OT: AROD gets 162 game ban

[t206blogcom]

It's bad for baseball to not ban him for life. How many chances does he expect to get?

Pete Rose bet on a few games and gets a lifetime ban. A Rod gets caught multiple times only to receive a few slaps on the wrist.

I'll never understand the decisions MLB makes. Simply baffling.

[RTK]

Originally Posted by t206blogcom

It's bad for baseball to not ban him for life. How many chances does he expect to get?

Pete Rose bet on a few games and gets a lifetime ban. A Rod gets caught multiple times only to receive a few slaps on the wrist.

I'll never understand the decisions MLB makes. Simply baffling.

One or a thousand...can't do that.

[HRBAKER]

I don't find Pete Rose's lifetime ban puzzling at all.
Evidently he didn't either. Didn't he sign the agreement?

[calvindog]

I've never really understood the purpose of Rose's lifetime ban. Obviously he shouldn't be permitted access to any situation in which he could receive inside info on players' health, etc. for fear he might use it for gambling purposes. But it's not like he's playing anymore. Why not prevent him from MLB employment but allow him into the HOF? Why do his records count otherwise? And if a guy can get caught with a corked bat why is he permitted back?

As for ARod, his biggest problem is his difficulty with reality. All I heard during the hearing from him and his lawyers was how great they were doing. Of course, that immediately indicated that they were getting slaughtered. When he ran out of the hearing because Selig wasn't required to testify, didn't that make clear ARod thought he was losing? If he was "crushing" them as he said, why would he care about Selig's testimony?

Oftentimes lawyers get clients who are delusional. It's the lawyer's job to provide reality checks for the client and to honestly understand how the trial is going so that the appropriate strategy can be employed at the right time. When the lawyers are equally as delusional as the client, usually a huge loss follows.

[WhenItWasAHobby]

During the NE/Indy halftime show, CBS showed an excerpt of tomorrow's 60 Minutes episode where some guy admits he himself injected A-Rod with PEDs. What a disgrace.

[Section115]

Originally Posted by WhenItWasAHobby

During the NE/Indy halftime show, CBS showed an excerpt of tomorrow's 60 Minutes episode where some guy admits he himself injected A-Rod with PEDs. What a disgrace.

That guy is Anthony Bosch. The man behind the curtain.


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[HRBAKER]

I have a feeling with Rose that any consideration that MLB may have given him re moderating their stance over time was mitigated by his assinine behavior and years and years of lying.

[EvilKing00]

Some got caught, some admitted to it, some are accused and many we will never know that did it.

[Deertick]

Originally Posted by calvindog

Oftentimes lawyers get clients who are delusional. It's the lawyer's job to provide reality checks for the client and to honestly understand how the trial is going so that the appropriate strategy can be employed at the right time. When the lawyers are equally as delusional as the client, usually a huge loss follows.

I'm sure his lawyers will embrace reality once (if) the money runs out.

[Peter_Spaeth]

A narcissist like ARod doesn't want to hear anything like a realistic assessment of his case. If one told him, he would just fire them and find someone else. And there will always be a lawyer to tell him what he wants to hear.

[Tabe]

In his ruling, the arbitrator ruled that because he apparently used three banned substances, each of those constituted a "distinct" offense against the JDA. He therefore handed ARod 50 games apiece for each one and then 12 games for obstructing things. To me, this shows yet another example of MLB treating the ARod case different from all others. If a guy got busted for coke AND pot do you really think they'd count that as two different offenses? Of course not. But because it's ARod, they do.

Give the guy his 50 game first-time-offender suspension and the dozen for being a pain and move on.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by t206blogcom

A Rod gets caught multiple times only to receive a few slaps on the wrist.

When has ARod been caught "multiple times"? At worst, this was his first official offense - the admission on TV doesn't count - and it apparently didn't involve a failed test.

So what were the multiple times?

[drmondobueno]

Originally Posted by Tabe

When has ARod been caught "multiple times"? At worst, this was his first official offense - the admission on TV doesn't count - and it apparently didn't involve a failed test.

So what were the multiple times?

Hmmm. Good point. Kinda.

He admits using, but nobody "caught" him. He and all others hide behind the
Players Union. Drug tests "fail" to catch him, and many others. And now a person claims to have injected A-Fraud. A-fraud is also alleged to be purchasing documents, from this same guy(or company, can't seem to keep all this straight). The commish says A-Fraud is interfering... He gets 162 games.

I am sure a much better informed individual could string this together better than I am doing.

If he were to say he did not have sex with that woman, I would know he screwed her every which way from Sunday.

This guy, to me, messed with the game more than Pete Rose ever did. No comparison.

But what do I know, other than A-Fraud is a liar.

[EvilKing00]

Originally Posted by Tabe

When has ARod been caught "multiple times"? At worst, this was his first official offense - the admission on TV doesn't count - and it apparently didn't involve a failed test.

So what were the multiple times?

your right he was only "caught this 1 time" and there have been many others who were caught more and received less and many more than that who were never caught.

[calvindog]

No one knows the evidence from the arbitration; however, ARod didn't release the written decision for a reason--because it buries him. Major obstruction of the MLB probe and great efforts to circumvent the drug testing policy. And the evidence was irrefutable that he used PEDs.

[HRBAKER]

Originally Posted by calvindog

No one knows the evidence from the arbitration; however, ARod didn't release the written decision for a reason--because it buries him. Major obstruction of the MLB probe and great efforts to circumvent the drug testing policy. And the evidence was irrefutable that he used PEDs.

Absolutely!

Poor A Rod, he's getting such a raw deal.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by calvindog

No one knows the evidence from the arbitration; however, ARod didn't release the written decision for a reason--because it buries him. Major obstruction of the MLB probe and great efforts to circumvent the drug testing policy. And the evidence was irrefutable that he used PEDs.

Keep in mind when trashing ARod for obstruction that MLB did the exact same thing - only they obstructed a federal criminal investigation and not just an investigation of an employee.

[Section115]

Originally Posted by Tabe

Keep in mind when trashing ARod for obstruction that MLB did the exact same thing - only they obstructed a federal criminal investigation and not just an investigation of an employee.

Which federal criminal investigation was that? I must have missed that.


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[Brian Van Horn]

I was just watching the 60 Minutes segment on this matter. All I can say is there are unsavory characters on each side of this matter.

[Tabe]

Originally Posted by Section115

Which federal criminal investigation was that? I must have missed that.


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Sorry, state investigation not federal:

http://www.cbssports.com/mlb/eye-on-...nto-biogenesis