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    all over twitter

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    Most hated sports personality ever?

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    ^No. Not at all. He's failed no drug test and he's being accused by law breakers. Arbitration will vacate it on the spot. & MLB knows it. That's why they're trying to get him to sign off on it. Uh, uh. Nope. They're paying him that money. EVERY ING CENT. Without him the Yankees are short a WS le, but, they've conveniently put that aside. The humps.

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    ******Gentlemen:::this, this, this is why there are {unions.} If you're waiting for "men" to do good, you'll grow old, gray and die during that wait.

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    He failed a drug test back in 2003 that he even admitted to failing.

    http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3894847

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    He failed a drug test back in 2003 that he even admitted to failing.
    Don't be purposely obtuse.

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    I kinda agree with Cully. I hate A-Rod easily more than any other baseball player but this is totally selective outrage if he really gets suspended that long.

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    That long of a suspension could retire him.

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    should be longer
    but yankees still make out like bandits

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    A-Rod is a good guy. He doesn't deserve the hate. Long live A-Rod!






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    That long of a suspension could retire him.
    And that's what MLB wants. They do not want him suiting up again in a MLB uniform, ever. They figure if he'll agree to the suspension thru '14 it buys them time to extend it, or, for some other "crown block" to fall on A-Rod's head. It's a point of emphasis now, almost a childish tantrum to see him denied. And he's complicit that's why he is pushing back. He wants to piss in their face and take the field again while the appeal process is in motion. MLB can't figure a way to get by the appeal process without a grievance being filed and the NLRB stepping in. MLB doesn't want that. They have no proof he took drugs and the people who are accusing him have taken money from MLB. The NLRB will frown upon MLB here and they know it. That's where they'll lose and when they do A-Rod's legal team will go after damages, big time.

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    Well, it's high noon in NYC. What's the hold up?

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    MLB has an ace in their hole. THey have proof of AROD obstructing their investigation ala witness tampering/harassment. This could quite possibly lead to a lifetime ban for AROD

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    The three mystery names recently added to the Biogenesis list have been confirmed to be Phillies reliever Antonio Bas o, Mets outfielder Jordany Valdespin and Astros reliever Sergio Escalona, sources said.

    That makes it 12 players who will get 50-game bans Monday when Major league Baseball announces the suspensions.

    Embattled Yankee Alex Rodriguez is expected to receive a suspension through the end of 2014, and sources close to him say he will appeal. No other player connected to the case will appeal, according to people connected to the case.

    The nine previously known to be in line for a 50-game bans due to connections to the now defunct Miami are Rangers outfielderCruz, Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta, Mariners catcher Jesus Montero, Padres shortstop Everth Cabrera and Yankees catcher Francisco Cervelli, plus minor leaguers Fernando Martinez, Jordan Norberto, Fautino de los Santos and Cesar Puello.

    http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/blog/jo...is-mystery-men

    The names of Bas o and Valdespin were first reported by Foxsports.com, and Escalona by Yahoo.

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    do it quite saying it get her done sick of it already
    also it is very instersting players want the penaltys to be stiffer and are going to vote on it this winter
    some have even said first time they are caught BAN FOR LIFE

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    MLB blinked, they wanted no part of the NLRB. He'll play tonite, and I hope his legal team takes this into a Federal court.

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    I hope they upheld it
    and then the baseball union votes one strike you are out for life
    and a-rod spends millions fighting and lose it

    just what the federal court needs a mlb case instead of getting the murders cases done and the appeal court

    arod has NO right to take them to federal court

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    I think they are should have their pictures taken together and have them put up on baseball stadiums as CHEATERS

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    arod has NO right to take them to federal court
    Yes, he does. They have no right, but, he does. It's like me finding out my wife is gathering evidence against me for cheating on her and I thwart that evidence gathering by nefarious acts. [She] has no legal standing. Neither does MLB, they're just like my [wife]. If I were A-Rod I'd go after those bas s like the last pork chop on the plate.

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    I'd have to read the CBA do ents to be sure, but the media reporting suggests that ARod cannot take MLB to federal court to dispute his suspension or any of the findings or conclusions that led to it. The CBA obligates the players and/or MLB to take those disputes to binding arbitration. Once the case goes to arbitration, getting it into any court (federal courts and/or most state courts) for anything other than a confirmation of the arbitrator's decision is virtually impossible.

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    I'd have to read the CBA do ents to be sure, but the media reporting suggests that ARod cannot take MLB to federal court to dispute his suspension or any of the findings or conclusions that led to it. The CBA obligates the players and/or MLB to take those disputes to binding arbitration. Once the case goes to arbitration, getting it into any court (federal courts and/or most state courts) for anything other than a confirmation of the arbitrator's decision is virtually impossible.
    An American citizen cannot disavow their civil rights. He may, or he may not have a civil rights action here. But, if I were him I'd certainly direct my legal team to pursue the matter. Things were said in negotiations that were recorded. That's why you have attorneys. That way everything is on the record. And that is why MLB was reticent to negotiate with him from the start and then pulled their negotiating team altogether toward the end. They wanted to dictate and not have a face to face on the record. And that's why he insisted they mete out the punishment before he acted. them, they wanted A-Rod to show his cards. Please. Get lost. He handled it correctly and got a firm number of games and a transcript to take to the arbitrator and the NLRB if necessary and the Feds if possible. I hope they ed up. Mother ers. I'd take their ass to the cleaners.

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    American citizens can disavow their civil rights and do so in many different ways, but if what you're saying is correct, then no arbitration clause could ever be enforced. That's clearly not the case -- I suspect that more civil disputes go to arbitration now than to trial in civil courts.

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    LOL Yankees will still owe this $60 million for 2015 and 2016.

    CROFL hearing these idiots on ESPN talk about Selig doing this for his legacy. Seligs legacy is

    (1) Cancelling the World Series
    (2) Turning a blind eye to steroid use in the late 90s because it made people forget about the strike and the cancelled the World Series. As a result the most cherished record in baseball, 61 home runs in a season, is forever ruined.
    (3) Still not giving a because Home Run Derby sells tickets, and baseball's next most cherished record, 755 home runs in a career, is similarly ruined forever.
    (4) All the best players of his tenure can't get into the Hall of Fame.
    (5) Baseball stats are essentially meaningless now for at least a 10 year span of the game.
    (6) The career home run records will forever have an effective asterisk denoting they were established in the Selig era.

    Worst commissioner ever
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    LOL Yankees will still owe this $60 million for 2015 and 2016.

    CROFL hearing these idiots on ESPN talk about Selig doing this for his legacy. Seligs legacy is

    (1) Cancelling the World Series
    (2) Turning a blind eye to steroid use in the late 90s because it made people forget about the strike and the cancelled the World Series. As a result the most cherished record in baseball, 61 home runs in a season, is forever ruined.
    (3) Still not giving a because Home Run Derby sells tickets, and baseball's next most cherished record, 755 home runs in a career, is similarly ruined forever.
    (4) All the best players of his tenure can't get into the Hall of Fame.
    (5) Baseball stats are essentially meaningless now for at least a 10 year span of the game.

    Worst commissioner ever
    I don't get why the stats of all the cheaters are not made to be separate? In 1961 there was once 2 records when they extended the schedule from 154 to 162 games. So make it 2 records for all the clowns that got caught or were proven to be using PED's. Give Roger Maris back his HR record for god's sake that nobody still to this day has broken legitimately.

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    LOL Yankees will still owe this $60 million for 2015 and 2016.

    CROFL hearing these idiots on ESPN talk about Selig doing this for his legacy. Seligs legacy is

    (1) Cancelling the World Series
    (2) Turning a blind eye to steroid use in the late 90s because it made people forget about the strike and the cancelled the World Series. As a result the most cherished record in baseball, 61 home runs in a season, is forever ruined.
    (3) Still not giving a because Home Run Derby sells tickets, and baseball's next most cherished record, 755 home runs in a career, is similarly ruined forever.
    (4) All the best players of his tenure can't get into the Hall of Fame.
    (5) Baseball stats are essentially meaningless now for at least a 10 year span of the game.
    (6) The career home run records will forever have an effective asterisk denoting they were established in the Selig era.

    Worst commissioner ever
    You forgot ing over the Montreal Expos in every way possible, including cancelling their dream season in '94, openly threatening contraction and moving most of their home games to San Juan to artifically diminish fan support, and banning them from calling up players from the minors in '03 while they were in the playoff hunt, tbh....

    Selig needs to off already, imho....

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