OT: AROD gets 162 game ban

[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.

[horzverti]

Never heard of him.

[DixieBaseball]

A-Roid is a cheat and bottom line he is getting what he deserves. So glad MLB is cleaning up the game. Took too long, but it is getting more pure and back to more respectable numbers (with history) on the power side and great pitchers are starting to come back in play on several teams. No more 60-70 bomb baloney and now when a guy hits 50 like Big Chris Davis, it feels real. It feels like George Foster in late 70's with his 52 dongs out of no where. Sorry for the rant, but it just feels good to see real baseball players coming back into the game and the game getting cleaned up.

Good Riddance to A-Roid! Hope his wait for the Hall is when he is very old and gray.

[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.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by Tabe

If a guy got busted for coke AND pot do you really think they'd count that as two different offenses?

Yes, because they count that as two different offenses.

[drcy]

The arbiter wrote that ARod used three different substances on three different occasions. So they were three distinctly separate offenses, using either legal or layman's logic. If you're caught double parking on three different days, you know you'll get three tickets not one. If evidence proves you burglarized three homes over a year, prosecutors won't charge them as one burglary, and the average person on the street would also consider them three separate crimes.

Fear the day someone can repeat a crime 99 times for free, because the law counts them only a single offense.

[HRBAKER]

It's a conspiracy.
The whole world has ganged up on ARod.
Now the criminal justice system is involved.

Maybe he can call Katie Couric and go on TV and set the record straight.

[calvindog]

Originally Posted by drcy

The arbiter wrote that ARod used three different substances on three different occasions. So they were three distinctly separate offenses, using either legal or layman's logic. If you're caught double parking on three different days, you know you'll get three tickets not one. If evidence proves you burglarized three homes over a year, prosecutors won't charge them as one burglary, and the average person on the street would also consider them three separate crimes.

Fear the day someone can repeat a crime 99 times for free, because the law counts them only a single offense.

In addition, the application of the rules by the arbitrator was collectively bargained by the players union. So basically ARod got what he bargained for.