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A-Rod's "Bribe" Of Tony Bosch Doesn't Look Much Like A Bribe
Among the many claims made against Alex Rodriguez in a one-sided 60 Minutes segment was that Rodriguez had attempted to pay off Biogenesis founder Tony Bosch when Bosch decided to cooperate with MLB's investigation. The CBS broadcast presented it as fact, and MLB COO Rob Manfred outright called it a...
<em>60 Minutes</em> Presents The Case Against MLB
Not 36 hours after an arbitrator largely sided with MLB and pegged Alex Rodriguez's suspension at all of 2014, Bud Selig took a bizarre, televised victory lap. A double-length 60 Minutes segment that publicly (and for the very first time) laid out the evidence against A-Rod, featuring sit-down inter...
"Alex Is Scared Of Needles": Bosch Explains Why He Injected A-Rod
Anthony Bosch spoke with the former news magazine 60 Minutes and the interview will air tomorrow night. During halftime of Colts-Patriots they previewed the interview and the biggest takeaway is that Alex Rodriguez is afraid of needles....
A-Rod Suspension: Where Does 162-Game Ban Come From?
With the news that Alex Rodriguez's 211-game suspension was reduced to 162 games by Fredric Horowitz, the independent arbitrator on MLB's three-person review panel, we are forced to once again ask where these numbers come from. Given the protocol outlined in the Joint Drug Agreement's PED section—50...
Report: A-Rod Suspended 162 Games, Will Continue Fight In Federal Court
Alex Rodriguez has been suspended 162 games and it comes as little surprise to anyone, including A-Rod. The suspension was reduced from the original 211 games handed down by Major League Baseball, but A-Rod is still unhappy and continues to blast Bud Selig and MLB's behavior in the Biogenesis invest...
MLB's Biogenesis Documents Are So, So Dirty
As more and more comes out about MLB's Biogenesis investigation, we're forced to conclude this whole thing is just an Elmore Leonard novel. After the arrest of a man accused of breaking into whistleblower Porter Fischer's car, here's where it now stands: MLB bought Biogenesis documents from a guy wh...
Report: MLB's A-Rod Witch Hunt Hamstrung A State Investigation
There are already plenty of reasons to call bullshit on Major League Baseball's crusade against Alex Rodriguez, but here's another one....
Alex Rodriguez's Suit Against MLB Is The Year's Best Baseball Reading
Late last night, Alex Rodriguez filed a lawsuit in New York State Supreme Court, accusing MLB and Bud Selig (specifically named as a defendant) of, and I'm quoting, "improperly marshal[ing] evidence that they hope to use to destroy the reputation and career of Alex Rodriguez, one of the most accompl...
Report: A-Rod Argues He Had No Idea He Was Taking PEDs
This is what was missing from all of baseball's previous arbitration hearings: leaks! As Alex Rodriguez makes his case to shorten or throw out his 211-game suspension, the New York Daily News reports A-Rod's defense strategy. It's a familiar one....
Report: Ryan Braun Personally Calling Brewers Season Ticket Holders
Ryan Braun is placing calls to Milwaukee Brewers season ticket holders to apologize for using performance-enhancing drugs and getting suspended as a result, according to a report by CBS58....
Here Is The Dumbest Paragraph You'll Ever Read About A-Rod
It's taken some time, but we've finally gotten there: the single dumbest thing you've ever read about Alex Rodriguez and the Biogenesis case. Our captain is Christopher Gasper at The Boston Globe. Our vessel is this column crucifying the "Pinstripe Pariah" for being allowed to play while he appeals ...
MLB Still Can't Get The Biogenesis Documents It Wants
This week, Porter Fischer, the disgruntled Biogenesis employee responsible for the scandal first hitting the media, turned over company records to a federal grand jury. Records, it seems, that MLB investigators were unable to obtain, and may now never get....