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GWOW said:
It's guys like Arod and Palmeiro and Piazza and Bagwell and Sosa and Braun and Clemens and Bonds and McGwire and Canseco who just reinforce my belief that guys like Jack Morris, Don Mattingly, and Dale Murphy need to be in the Hall of Fame.
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Morris, Mattingly and Murphy aren't HOF worthy.
 
and there doesn't have to be a spike in #'s to throw up a red flag, hell Cervelli is on the biogenesis list and the guy is barely a MLB player. Absolutely anyone can be on PEDs
 
The Yankees are 6-9 since the All Star Break. Kuroda has 2 of those wins and he pitched a great game in LA last week which the Yankees won. No decision. Half of their wins have come with Kuroda on the mound.

The Yankees are 9.5 games behind Boston. They are 8.5 games behind TB for the first wildcard. 4.5 games behind Cleveland for the 2nd wildcard. Cleveland took advantage of Baltimore and Texas slumping. The Yankees lost ground. Kansas City is 1 % point ahead of the Yankees.
 
Lundsanity30 said:
ok here is what I don't get... Selig is going to suspend Alex just for PEDs and not using the "best interest of the game" clause correct?.. So judging by that not only can Arod appeal any suspension, how the HELL does Selig have any right to make a 200 game or more suspension when according to the CBA its 50 games for a failed test and 100 games for a 2nd. seeing as Arod has never failed a test how the hell does Selig think he can get 200 games against Arod without invoking that clause?
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He's superseding the CBA.

AKA making **** up on the spot.
 
BlueshirtBlitz said:
He's superseding the CBA.

AKA making **** up on the spot.
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The suspension isn't for a failed test therefore those levels of suspensions do not apply.

I don't know if they've specifically said "best interest in bb" but since the union appears to agreeing to the methods being used then it doesn't really matter.

If Arod would still get his $ he wouldn't be fighting the suspension.

I think this is gonna drag out for years. Arod will ultimately be suspended & then he & the Yanks will be in court over the contract.
 
Full list.

http://www.sportingnews.com/mlb/sto...-nelson-cruz-jhonny-peralta-jordany-valdespin

Nelson Cruz, Texas Rangers; Jhonny Peralta, Detroit Tigers; Jesus Montero, Seattle Mariners; Francisco Cervelli, Yankees; Everth Cabrera, San Diego Padres; Jordany Valdepsin, New York Mets; Antonio Bastardo, Philadelphia Phillies; Sergio Escalona, Houston Astros; and minor leaguers Fernando Martinez of the Yankees, Fautino de los Santos of the Padres, Cesar Puello of the Mets and free agent Jordan Norberto.
 
Journeyed over to this board to say how excited I am for tonight's game. I guess that lifetime ban for doing the same thing that 12 other players just got suspended 50 games for isn't working out too well for Uncle Bud.

2 for 4, Home Run, 1B, 2 RBI,
 
Here’s the official announcement from the league…Commissioner Allan H. (Bud) Selig announced today that third baseman Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees has been suspended without pay for the remainder of the 2013 Championship Season and Postseason and the entire 2014 Championship Season for violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program and the Basic Agreement.
 
I wish teams could cancel contracts based on steroid use setting false pretenses.

I also wish 1 PED use = lifetime ban
 
NYGBleedBlueNYR said:
I wish teams could cancel contracts based on steroid use setting false pretenses.

I also wish 1 PED use = lifetime ban
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The teams were complicit in the rise of steroids in baseball. Management, ownership, the Commissioner's Office, the MLBPA, all of them. Allowing for the cancellation of contracts is giving a free pass to teams when they don't deserve it.
 
Michael Weiner says*A-Rod's appeal verdict will not come until November or December. That means he will play for the rest of the season.
 
I think it's pretty ridiculous how the appeal process works. If you're suspended, you should be suspended. Now with Arod's appeal in limbo, he'll be playing his heart out until November (says the poster above me)? That's absolutely ridiculous.
 
Lundsanity30 said:
Michael Weiner says*A-Rod's appeal verdict will not come until November or December. That means he will play for the rest of the season.
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Can't wait to hear the response he gets, on the road but particularly at home. What happens when he homers?
 
silverfish said:
I think it's pretty ridiculous how the appeal process works. If you're suspended, you should be suspended. Now with Arod's appeal in limbo, he'll be playing his heart out until November (says the poster above me)? That's absolutely ridiculous.
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What if you suspend a guy and make him sit pending appeal, and he then has his suspension overturned? You can make him whole financially, but he loses those games played and the team likely suffers in his absence. Who does that benefit?
 
nyr2k2 said:
What if you suspend a guy and make him sit pending appeal, and he then has his suspension overturned? You can make him whole financially, but he loses those games played and the team likely suffers in his absence. Who does that benefit?
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I don't know how it could be better, there are smarter minds available for that. I'd like to say you could appeal, not play, and still get paid - but that's bull**** for the team. I just think a suspension should be a suspension :dunno:

On the other hand, I really don't know much about baseball, so it's probably better for me to stay out of a discussion like this :)
 
silverfish said:
I don't know how it could be better, there are smarter minds available for that. I'd like to say you could appeal, not play, and still get paid - but that's bull**** for the team. I just think a suspension should be a suspension :dunno:

On the other hand, I really don't know much about baseball, so it's probably better for me to stay out of a discussion like this :)
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Well, the mechanism that allows for a suspension is the CBA or a relevant MOU, which also contains the appeals process. So a suspension IS a suspension, and the appeal is necessarily part of that suspension.
 
nyr2k2 said:
The teams were complicit in the rise of steroids in baseball. Management, ownership, the Commissioner's Office, the MLBPA, all of them. Allowing for the cancellation of contracts is giving a free pass to teams when they don't deserve it.
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Do you think teams still turn a blind eye like previously?
 
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