Per twitter. 162 games

Shocked that they have him more than Braun. Well this should be a fun day in federal court, then

Dallas Ag, please resume your belief about how the Yankees are doomed. I know you got a 500 word post ready to go in word

Alex Rodriguez gets SLAMMED! Arbitrator hits Yankees slugger with full-season ban, plus postseason

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Dallas Ag, please resume your belief about how the Yankees are doomed. I know you got a 500 word post ready to go in word

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He's down to 500 now? I never read his posts anymore.

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Well this should be a fun day in federal court, then

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Feds won't normally touch arbiter's decisions and the Union released a statement supporting the process. A-Roid is done. Enjoy spending another $62 million on him, Yanks!

What's he going to do now? Play in Japan? A year without facing real pitching is going to be tough to recover from at his age.

An independent league team from long island has already come out and said he is welcome to come play for them.

Sucks about him getting suspended, he's a liability on the field and now the mfy don't have to pay him this season. They should have to keep his salary on their books for luxury tax purposes like the NFL makes teams do with players they cut mid-contract. Their dumbassery for giving him that deal shouldn't be wiped away simply because he's an even bigger dumbass

Token and Anchor

I always forget not everyone can read real well here, nor can they formulate opinions of their own.

For 2014, I'll try to include more pictures and references to a radio opinion to help you out.

Sorry for any discomfort. Continue to ignore my posts.

i'm ribbing you, bro

i enjoy your posts

He needs to be..I hate the steroid/ped era of baseball...home he never sniffs at the HOF..

I know. Me too.

BTW... to your point though... Now the Yanks have some $$$, but that doesn't help their pitching or IF. Could be a LOOOONGGGgg season.

And of course, just as the Rangers start to get some SP... injuries start to creep. Hope Luke Jackson can pitch.

Rangers will be out with Tanaka, based on what the LAD said. Don't know that I heard the Rangers met with him while here.

oh yeah, the yankees are definitely screwed at 3B, but we'll see if they can swing a trade as their 3B of the future is 1.5 years (i hope) away from the big leagues.

and did anyone see that 60 minutes piece on a-rod?

Just got watching the 60 minutes piece. Had no idea about the physical threats to Bosch and I'm not totally sure I believe anything would have actually happened.

I've never doubted that he did PEDs, but I still think tons of players take them, so I don't think it's that big of a deal. I just can't trust Bosch at all.

Saw part of it - mostly on the protocols they went thru to take them and beat the tests. Will watch the rest later. The only thing it did for me is continue to reinforce my opinion of how easy it is to cheat as long as you are remotely disciplined about how you do it.

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/mlb/2014/01/12/alex-rodriguez-60-minutes/4445979/

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The players union, which on Saturday said it disagreed with Horowitz's decision but recognized it as final and binding, was incensed that Manfred and Bosch would take their case to the news media. Other juicy bits to come out in the two-part "60 Minutes'' segment include Manfred's belief that Rodriguez's camp threatened Bosch, and Bosch saying A-Rod would take testosterone lozenges just before games.

"It is unfortunate that Major League Baseball apparently lacks faith in the integrity and finality of the arbitrator's decision and our Joint Drug Agreement, such that it could not resist the temptation to publicly pile-on against Alex Rodriguez,'' the MLBPA statement said. "It is equally troubling that the MLB-appointed Panel Arbitrator will himself be appearing in the "60 Minutes" segment, and that Tony Bosch, MLB's principal witness, is appearing on the program with MLB's blessing.

"MLB's post-decision rush to the media is inconsistent with our collectively-bargained arbitration process, in general, as well as the confidentiality and credibility of the Joint Drug Agreement, in particular. After learning of tonight's "60 Minutes" segment, Players have expressed anger over, among other things, MLB's inability to let the result of yesterday's decision speak for itself. As a result, the Players Association is considering all legal options available to remedy any breaches committed by MLB.''

A little over an hour later, MLB fired off its own PR shot.

"We have notified the Major League Baseball Players Association on numerous occasions that we intended to respond to all of the attacks on the integrity of our Joint Drug Program,'' baseball's statement said. "Those attacks continued yet again yesterday with Mr. Rodriguez's statement. Out of respect to the grievance process and at the request of the MLBPA, we waited until a decision was rendered to make our response.

"It is ironic that the MLBPA is complaining about MLB's participation in this program given that Mr. Rodriguez's lawyer is also participating in the show.

"As to Mr. Bosch's appearance, he is not controlled by us and is entitled to speak however he chooses about his interactions with Mr. Rodriguez."

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Alex Rodriguez sues to overturn ban

I have a problem with paying "witnesses" significant sums of money, which MLB has admitted doing.

why?

so long as the documents are scrutinized and found to be authentic and the witnesses are willing to go under oath, what's the big deal?

what would be the preferred path? suing the potential witnesses until they hopefully capitulate?

bribery?

The NYY netted $25M for 2014. I've seen people do a whole lot more for a whole lot less.

Suing the MLBPA is a great way to become even more hated.

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why?

so long as the documents are scrutinized and found to be authentic and the witnesses are willing to go under oath, what's the big deal?

what would be the preferred path? suing the potential witnesses until they hopefully capitulate?

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From the 60 minutes piece, it sounds like the documents aren't that helpful. Sounds like they were actually pretty careful in that regard. You also have things like Bosch's accusations that ARod hired people to threaten him that won't be documented. A lot of it is going to come down to testimony.

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Token and Anchor

I always forget not everyone can read real well here, nor can they formulate opinions of their own.

For 2014, I'll try to include more pictures and references to a radio opinion to help you out.

Sorry for any discomfort. Continue to ignore my posts.

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tl; dr