Alex Rodriguez claims in an interview with Sports Illustrated that he still wants "to be a role model" despite the "noise" surrounding the embattled New York Yankees slugger from the Biogenesis scandal.
"Look, it's concerning," Rodriguez told the magazine. "I have two daughters at home, and I'm sensitive to that, and above all, I want to be a role model, continue to be a role model -- especially to my girls.
"So all the noise sometimes gets on my nerves, but that's it. I can't let it get any further than that. I have a job to do."
Rodriguez's comments may raise a few eyebrows due to his entanglement and purported role in the Biogenesis saga.
ESPN's "Outside the Lines" has reported that Rodriguez and as many as 20 other players are expected to be suspended for their relationship to Anthony Bosch, the founder of the now-closed Biogenesis anti-aging clinic that allegedly provided performance-enhancing drugs to the players.
Rodriguez has denied the allegations, but in the coming days, Major League Baseball is expected to hand down suspensions to Rodriguez and other players with ties to Biogenesis.
The length of Rodriguez's impending suspension is unknown. Various reports have stated that the three-time American League MVP could be suspended for 150 games, or he could be banned from baseball for life.
You forgot Lance -- the King of them all. ARod is only taking a page from his book. They both make me ill.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
MLB would never move against players of this level unless the evidence was overwhelming.
You may well be right, but personally I hope he decides to appeal and results in bringing this evidence to light--and especially whose word is being taken as the truth. These are not fine, upstanding citizens supporting the allegations, and I'd love to see how they'd stand up in the court of public opinion.
One of the radio stations here announced today that they are changing the name of the Bronx Whitestone Bridge (one of the East River bridges in NYC) to the Alex Rodriguez Suspension Bridge.
....Alex Rodriguez has been suspended through the end of the 2014 season after a Major League Baseball investigation determined he used and possessed testosterone and human-growth hormone over multiple years, for attempting to hide his violations and for "a course of conduct intended to obstruct and frustrate the Office of the Commissioner," MLB announced Monday afternoon.
The 211-game suspension is to go into effect Thursday. Rodriguez, who was scheduled to play for the first time this season Monday night in Chicago, will appeal the ban and has the backing of the Major League Baseball Players Association.
"What I think they’re doing inappropriate is imposing a penalty that is way too harsh," union executive director Michael Weiner said in a media teleconference. "We’ve never had a 200-plus penalty on a player who may have used drugs. Among other things, I think that’s way out of line."
"May have"???????? Another Weiner.
This guy gets the advantage of "multiple years" of cheating his way to millions of dollars but a ban for 1.5 years is "way out of line". I call foul balls. He's lucky he's not Lance Armstrong who is banned for life (appropriately).
Meade
For Christianity, by identifying truth with faith, must teach-and, properly understood, does teach-that any interference with the truth is immoral. A Christian with faith has nothing to fear from the facts
If he is banned, that voids the contract, and NY doesn't have to pay him.
I hope one of the lasting effects of this situation is to be done with these ridiculous contracts, but that is unlikely to happen any time soon.
“I ask no favor for my sex. All I ask of our brethren is that they take their feet off our necks.” ~ Ruth Bader Ginsburg, paraphrasing Sarah Moore Grimké
This guy gets the advantage of "multiple years" of cheating his way to millions of dollars but a ban for 1.5 years is "way out of line".
Meade--this is a major suspension for a guy who never tested positive for drug use. Did he cheat? Maybe (I haven't really followed it Nd I don't know), and if he did enforce the ban, but he deserves a fair hearing. Of course, the Yankees would prefer him to go quietly so they don't have to pay him (even though his bloated contract is their own damn fault), and MLB doesn't want to take the chance of being embarrassed should he win the appeal (and with the scumbags they have taken the word of, who knows what might happen?), so they'd like him to bow to the pressure as well. I'm glad he's appealing.
