no Major League service time.〔http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/03/pirates-discussing-extension-with-gregory-polanco.html〕 These extension talks were again put on hold in April 2015 with the two sides agreeing to revisit after the 2015 season.〔http://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2015/04/pirates-gregory-polanco-table-extension-talks.html〕 Chris Tillman and his agent Dan Horwits also discussed a long-term extension with the Baltimore Orioles during spring training in March 15 〔http://www.baltimoresun.com/sports/orioles/bs-sp-orioles-spring-training-0327-20150326-story.html〕 but talks ended with an Opening Day deadline. 〔http://baseball.realgm.com/wiretap/42345/Orioles-Tillman-Dont-Reach-Extension-By-Deadline〕 Horwits also was in talks with the New York Mets regarding an extension for slugger Lucas Duda during the same time in spring training 〔http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2015/03/28/report-mets-talking-contract-extension-with-lucas-duda/〕 but a similar Opening Day deadline passed without any deal being finalized. 〔http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/deadline-passes-for-lucas-duda-deal-1.10201988〕 In August 2015, BHSC added 2014 All-Star Henderson Alvarez of the Miami Marlins to its growing Latin division. 〔http://sportsagentblog.com/2015/08/05/on-to-the-next-one-henderson-alvarez/〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beverly Hills Sports Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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