AROD SAYS "GAME ON"

UPDATE:

ARod has filed a second lawsuit. This time against the Yankees team doctor for medical malpractice. According to the New York Post (HERE), "The second suit alleges that Dr. Ahmad missed a superior labral tear at the left hip after giving ARod an MRI when he was suffering from hip pain. The botched exam allowed ARod to further injure himself, and subject him to additional surgeries."

ARod is out to make a point, and I can respect that. This whole thing, including his career, has been made into something of a media circus. Not to say that he isn't at all responsible for what has happened, but this is his career. His livelihood.
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Alex Rodriguez filed a suit against the MLB late Thursday. Apparently, he feels like he was the target in a witch hunt.

An article in the New York Times (HERE) said "Rodriguez's lawyers claim an investigator paid $150,000 in cash for records related to Rodriguez, which were apparently stolen. " The article also claims that the MLB had paid Bosch, in the form of $5 million in monthly for his cooperation, and have promised him security, and coverage of legal bills, among other things. This is not the first time that ARod's legal team has stated it's distaste for the tactics used by the MLB. In August, they questioned the way the investigators handled the situation.

This case also pinpoints Bud Selig. They have him at the very head of the entire scandal. According to an article in ESPN (HERE) he is accused of being "commissioner in which baseball suffered a work stoppage that cause cancellation of a World Series, willingly allowed the proliferation of PEDs use in baseball as means of rebuilding the game's appeal, and adopting an anti-PEDs stance only under inceasing pressure from fans and congress in 2006."

If this is true, and the MLB, and Selig did in fact go to these lengths to get ARod, then it is pretty clear that this has been a witch hunt the entire time. I mean a 211 game suspension is extreme considering that he is technically a first time offender, and has had no positive test results for the time he is currently being accused of.  It becomes painfully clear that Selig would be using ARod to make an example out of. Let me be clear, if ARod is found guilty in his arbitration hearing, he deserves a suspension. This case does not exonerate him. But the punishment should fit the crime. 211 games for his particular crime is excessive. He should be punished  justly, and fairly. However, if the MLB, and Selig went to these great lengths, they too should pay the piper, so to speak.

This lawsuit is stand alone to the current arbitration hearing. It is a different matter entirely, and will have no effect on the hearing, or the outcome of that hearing. ARod can still be found in violation of the CBA, and punished by the arbitrator. Today is the last day of the first week of those hearings. There are no future dates scheduled yet. BYB will have more information for you as it is released.



BYB will keep you posted.

--Erica Morales BYB Senior Writer
Twitter: @e_morales1804



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