So, after all the arguing, posturing, and threatening in the remainder of the 2013 Major League Baseball season has trimmed Alex Rodriguez's suspension from 211 games down to the 162 of the regular season...
Not a surprise...
And also not a surprise that A-Rod says he's still going to fight the arbitor's ruling...
Here's some of the statement from his camp:
"The number of games sadly comes as no surprise, as the deck has been stacked against me from day one," Rodriguez said in the statement. "This is one man's decision, that was not put before a fair and impartial jury, does not involve me having failed a single drug test, is at odds with the facts and is inconsistent with the terms of the Joint Drug Agreement and the Basic Agreement, and relies on testimony and documents that would never have been allowed in any court in the United States because they are false and wholly unreliable.
"This injustice is MLB's first step toward abolishing guaranteed contracts in the 2016 bargaining round, instituting lifetime bans for single violations of drug policy, and further insulating its corrupt investigative program from any variety defense by accused players, or any variety of objective review."
He can still attend spring training since it has nothing to do with the regular season itself...
Andrew Marchand discusses...
((HT: ESPN))
Rodriguez also maintains he'll take his battle to federal court since he maintains that he has never taken performance enhancing drugs...
This is the HQ holding its breath on that one...
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