Post by Jace on Aug 21, 2013 4:49:41 GMT -8
Alex Rodriguez has standing offer of 150-game ban
The New York Yankees are exhausted from defending dirty allegations.
Major League Baseball officials are numb from them.
Lord knows that his teammates are tired of the relentless questions.
Now, even Alex Rodriguez is ready to say, "Uncle!"
Rodriguez, who has already apologized to Yankees teammates, plans to adopt a stance that he no longer will answer any questions, or address any issues, beyond the playing field.
It's time.
In a saga that's made General Hospital look sober by comparison, it's hard to know what to believe these days.
A person close to Rodriguez, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the topic, told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday that Rodriguez rejected a 100-game ban from MLB days before the announcement of his 211-game suspension and has a standing offer of 150 games.
MLB denies there is an active offer.
"We have not offered 100 games and no offer is on the table," MLB vice president Rob Manfred said in an e-mail to USA TODAY Sports.
A-Rod isn't talking about it.
The New York Yankees are exhausted from defending dirty allegations.
Major League Baseball officials are numb from them.
Lord knows that his teammates are tired of the relentless questions.
Now, even Alex Rodriguez is ready to say, "Uncle!"
Rodriguez, who has already apologized to Yankees teammates, plans to adopt a stance that he no longer will answer any questions, or address any issues, beyond the playing field.
It's time.
In a saga that's made General Hospital look sober by comparison, it's hard to know what to believe these days.
A person close to Rodriguez, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitive nature of the topic, told USA TODAY Sports on Tuesday that Rodriguez rejected a 100-game ban from MLB days before the announcement of his 211-game suspension and has a standing offer of 150 games.
MLB denies there is an active offer.
"We have not offered 100 games and no offer is on the table," MLB vice president Rob Manfred said in an e-mail to USA TODAY Sports.
A-Rod isn't talking about it.
I think at this point, wouldn't it just be easier to force the guy's that aren't on steroids to roid up? Then the guys on roids wouldn't have an advantage and it would save us from all this pointless drama.