OT: Yankees Alex Rodriguez suspended 162 games
January 11th, 2014 at 11:54 AM ^
When does this guy quit baseball? Soon right.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:55 PM ^
If you ask Yankees fans, I'm sure they'll tell you that he quit baseball a long time ago...
January 11th, 2014 at 3:27 PM ^
A-Rod did quit baseball years ago, but more notably most Yankee fans quit A-Rod well before then... I couldn't stand the guy from Day 1.
January 11th, 2014 at 6:01 PM ^
Here's a quote from comedian Artie Lange, who is a Yankees fan: "ARod out all next season! Shit! Where are we gonna find a 258 hitter who can strike out every at bat in the playoffs ?!?!"
January 11th, 2014 at 8:10 PM ^
Sounds like fielder and Jackson
January 11th, 2014 at 3:16 PM ^
Just for showing up. Why would he?
January 11th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
When does this guy quit baseball? Soon right?
January 11th, 2014 at 2:42 PM ^
If you ask Yankees fans, I'm sure they'll tell you that he quit baseball a long time ago...
January 11th, 2014 at 11:55 AM ^
He won't quit. He'll cry and sue and whine and piss and moan.
January 11th, 2014 at 11:56 AM ^
anyone who dates Madonna should get 162 games
January 11th, 2014 at 12:45 PM ^
Hey, She attended UM!
January 11th, 2014 at 4:20 PM ^
So did Ted Kaczyinski....
Just sayin.
January 11th, 2014 at 4:45 PM ^
is slated to attend the Music School next year. Not cool to bash Madge!!
January 11th, 2014 at 11:57 AM ^
Hangin's too good for him.
January 11th, 2014 at 11:58 AM ^
I wish this guy would just go away.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:02 PM ^
He'll be 39 in July. He's close to being done.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:06 PM ^
His response is pure comedy gold.
January 11th, 2014 at 5:43 PM ^
What is this response you speak of?
January 11th, 2014 at 12:07 PM ^
I'm good with this
January 11th, 2014 at 12:07 PM ^
Has he stopped receiving money for his attempts to play baseball?
January 11th, 2014 at 12:08 PM ^
If only these guys would have just come clean in the beginning, this all would have been much less painful. There are several guys who got popped, accepted their suspensions, and are still playing. They are just as guilty as the big guys (Clemens, Binds, A-Rod, Palmeiro, etc.), yet the public outcry amounted to a whimper. Shit, look at Andy Pettitte. No one likes a cheater or a liar, but people have shown to be a lot more forgiving of the cheaters.
January 11th, 2014 at 7:52 PM ^
Its all about legacy and the Hall of Fame. We probably won't see Clemens, Bonds, or the other dominant steroid users in the Hall.
Can you imagine a Hall of Fame without Alex Rodriguez? He can't.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
This guy has been rich, famous, and papmered since adolescence...that is all he knows. He expects to get his way with everything. His attitude, relationships, and the way the handles this situations and doesn't accept responsibility for his actions shows it. He's a child. I actually feel a little bad for him, minus the part that he's rich, famous, incredibly talented, 6'3", and really good looking lol. Beyond that I feel bad for him because he's a grown man-child.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
Is it or was it wrong of me to wish that every time he came up to bat last year the pitcher hit him?
January 11th, 2014 at 12:22 PM ^
If it's wrong, I'm wrong, too. I wouldn't have been broken-hearted to see someone put a fastball in his temple.
January 11th, 2014 at 1:00 PM ^
in Boston and the fans went nuts!!
January 11th, 2014 at 12:09 PM ^
For every player who is caught using PEDs. Not just for A-Rod. I can't stand the guy, but why is it such a harsh suspension for him and not someone like Ryan Braun?
January 11th, 2014 at 2:12 PM ^
tampering with the investigation
January 11th, 2014 at 3:25 PM ^
And Braun didn't?? He basically accused someone of being anti-Semite to try to get out of his suspension.
What about Melky Cabrera, who created a fake website?
I agree completely that arod should get the 162 games but it should be consistent.
January 11th, 2014 at 4:15 PM ^
isn't tampering, far from it. One might consider it a cynical defense strategy. Cabrera should have gotten more, I agree. MLB made a mistake there. I'm glad they aren't repeating it.
January 11th, 2014 at 6:53 PM ^
...two years? That would be in line with IOC/USOC guidelines. This is half of that, and administered under a much less intensive testing regime.
It appears to me that MLB is concerned less with the issue of PEDs in baseball than the negative publicity associated with their use.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
I'll say this. His HOF candidacy just went "fwoom" for good.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:11 PM ^
Too much money on the line for him and his lawyers to give up.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:36 PM ^
Wasn't the original suspension 200 something games?
January 11th, 2014 at 12:50 PM ^
His original suspension was for 211 games. The arbiter reduced it to 162.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:46 PM ^
This was the result of his appeal. He'll try to sue in federal court which should be thrown out fairly quickly.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:14 PM ^
A-Rod is a D-Rod. That is all.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:17 PM ^
He loses out on his biggest remaining contract year, and Yankees have to pay him for three more at a time when his skills will be, um, "diminishing."
January 11th, 2014 at 12:20 PM ^
A-Rod has the right to sue, and I think he has a very good chance of winning. Usually, MLB can afford better attorneys than the players. This time, they may have picked the wrong person to fight.
A-Rod's HIPAA rights, and probably many others, were grossly violated here. If he had gotten the same suspensions as everyone else, he would have accepted them, but he was MLB"s "big fish" that "justified" all of the rights they squashed in their "investigations."
I "hate" the Yankees and couldn't care much less about A-Rod as a human being, but MLB has gone too far in their witch hunt. MLB engaged in more criminal behavior than A-Rod did here.
For me, this is a "grab some popcorn" moment. I am guessing the paperwork is filed on Monday morning.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
However douchey A-Rod is, MLB is probably walking into a trap that will further expose their ineptitude in addressing illegal substance use in baseball.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:37 PM ^
I don't think so. Courts generally don't like to overturn arbitration rulings that have been colletively bargained for. And I don't think Alex wants to go through any discovery processes that might be associated with a lawsuit.
And reading the MLBPA's reaction to the ruling, it looks like they might be done with this one, too. It looks like he's on his own. He might have a puncher's chance at best.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:40 PM ^
Does HIPAA apply to a fake doctor at anti-aging wellness center?
Im not a lawyer but it's my understanding that his appeal will have little chance to succeed as federal judges usually don't interject in a labor dispute where there is a collective bargaining agreement
January 11th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
Witch hunt?
January 11th, 2014 at 12:28 PM ^
Does a 162-game suspension mean that he would be eligible for the postseason, if any?
January 11th, 2014 at 12:31 PM ^
The suspension also includes all potential playoff games in 2014.
http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10278277/alex-rodriguez-susp…
January 11th, 2014 at 12:47 PM ^
I hope he can play in the preseason, it's the only time I enjoyed watching him play.
You can feel the air go out of the balloon everytime he came to bat.
January 11th, 2014 at 12:48 PM ^
Dear arod,
please go away. If anyone has less credibility than Bosch, it's you.
Thanks, America
January 11th, 2014 at 12:53 PM ^
to admit your mistakes, take ownership of your decisions, say you did it and accept the punishment - how ever you want to state it. The longer you take to get to that point, the greater the punishment is once you get caught. (#experience)
Acting arrogant only makes the punishment worse. This is a lifetime ban, given his age and health.
I used to like A-Rod back in the Seattle/Texas days. Then he started acting above the game. Hope this is the final chapter of his public days. Five years from now there will be an ESPN bottom line stating "... only received 2% of the HOF voting.." and that will be that.
January 11th, 2014 at 3:05 PM ^
CBS has some of the Facebook post he made as well as the official statement. Part of Alex's response is as follows:
"This injustice is MLB's first step toward abolishing guaranteed contracts in the 2016 bargaining round, instituting lifetime bans for single violations of drug policy, and further insulating its corrupt investigative program from any variety defense by accused players, or any variety of objective review," he said.
He's also confident that he can get this into federal court and that a judge will see it his way. You keep believing that, Alex, you keep believing that....
January 11th, 2014 at 4:18 PM ^
On the one hand, I hate Arod for being the consummate self-involved jerk.
OTOH, I hate the Yankees for always thinking they can buy a championship. Glad to see that hasnt happened lately.
Not sure here, but overall I want Arod to be actuve but suck so the Yankees still have to pay him a bajillon dollahs.