Jul
29
Marcus: No Biogenesis suspensions expected today
ByVia Steven Marcus: No Biogenesis announcements are expected to come today. Yesterday we heard the league is planning to announce all the suspensions at the same time this week, and reportedly they are hoping to get an answer from Alex Rodriguez‘s camp about a possible plea agreement at some point today. I was getting worried this story wouldn’t drag on any longer, so needless to say, I’m relieved by this news.
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Don’t worry, Mike. We have several years of legal battles in front of us. The story will never end.
Got mafia connections?
Making Anthony Bosch disappears makes Biogenesis disappear.
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Years!
I can’t take another week
They should really just be transparent and tell everyone what they did and release all of the Mitchell Report names and be done with it.There were hundreds doing steroids in baseball.They should stop running A Rod up the flagpole and punish everyone….or not use scape goats and sweeping under the carpet motions.Not trying to defend A Rod, but it seems like the entire thing is falling on him. If they ban a Rod,they should then ban Mark McGwire from being a hitting coach…. and anyone else who touched a steroid.McGwire was WAY worse with PEDs.
You’re so right, how dare they punish cheaters today when some guys a couple decades ago, playing under different rules, got away with it.
Biogenesis would be happening with or without Arod’s involvement. Anyone crying ‘scape goat’ or ‘witch hunt’ is delusional.
He had the option of playing out the remainder of his giant contract with only the (massive) advantage of his baseball skillset. He instead chose to get involved in a giant PED lab connected with half the league. There is only one person to blame.
amen.
IETC Infinite.
Rather have 4 years of David Adams at third than the freak show that is Arod. Heck, rather have John Adams or John Quincy Adams over Arod, and they are both long dead.
What about Wednesday Adams?
Or Morticia Adams.
http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/ad.....dams-photo
or Ansel Adams – he took really pretty photographs.
Or Adam West… he’s Batman.
Or Adam…he came first.
Fun fact:
John Adams and Thomas Jefferson, arguably the two most important individuals in the construction of the Declaration of Independence (Benjamin Franklin probably carried equal weight), both died on the same day (hours apart), and that day was July 4th, 1826 ….. the fiftieth anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration.
/Can’t_Make_It_Up
Even though A-Rod is getting what he deserves for not admitting back on 2009 of PEDS it’s sad A-Rod is taking the full burden of the 2003 103 cheaters.
This steroid problem will always stay as long as that list remains hidden.
That list is 10 years old at this point.
Sure, I’d like to know who is on it too. But its pretty irrelevant to steroids in baseball today. Not sure what you’re complaining about, since all the conversation I’ve seen (outside of your comment) is focused on Biogenesis and its fallout and not the old failed test.
Unconfirmed:
1. Nomar Garciaparra
2. Manny Ramirez
3. Johnny Damon
4. Trot Nixon
5. David Ortiz
6. Shea Hillenbrand
7. Derek Lowe
8. Pedro Martinez
9. Brian Roberts
10. Jay Gibbons
11. Melvin Mora
12. Jerry Hairston
13. Jason Giambi
14. Alfonso Soriano
15. Raul Mondesi
16. Aaron Boone
17. Andy Pettitte
18. Jose Contreras
19. Roger Clemens
20. Carlos Delgado
21. Vernon Wells
22. Frank Catalanotto
23. Kenny Rogers
24. Magglio Ordonez
25. Sandy Alomar
26. Bartolo Colon
27. Brent Abernathy
28. Jose Lima
29. Milton Bradley
30. Casey Blake
31. Danys Baez
32. Craig Monroe
33. Dmitri Young
34. Alex Sanchez
35. Eric Chavez
36. Miguel Tejada
37. Eric Byrnes
38. Jose Guillen
39. Keith Foulke
40. Ricardo Rincon
41. Bret Boone
42. Mike Cameron
43. Randy Winn
44. Ryan Franklin
45. Freddy Garcia
46. Rafael Soriano
47. Scott Spiezio
48. Troy Glaus
49. Francisco Rodriguez
50. Ben Weber
51. Alex Rodriguez
52. Juan Gonzalez
53. Rafael Palmeiro
54. Carl Everett
55. Javy Lopez
56. Gary Sheffield
57. Mike Hampton
58. Ivan Rodriguez
59. Derrek Lee
60. Bobby Abreu
61. Terry Adams
62. Fernando Tatis
63. Livan Hernandez
64. Hector Almonte
65. Tony Armas
66. Dan Smith
67. Roberto Alomar
68. Cliff Floyd
69. Roger Cedeno
70. Jeromy Burnitz
71. Moises Alou
72. Sammy Sosa
73. Corey Patterson
74. Carlos Zambrano
75. Mark Prior
76. Kerry Wood
77. Matt Clement
78. Antonio Alfonseca
79. Juan Cruz
80. Aramis Ramirez
81. Craig Wilson
82. Kris Benson
83. Richie Sexson
84. Geoff Jenkins
85. Valerio de los Santos
86. Benito Santiago
87. Rich Aurilia
88. Barry Bonds
89. Andres Galarraga
90. Jason Schmidt
91. Felix Rodriguez
92. Jason Christiansen
93. Matt Herges
94. Paul Lo Duca
95. Shawn Green
96. Oliver Perez
97. Adrian Beltre
98. Eric Gagne
99. Guillermo Mota
100. Luis Gonzalez
101. Todd Helton
102. Ryan Klesko
103. Gary Matthews
I am not sure how you can compare the two between ARod and McGwire.
ARod admitted use and was never caught(until the Biogensis). McGwire never admitted use and was never caught or test negative. McGwire is not link to Biogensis.
Arod is an absolute moron or has a sickness addicted to steroids. He put himself into this mess and disrespected the Yankees for not being a reliable and dependable player putting on the pinstripes. He is a disgrace of even getting back to PEDs….
You’re right, McGwire refuses to man up and admit what he did, but everyone knows he juiced.
Assuming the lifetime ban is enacted and Afraud appeals. Should the appeal fail could he file suit against his attorney for malpractice?
From 3 hours ago:
Report: A-Rod could be banned for life if he turns down MLB’s Biogenesis settlement offer
MLB wants a 2013/2014 ban for ARod. The lifetime ban is the ‘threat’ if ARod doesn’t accept the 2013/2014 ‘settlement’.
It was just reported that ARod’s lawyers insist they will appeal.
My guess is ARod figures that not playing until 2015 will just about kill his career, and that a lifetime ban would be too much for the Union to stand.
So even if he loses the appeal, the 2013/2014 suspension might be the max MLB can levy.
So maybe ARod figures he has little to lose in appealing (moron!).
But good news for us.
We will probably have ARod for 2013, and he will almost certaining be gone in 2014.. and maybe 2015.
I’m more worried about mlb changing the mlb schedule to a 100 game season without telling anybody but Mike
Ha. Said same thing in other thread.
This A-Rod soap is replete with schemes, proposals, possible deals etc. Alex will fight since he stands to lose too much $$$. MLB must feel they have a lot on him but may over play their hand. Rays back in 1st on another full Price gem, bad call on potential tying run in 8th (not that close) at home, and bad base running.
From the AP:
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball may try to suspend Alex Rodriguez under its collective bargaining agreement instead of its drug rules, which would eliminate any chance of delaying a penalty until after the case goes to an arbitrator, The Associated Press has learned.
Rodriguez has never been disciplined for a drug offense, and a first offender under baseball’s Joint Drug Agreement is entitled to an automatic stay if the players’ association files a grievance — meaning the penalty is put on hold until after an arbitrator rules.
While use of banned performance-enhancing substances falls under the drug agreement, MLB may argue other alleged violations are punishable under the labor contract, a person familiar with management’s deliberations told the AP, speaking on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized.
Taking that action would prevent the New York Yankees third baseman from returning to the field, even if he recovers from a quadriceps injury cited by the team as the reason for keeping him on the disabled list.
And merely threatening to use that provision might give MLB leverage to force a deal.
According to the AP report, Rodriguez could be punished under the Article XII B clause of the CBA, essentially conduct that is “materially detrimental or materially prejudicial” to the “best interests” of baseball, including violation of federal, state or local law.
If suspended under that section, Rodriguez would serve the penalty while a grievance is litigated before arbitrator Fredric Horowitz — unless the union asks for a stay and the arbitrator grants one, which would be unusual under the grievance procedure. And baseball could always try to punish A-Rod on drug violations later.
This is just my personal opinion but I actually like A-Rod. I follow sports and entertainment because of the characters not some prescribed sense of moralism and virtue. A-Rod is a character for the ages. He has a really warped sense of how people will react to his actions and, in my view, a phenomenal dedication to his craft. That dedication and fear of failure fuels his madness. I genuinely believe he may have some form of autism, perhaps Asperger’s.
Anyway, having said that, the best case scenario is for A-Rod to be banned outright and for the team to recoup that $100 million.