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Re: A-Rod sues MLB, Selig
« Reply #1 on: October 04, 2013, 10:30:56 am »
I wonder how A-Rod comes off in front of a jury.  I wouldn't think a jury would like him very much.
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« Reply #2 on: October 04, 2013, 10:32:45 am »
As compared to Bud Selig?

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« Reply #3 on: October 04, 2013, 10:39:06 am »
Wouldn't it be hilarious if this allowed MLB to dump all the dirt they have on A-Rod into the public domain?

Yes, yes it would.
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« Reply #4 on: October 04, 2013, 10:49:09 am »
As compared to Bud Selig?

I was thinking about that.  I doubt if Selig is as unpopular everywhere as he is in Houston, but I suspect even here Rodriguez might be the only person in baseball more unpopular.
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« Reply #5 on: October 04, 2013, 10:49:28 am »
I believe there ought to be a constitutional amendment outlawing AstroTurf and the designated hitter. I believe in the sweet spot, soft-core pornography, opening your presents Christmas morning rather than Christmas Eve and I believe in long, slow, deep, torture of Bud Selig.

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« Reply #6 on: October 04, 2013, 11:39:18 am »
Bring your lawyer
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« Reply #7 on: October 04, 2013, 02:30:06 pm »
Bring your lawyer
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I liked that album a lot, probably way more than it deserved. 
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« Reply #9 on: October 04, 2013, 04:49:27 pm »
This. Will. Be. Fun.  FYB

As I was saying...

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« Reply #10 on: October 04, 2013, 05:51:35 pm »
doesnt he have enough money already or maybe he needs more to buy his meds
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« Reply #11 on: October 04, 2013, 07:24:39 pm »
I'm no lawyer, so I'd have do defer to Jim and Bench and the other barristers, but is there any sort of precedent for a motion to dismiss a case due to both sides being 100% grade-a stark raving cocksuckers?  I'm sure this has come up before.
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« Reply #12 on: October 04, 2013, 10:52:02 pm »
I'm no lawyer, so I'd have do defer to Jim and Bench and the other barristers, but is there any sort of precedent for a motion to dismiss a case due to both sides being 100% grade-a stark raving cocksuckers?  I'm sure this has come up before.

If that was a grounds for dismissal few cases would ever be tried.
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« Reply #13 on: October 06, 2013, 01:01:08 pm »
I'm no lawyer, so I'd have do defer to Jim and Bench and the other barristers, but is there any sort of precedent for a motion to dismiss a case due to both sides being 100% grade-a stark raving cocksuckers?  I'm sure this has come up before.

Such a precedent would be the death of the legal profession.
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« Reply #14 on: October 06, 2013, 01:03:46 pm »
Wouldn't it be hilarious if this allowed MLB to dump all the dirt they have on A-Rod into the public domain?

Yes, yes it would.

It appears A-Rod was kind enough to tuck a defamation claim into his lawsuit which means every single thing he has done in his life is fair game.  You can't be defamed if your reputation sucks anyway, and MLB has every right to pursue that defense.  Your wish will probably be granted if this suit goes any distance.
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« Reply #15 on: November 20, 2013, 11:37:59 am »
A-Rod storms out of his grievance hearing when the arbitrator ruled that Selig didn't have to testify:

"I am disgusted with this abusive process, designed to ensure that the player fails," Rodriguez's statement said. "I have sat through 10 days of testimony by felons and liars, sitting quietly through every minute, trying to respect the league and the process. This morning, after Bud Selig refused to come in and testify about his rationale for the unprecedented and totally baseless punishment he hit me with, the arbitrator selected by MLB and the Players Association refused to order Selig to come in and face me.

"The absurdity and injustice just became too much. I walked out and will not participate any further in this farce."
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« Reply #16 on: November 20, 2013, 11:42:48 am »
A-Rod storms out of his grievance hearing when the arbitrator ruled that Selig didn't have to testify:

"I am disgusted with this abusive process, designed to ensure that the player fails," Rodriguez's statement said. "I have sat through 10 days of testimony by felons and liars, sitting quietly through every minute, trying to respect the league and the process. This morning, after Bud Selig refused to come in and testify about his rationale for the unprecedented and totally baseless punishment he hit me with, the arbitrator selected by MLB and the Players Association refused to order Selig to come in and face me.

"The absurdity and injustice just became too much. I walked out and will not participate any further in this farce."


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« Reply #17 on: November 20, 2013, 12:13:09 pm »
WFW

My hatred of Selig knows no bounds. Accordingly, I'm pro A-Rod all the way on this, and in his lawsuit against MLB.
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« Reply #18 on: November 20, 2013, 12:30:34 pm »
My hatred of Selig knows no bounds. Accordingly, I'm pro A-Rod all the way on this, and in his lawsuit against MLB.

aren't the rules for arbitration rather black and white?   and personally, I don't care unless it lowers ticket prices.
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« Reply #19 on: November 20, 2013, 12:32:20 pm »
My hatred of Selig knows no bounds. Accordingly, I'm pro A-Rod all the way on this, and in his lawsuit against MLB.

You know it's bad when people are rooting for a lying, cheating, preening, ego-maniacal slum lord over Selig.  I'm right there with you. 
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« Reply #20 on: November 20, 2013, 01:14:35 pm »
My hatred of Selig knows no bounds. Accordingly, I'm pro A-Rod all the way on this, and in his lawsuit against MLB.

no way in hell I would ever be pro A-Rod on any issue.
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« Reply #21 on: November 20, 2013, 01:26:23 pm »
I can still hate the fuck out of Selig and hope that A-Rod goes down in a flaming shit pile.
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« Reply #22 on: November 20, 2013, 01:37:10 pm »
well said just dont hold back on the feelings next time
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« Reply #23 on: November 20, 2013, 02:15:07 pm »
I can still hate the fuck out of Selig and hope that A-Rod goes down in a flaming shit pile.

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« Reply #24 on: November 20, 2013, 02:16:36 pm »
no way in hell I would ever be pro A-Rod on any issue.

I'm inclined to go in this direction. Can I root for both sides to lose?
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« Reply #25 on: November 20, 2013, 02:53:21 pm »
I'm inclined to go in this direction. Can I root for both sides to lose?

I am rooting for the hearing room to be nuked from orbit.  Failing that, A-Rod losing is the only result my brain can process.
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« Reply #26 on: November 20, 2013, 10:28:57 pm »
Team A-Rod.  It is outrageous that Selig doesn't have to take the stand. 

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« Reply #27 on: November 21, 2013, 05:51:28 am »
Selig and the owners turned a blind eye to the PED issue for years. Clean players for the most part had to know what the dirty teammates were doing and also turned a blind eye. They all knew what was going on and liked the results or were too caught up in some goofy player's code of silence. It was as if any lack of discouragement was taken as a a sign of approval to keep juicing. The integrity of sport of baseball at its highest level and the fans are the real losers in this unfortunate era. Fuck 'em all. Alex Rodriguez, like Bonds, so naturally gifted but so morally bankrupt, should be singled out and hammered but they're ALL complicit, all guilty, even those who did or said nothing while watching it going on. Not one whistle blower among the whole sorry lot.
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« Reply #28 on: November 21, 2013, 06:25:45 am »
Team A-Rod.  It is outrageous that Selig doesn't have to take the stand. 

Why?
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« Reply #29 on: November 21, 2013, 07:53:16 am »
Selig and the owners turned a blind eye to the PED issue for years. Clean players for the most part had to know what the dirty teammates were doing and also turned a blind eye. They all knew what was going on and liked the results or were too caught up in some goofy player's code of silence. It was as if any lack of discouragement was taken as a a sign of approval to keep juicing. The integrity of sport of baseball at its highest level and the fans are the real losers in this unfortunate era. Fuck 'em all. Alex Rodriguez, like Bonds, so naturally gifted but so morally bankrupt, should be singled out and hammered but they're ALL complicit, all guilty, even those who did or said nothing while watching it going on. Not one whistle blower among the whole sorry lot.

I have a hard time buying today's outrage when the league and the owners feasted off of the use of PEDs for so long.
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« Reply #30 on: November 21, 2013, 07:57:15 am »
Why?

He spearheaded the investigation and sentencing.  Selig has an extreme amount of power, and for a player to challenge a ruling with the magnitude that this one carries should require him to have to answer the questions that the accused (and the public) has about the whole situation.  It would be naïve to blindly believe Selig is 100% right in this whole thing.  Hell, just look at what happened with the Saints and Goodell.  

Side note, how great would it be to walk into a Starbucks and see A-Rod and Selig just having a cup of coffee?  His rant was great.

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« Reply #31 on: November 21, 2013, 09:30:06 am »
He spearheaded the investigation and sentencing.  Selig has an extreme amount of power, and for a player to challenge a ruling with the magnitude that this one carries should require him to have to answer the questions that the accused (and the public) has about the whole situation.  It would be naïve to blindly believe Selig is 100% right in this whole thing.  Hell, just look at what happened with the Saints and Goodell.  

This is an internal company grievance hearing, it's not a court of law.  The company has procedures for this, and it's not required that either testify at the hearing.  In fact, neither ARod nor the Commish are even required to attend.  To suddenly demand that the CEO testify in a company grievance is well above and beyond how the process works.  Just because ARod has his panties in a wad is no reason to change the rules.  As for "the accused", that's actually Selig in this case. 
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« Reply #32 on: November 21, 2013, 10:14:11 am »
This is an internal company grievance hearing, it's not a court of law.  The company has procedures for this, and it's not required that either testify at the hearing.  In fact, neither ARod nor the Commish are even required to attend.  To suddenly demand that the CEO testify in a company grievance is well above and beyond how the process works.  Just because ARod has his panties in a wad is no reason to change the rules.  As for "the accused", that's actually Selig in this case. 

I agree HH. Selig is the one who is on trial here.
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« Reply #33 on: November 21, 2013, 10:41:14 am »
I agree HH. Selig is the one who is on trial here.

It's not even a trial.  It's a grievance arbitration.  There is an established process.  Personally, I think Selig is a douchebag for not testifying, but strictly on procedural grounds, I don't see that he should be *forced* to do so when the agreed-upon process says neither side *has* to.
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« Reply #34 on: November 21, 2013, 10:49:01 am »
It's not even a trial.  It's a grievance arbitration.  There is an established process.  Personally, I think Selig is a douchebag for not testifying, but strictly on procedural grounds, I don't see that he should be *forced* to do so when the agreed-upon process says neither side *has* to.

Of course it is not technically a trial, but you have to admit that baseball itself and its titular head, FYB, is on trial in the court of public opinion.
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« Reply #35 on: November 21, 2013, 11:04:47 am »
As far as the court of public opinion goes, I'm pretty sure both parties have napalmed any chance of a positive verdict.
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« Reply #36 on: November 21, 2013, 11:44:02 am »
Of course it is not technically a trial, but you have to admit that baseball itself and its titular head, FYB, is on trial in the court of public opinion.

True, and Selig *was* specifically names as a defendant in ARod's lawsuit, that will surely follow if the arbitration doesn't go ARod's way.  Still, I agree with Ty...both public images are for shit already.
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« Reply #37 on: November 21, 2013, 11:49:15 am »
This is an internal company grievance hearing, it's not a court of law.  The company has procedures for this, and it's not required that either testify at the hearing.  In fact, neither ARod nor the Commish are even required to attend.  To suddenly demand that the CEO testify in a company grievance is well above and beyond how the process works.  Just because ARod has his panties in a wad is no reason to change the rules.  As for "the accused", that's actually Selig in this case. 

Well then I guess I agree with A-Rod in that the whole process is a farce.  I really don't enjoy agreeing with A-Rod, but Selig really is the worst.

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« Reply #38 on: November 21, 2013, 12:28:19 pm »
Well then I guess I agree with A-Rod in that the whole process is a farce.  I really don't enjoy agreeing with A-Rod, but Selig really is the worst.

Again...why is it a farce?  Because the arbitors aren't changing the rules midway to satisfy ARod's whining?
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« Reply #39 on: November 21, 2013, 12:50:04 pm »
Again...why is it a farce?  Because the arbitors aren't changing the rules midway to satisfy ARod's whining?

A-Rod agreed to the process when he signed one of his hundred-million dollar contracts.
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« Reply #40 on: November 21, 2013, 12:58:10 pm »
A-Rod agreed to the process when he signed one of his hundred-million dollar contracts.

Exactly.  For whatever a douchebag Selig might be, the process is the process.  Both parties knew the rules and agreed to them ahead of time. 
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« Reply #41 on: November 21, 2013, 01:13:24 pm »
Exactly.  For whatever a douchebag Selig might be, the process is the process.  Both parties knew the rules and agreed to them ahead of time. 

A-Rod is a spoiled prick who is used to getting things his way no matter what, because that is exactly what has more or less been happening since he was a teenager.  Rules apply to others, not him. 

Well guess what, A-Fraud?  Rules start to apply more and more as your bat speed and production fall.  You'll run out of PEDs eventually.  And then your sycophant hangers-on will start to scurry off and leave you to make out with yourself in a mirror.  Suck it, you miserable piece of crap.

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« Reply #42 on: November 21, 2013, 01:24:38 pm »
Well guess what, A-Fraud?  Rules start to apply more and more as your bat speed and production fall. 

...and when you go up against someone(thing) way more rich and powerful than you.
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« Reply #43 on: November 21, 2013, 02:19:36 pm »
A-Rod is a spoiled prick who is used to getting things his way no matter what, because that is exactly what has more or less been happening since he was a teenager.  Rules apply to others, not him. 

Well guess what, A-Fraud?  Rules start to apply more and more as your bat speed and production fall.  You'll run out of PEDs eventually.  And then your sycophant hangers-on will start to scurry off and leave you to make out with yourself in a mirror.  Suck it, you miserable piece of crap.


Well, the man's made a half a billion dollars before he was 40.  If he wants to cry, he'll have a rather large mug of suds in which to do it.
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« Reply #44 on: November 21, 2013, 03:46:05 pm »
I thought it was a two hundred fifty million dollar contract. In any event, Viva A-Rod!
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« Reply #45 on: November 21, 2013, 04:14:31 pm »
I thought it was a two hundred fifty million dollar contract. In any event, Viva A-Rod!

He re-upped with the Janquis for another few hundred mill.  Insane, but true.
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« Reply #46 on: November 21, 2013, 05:03:48 pm »
I thought it was a two hundred fifty million dollar contract. In any event, Viva A-Rod!

That was his contract with the Rangers ($252MM), which expired in 2007.  He signed another deal with the Yankees for $275MM.  In addition, he's potentially due another $120MM in bonuses, should he reach home run milestones.  To date, he's earned over $350MM in baseball and is due another $200MM or so.  That doesn't include endorsements.
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« Reply #47 on: November 21, 2013, 05:06:27 pm »
That was his contract with the Rangers ($252MM), which expired in 2007.  He signed another deal with the Yankees for $275MM.  In addition, he's potentially due another $120MM in bonuses, should he reach home run milestones.  To date, he's earned over $350MM in baseball and is due another $200MM or so.  That doesn't include endorsements.

Endorsements, his many car dealerships, his executive air charter service, his real estate slumlord investments, and on and on and on.  He's got his hands in a lot of pots. 
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« Reply #48 on: November 22, 2013, 09:01:12 am »
Endorsements, his many car dealerships, his executive air charter service, his real estate slumlord investments, and on and on and on.  He's got his hands in a lot of pots. 

Minus prescriptions for STDs.  About a wash, probably.
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« Reply #49 on: November 22, 2013, 12:22:07 pm »
Minus prescriptions for STDs.  About a wash, probably.

I'm sure those portraits of him as a centaur didn't come cheap either.

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« Reply #51 on: January 11, 2014, 12:02:28 pm »
So long apeshit.
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« Reply #52 on: January 12, 2014, 06:55:55 pm »
60 minutes apparently has an interview with him tonight.

ETA:  Arod declined, but his attorney was interviewed.  From that interview I think Arod and Bosche are equal amounts of scum.  I have a feeling Arod is going to be the new Pete Rose when it comes to the HoF.
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« Reply #53 on: January 13, 2014, 04:26:25 am »
60 minutes apparently has an interview with him tonight.

ETA:  Arod declined, but his attorney was interviewed.  From that interview I think Arod and Bosche are equal amounts of scum.  I have a feeling Arod is going to be the new Pete Rose when it comes to the HoF.

+1 Bosch is going to be an interesting witness.
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« Reply #54 on: January 13, 2014, 09:34:57 am »
Wow. Bosch claims that threats were made on his life if he didn't keep quiet.
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« Reply #55 on: January 13, 2014, 10:22:37 am »
In that interview, it seems like Bosche knew how to beat the tests.  If that guy knew it, there must be a lot of people with that knowledge. 

Anyone know if testing has gotten better, or is it still that you if you know the tricks, you will only be caught in a roundabout way?

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« Reply #56 on: January 13, 2014, 10:44:27 am »
In that interview, it seems like Bosche knew how to beat the tests.  If that guy knew it, there must be a lot of people with that knowledge. 

ARod learned it from Andy Pettitte who learned it from Roger Clemens who learned it from Craig Biggio who learned it from Jeff Bagwell.  QED WTF HOF
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« Reply #57 on: January 13, 2014, 01:13:35 pm »
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« Reply #58 on: January 14, 2014, 04:39:33 pm »
From The Guardian:

Exhibit A in the publicly available complaint is the previously confidential 34-page report written by Horowitz, a document that includes his rationale behind the decision.

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MLB has demonstrated with clear and convincing evidence there is just cause to suspend Rodriguez for the 2014 season and 2014 postseason for having violated the JDA by the use and/or possession of testosterone, IGF­­1 [insulin-like growth factor 1], and over the course of three years, and for the two attempts to obstruct MLB's investigation described above, which violated Article of the Basic Agreement. While this length of suspension may be unprecedented for a MLB Player, so is the misconduct he committed. The suspension imposed by MLB as modified herein is hereby sustained.


Nice.
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