According to Steven Marcus at Newsday, "the 211-game suspension levied by Major League Baseball will begin its preliminary phase this week with a status conference scheduled to take place between MLB officials, Rodriguez's legal team and arbitrator Fredric Horowitz... The gathering, which is expected to be held Wednesday at an undisclosed location, the source said, will center on issues relating to discovery and the setting of dates for the actual hearing. The source said the hearing is not expected to take place until after the baseball season, perhaps not until November or December. A spokesman for MLB said on Saturday that there would be no comment on arbitration dates. Rodriguez is expected to appear before the arbitrator at some point during the process."
One thing sticks out to me. "A spokesman for MLB said on Saturday that there would be no comment on arbitration dates." This is the same MLB, the same Bud Selig that during an investigation went on the David Letterman show and told the world that he knew ARod's fate. I found that to be despicable.
Stay tuned... I would predict that after all is said and done, the suspension may be in the range of what Ryan Braun got... 65 games, if, of course what they have on him this time is true. Although, I'm just a fan like you, what the hell do I know?
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