Comments on: The new PED evidence is sexy, but they can’t void A-Rod’s contract, and probably can’t even suspend him. Yet.

By: mashoaf

mashoaf — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:43:08 +0000

and why not have his cousin buy them for him…

By: mashoaf

mashoaf — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 07:38:43 +0000

The older BBWAA have to die out at somepoint… and hopefully fresh blood that still write about baseball will be injected into the BBWAA.

By: klownboy

klownboy — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 04:18:27 +0000

Time for my Yankees to void A-Roid’s contract. He obviously juiced again, and his play has declined.
http://wp.me/p1gCK6-zL

By: mogogo1

mogogo1 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 23:50:14 +0000

Wow, has baseball ever got a mess on their hands concerning PEDs. Will any of these guys ever make the Hall of Fame? Will the voters give some guys a free pass while others are barred forever? And what criteria would a reasonable person use to differentiate between these guys? I honestly have no idea how they should proceed.

I’m dead-set against cheaters, but it was so incredibly widespread and we’re talking about a sport where guys were openly taking amphetimines dating back to the 50s and 60s and then guys like Tim Raines were sliding headfirst in the 80s to avoid breaking their cocaine viles. This has never been a particularly pure sport.

By: ermur22

ermur22 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 21:43:33 +0000

At least now he will never be in the hall of fame

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:50:14 +0000

I stand by everything I said. He is still one of the 10 best players in MLB history.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:50:05 +0000

Nope, not so much.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:20:19 +0000

Does “earthy” include ochre? Not so much?

By: basedrum777

basedrum777 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:17:46 +0000

I think they should at a minimum try to void the contract. They’d be better off even if they resign him to a more reasonable value…

By: paperlions

paperlions — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 20:10:38 +0000

Those are some pretty good guesses on color. Grey and blue are favorites, as are darker greens and earthy colors.

By: dxtheking

dxtheking — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:21:24 +0000

How’s that first ballot HOF for arod working for you now Alex K. LOL

By: krispc

krispc — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:14:11 +0000

So once they suspend A-Rod it doesnt start til he comes off the DL right? Can they bring him off the DL let the 50 games tick off then put him back on so he is ready to go once fully healthly ..

By: yankeepunk3000

yankeepunk3000 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 19:09:42 +0000

I kind of agree but with the suspensions we have now 50 then 100 then life seem OK right now, if A-rod was suspended then he would lose 50 games of pay. Even being injured it’s the money that’s important. He would lose I think any where from 5 -8.5 million for the 50 game suspension. that’s a lot of cash, so his contract goes from the 30 million to a less monstrous 22 million or 21.5 million. The Yanks might as well ask him to take the whole year to heal up and come back next year when this blows over a bit.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:35:16 +0000

Dammit, paper! I laughed so hard my boss poked her head in my cubie.

Lemme guess: you probably have 50 of those, yes? All in brown, grey or blue? I guess I need one that says “I’m with Cacique” or something like that.

By: paperlions

paperlions — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:28:37 +0000

May I recommend: https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQao5wKCZlakeg65fI1SMlOfWv68oH3HZ6-U5DiFJ7QcHEynluo

By: chacochicken

chacochicken — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:24:36 +0000

Arod is more like a Unitaur than a centaur. He is one of a kind.

By: lardin

lardin — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 17:00:40 +0000

RE: the update, Thats how Manny Ramirez was suspended. From Tom Verducci’s article today
“In 2009, for instance, Manny Ramirez entered an appeal of a test that showed an elevated level of testosterone. When an investigation of that appeal turned up a prescription from a doctor for a banned substance, Ramirez dropped his appeal and accepted the 50-game suspension. Ramirez was not banned because of the test, which technically was not entered as a positive, but because of the records of his prescription for hCG, a female fertility drug often used to kickstart testosterone production after steroid cycles.”

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:59:07 +0000

I could give a crap about ARod. It bothers me that Nelson Cruz is on that list, though. I like Nelson Cruz.

If that list remains uncorroborated by physical evidence, eyewitness accounts, &/or multiple statements from those in a position to know then this is all just so much hot air.

By: kevinbnyc

kevinbnyc — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:54:29 +0000

How long before A-Rod announces he’s in the BSOHL? Clearly he must be, pumping all this crap into his body.

By: mazblast

mazblast — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:48:36 +0000

If I’m MLB, I invoke the “reasonable cause” provision immediately. If I’m Rodriguez and I have nothing to hide, I welcome a test.

Yeah, I know. Not gonna happen. MLB will dither, the lawyers will get involved, A-Roid will skip a cycle.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:35:33 +0000

Let's hear it for the Macondo New Times! Can you imagine how leetle we'd know about anything down here if we had to depend on the Macondo Feeshwrapper and its clueless army of zomboid Jimmy Olsens to find (almost said "sniff," nyuknyuknyuk) out stuff like this?

By: number42is1

number42is1 — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:35:14 +0000

Listen… folks are quick to Jump on Arod as soon as ANYTHING negative is said about him. i cannot see him being SO stupid as to use PEDs again after being caught and holding a press confrence. all of a sudden a fucking NEWSPAPER puts out a reports and BOOM! THIS IS TRUTH!? give me a break. hey.. if he is guilty i will be the first one to admit i was wrong and rush the bum out of town, but i cannot see this being anything other than pure bullshit.

By: townballblog

townballblog — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:29:01 +0000

A. These folks aren’t your typical drug dealers
B. Some of these baseball players would pay a lot of money for discretion so yes, it is a concern.

By: townballblog

townballblog — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:27:41 +0000

You have a valid point @number42is1. But if he would go throught eh trouble of covering up one person why not cover up all of them?

By: weaselpuppy

weaselpuppy — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:26:22 +0000

Awwww, Frank Thomas straight!

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:12:53 +0000

I’m mostly curious about the Frankie fanboys’ sanctimonious raging. Nelson Cruz was free of suspicion, until today. I’m not sure why we assume anyone is clean. Or even care, really.

By: Alex K

Alex K — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 16:07:07 +0000

So what your saying is I should start pumping my son with steroids?

By: theonlynolan

theonlynolan — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:53:05 +0000

Suspend him for 100 games. Not like it’ll matter since he can serve his suspension while he’s recovering from hip surgery. Yeah, he’ll lose out on 12 million dollars or so but so what. It’s the Yankees, 12 mil’s nothing to them & A-Rod’s raked in about 400 million during his career. 12 mil’s nothing.

By: historiophiliac

historiophiliac — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:47:24 +0000

He’s not really a centaur OR a Caribbean chief???

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:44:32 +0000

It’s finances. They need a way to keep track of who has paid for what and who hasn’t.