Major League Baseball Lawyers Seek Dismissal Of Alex Rodriguez Lawsuit
Lawyers for Major League Baseball sent a letter to a judge Monday asking that the suit be dismissed
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Lawyers for Major League Baseball sent a letter to a judge Monday asking that the suit be dismissed
This got angry. It got heated. It made for some very, very interesting radio. We don't even know where to begin with this one, folks. Words can't do the interview justice. It simply must be listened to.
It's the old formula for A-Rod. Deny, deny, deny until somebody proves otherwise. The way baseball is stumbling around with this, they may never prove anything.
Alex Rodriguez wants his grievance hearing made public, yet so far baseball has not agreed. However, that doesn't mean what's being discussed in front of arbitrator Fredric Horowitz isn't getting out there anyway.
Joe Tacopina is disputing that Major League Baseball has any evidence otherwise in its effort to suspend Alex Rodriguez 211 games for his ties to Biogenesis.
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The News reported Rodriguez and his surrogates spent the money to purchase evidence that included videotapes, documents and affidavits.
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Alex Rodriguez and his band of lawyers returned to 245 Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan on Wednesday morning to resume his arbitration appealing his 211-game suspension by Major League Baseball.
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At the end of it, he may be suspended for 0 games, 211 games or somewhere in between. But contractually, right now, he simply hasn't been damaged.
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Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez returned to Park Avenue on Thursday night to thank supporters participating in a candlelight vigil outside MLB headquarters -- after some prodding from the matriarch.
It would seem virtually impossible (absent an unlikely settlement) for the arbitration to be over in the allotted five days.
Hispanics Across America president Fernando Mateo joined WFAN's "Boomer & Carton" program on Thursday to put the Yankees and MLB on blast for what he calls an "injustice" against Alex Rodriguez.
The "Boomer & Carton" show decided to put a few supporters to the test. Show staffer Tommy Lugauer headed to the MLB offices on Wednesday, delivering his results Thursday morning.
Wednesday, Oct. 2, was the third day of the scheduled (for now) five-day Alex Rodriguez arbitration at 245 Park Ave.
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New York City Council Speaker Julie Menin announced a five-point plan to combat hate crimes against Jewish New Yorkers.
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Negotiators for major New York City hospitals and the state nurses union returned to the bargaining table as the city's largest nurses strike enters a fifth day.
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