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Related: About this forumWe may not have A-Roid to kick around anymore
http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/mlb-big-league-stew/report-rod-could-banned-life-turns-down-mlb-204052447.htmlThe latest report from the New York Daily News' A-Rod Watch 2013 says the embattled Yankees third baseman has two options in his stand-off with MLB: Take a deal that would suspend him for the rest of 2013 and all of 2014, or face a lifetime ban.
It's another indication that Rodriguez simultaneously at odds with the New York Yankees about his injury rehab and with MLB about the Biogenesis scandal is unlikely to play this season. He's supposed to begin a second round of minor-league rehab this week, but reports indicate that MLB's impending suspension hammer would strike down upon him before that. The Daily News says MLB "hopes to know by Monday" whether A-Rod will take the deal. The resulting suspension or ban should follow pretty quickly....
MLB's case against A-Rod is believed to be strong, with phone records, text messages and e-mails that can link him to PED use between 2010-2012. MLB is also believed to have Rodriguez on the hook for meddling in the Biogenesis investigation. It sounds like enough that someone would be A-Rod's ear telling him to take the deal, to save whatever money and bits of his reputation he can.
If he doesn't, you have to wonder: Does A-Rod still think he's untouchable? Is he just that stubborn? Or does he have that much confidence in his legal team?
It's another indication that Rodriguez simultaneously at odds with the New York Yankees about his injury rehab and with MLB about the Biogenesis scandal is unlikely to play this season. He's supposed to begin a second round of minor-league rehab this week, but reports indicate that MLB's impending suspension hammer would strike down upon him before that. The Daily News says MLB "hopes to know by Monday" whether A-Rod will take the deal. The resulting suspension or ban should follow pretty quickly....
MLB's case against A-Rod is believed to be strong, with phone records, text messages and e-mails that can link him to PED use between 2010-2012. MLB is also believed to have Rodriguez on the hook for meddling in the Biogenesis investigation. It sounds like enough that someone would be A-Rod's ear telling him to take the deal, to save whatever money and bits of his reputation he can.
If he doesn't, you have to wonder: Does A-Rod still think he's untouchable? Is he just that stubborn? Or does he have that much confidence in his legal team?
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We may not have A-Roid to kick around anymore (Original Post)
KamaAina
Jul 2013
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bluedigger
(17,086 posts)1. Either way the Yankees win.
The Yankees always win...
joeybee12
(56,177 posts)2. I hate A-Fraud, but I hate Satan more...
So I hope A-Roid fights it and causes the Yankees nothing but misery.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)3. Ban everyone for life
if they are caught having used illegal substances.