Judges Keep Rodriguez Lawsuits Separate — For Now
Federal judges say two lawsuits Alex Rodriguez filed against Major League Baseball can remain on separate tracks for now.
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Federal judges say two lawsuits Alex Rodriguez filed against Major League Baseball can remain on separate tracks for now.
Ever since the game was invented, before television or even radio existed, baseball counted on the eyes and ears of umpires on the field. Starting this season, many key decisions will be made in a studio far away.
Each manager will be allowed to challenge at least one call per game. If he's right, he gets another challenge. After the seventh inning, a crew chief can request a review on his own.
Has Alex Rodriguez accepted his fate? A-Rod says his 162-game suspension could be considered "a favor" despite filing a lawsuit against MLB and its players' union in an attempt to overturn it.
New baseball union head Tony Clark says players won't agree to terminating contracts as part of discipline for drug violations.
The Yankees captain, at his Turn 2 Foundation golf classic Wednesday night, said his offseason has been going well and he's "looking forward to getting out there."
Tejada lost his job as the team's starting shortstop last year, when he was demoted to the minors during an injury-plagued season. But assuming he's healthy, he's in line to start again.
Hal Steinbrenner says A-Rod is "a great player," but the Yankees' managing general partner wouldn't discuss the third baseman's possible return to the team following a season-long suspension.
Deadspin ordered up an unlimited bowl of bad puns Wednesday when it posted on its website a picture of Alex Rodriguez looking a little saggy in the chin and round in the gut.
Ex-Yankee Chuck Knoblauch says baseball's Steroids Era really wasn't as bad as the narrative might suggest. "If somebody was doing something, it was definitely behind the scenes," he told WFAN radio.
It seems everyone is jazzed up over Japanese ace Masahiro Tanaka's move to the U.S. Well, maybe not everyone.
According to a number of published reports prior to Monday's filing, A-Rod's lawyer, Joe Tacopina, said that A-Rod's legal team would be filing for an injunction. Apparently, no motion papers for an injunction were filed Monday. Why not?
Confused about anything? We've got you covered. Here are five things to know about the complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan.
Mark Teixeira thinks the Alex Rodriguez situation is a lose-lose for everyone involved. "Alex doesn't win, MLB doesn't win, the Yankees don't win," the first baseman said Monday.
Former Mets reliever Jon Rauch blasted Alex Rodriguez on Twitter for filing a lawsuit against the Major League Baseball Players Association, saying the 14-time All-Star has run out of people to blame.
Boomer and Craig began Tuesday's radio program the only way they really could -- by discussing the latest scuttlebutt from the ongoing saga that is the life of Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez in his suit claimed the Major League Baseball Players Association "completely abdicated its responsibility to Mr. Rodriguez to protect his rights."
Joe Tacopina suggested Monday that A-Rod -- who is suing the league for what he calls a witch hunt -- could file "additional actions" and defamation lawsuits based on assertions made by Anthony Bosch and MLB's COO.
Whatever synapse says "stop" never found its way to Rodriguez. Among the myriad malaprops and missteps, he never knew when to say when. And that is what killed what should have been a dream life.
Major League Baseball's key witness in its case against Alex Rodriguez said he designed and administered an elaborate doping program for the 14-time All-Star starting in 2010.
Sizemore, who has a history of knee woes, will have a shot to help fill the gaps left by second baseman Robinson Cano, who signed with Seattle this offseason, and suspended third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
Of all the holes the Yankees have filled and still need to address, third base is not one of them. Assuming his health cooperates, Rodriguez will be in pinstripes again. This year. Not next.
First up was the low-hanging fruit that is one Alex Rodriguez, as the Dynamic Radio Duo navigated their way through the multiple layers of the ongoing saga, before briefly touching on the NFL action...
According to CBS News, Bosch claims that he personally delivered banned substances, including testosterone, insulin-like growth factor 1 and human growth hormone to Rodriguez on multiple occasions and Rodriguez paid him $12,000 a month in cash.
The Long Island Ducks are reportedly open to allowing A-Rod to play for them in the Atlantic League.
