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Is A-Rod Now a Bigger Baseball Villain Than Barry »
Six years ago today, San Francisco Giants villain, or in some circles, Barry Bonds, blasted the 756th home run of his unparallelled career. With that shot, Bonds surpassed Henry Aaron as the all-time home run king. Tonight in Chicago, Alex Rodriguez will play his third and final game of the 2013 season before his 211-game suspension comes to [...]
Is A-Rod Now a Bigger Baseball Villain Than Barry »
Six years ago today, San Francisco Giants villain, or in some circles, Barry Bonds, blasted the 756th home run of his unparallelled career. With that shot, Bonds surpassed Henry Aaron as the all-time home run king. Tonight in Chicago, Alex Rodriguez will play his third and final game of the 2013 season before his 211-game suspension comes to [...]
Are We Witnessing the End of Derek Jeter’s »
Lost in the shuffle of Alex Rodriguez's return was the departure, for the third time this season, of New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter. As the 39-year-old shortstop exited the active roster with a strained calf, his future as a healthy and productive major league player would have been the topic of conversation on the YES Network and MLB [...]
Are We Witnessing the End of Derek Jeter’s »
Lost in the shuffle of Alex Rodriguez's return was the departure, for the third time this season, of New York Yankees captain Derek Jeter. As the 39-year-old shortstop exited the active roster with a strained calf, his future as a healthy and productive major league player would have been the topic of conversation on the YES Network and MLB [...]
What If A-Rod Leads the Yankees Back into the Playoffs »
Imagine this scene in early October: Bud Selig, on hand for the Yankees-Red Sox one-game wild card playoff, avoiding cameras during the game during each Alex Rodriguez at-bat. The appeal process has dragged on just like MLBPA head Michael Weiner predicted, allowing Rodriguez to play out the season.Now, with two RBI singles and solid defense at [...]
What If A-Rod Leads the Yankees Back into the Playoffs »
Imagine this scene in early October: Bud Selig, on hand for the Yankees-Red Sox one-game wild card playoff, avoiding cameras during the game during each Alex Rodriguez at-bat. The appeal process has dragged on just like MLBPA head Michael Weiner predicted, allowing Rodriguez to play out the season.Now, with two RBI singles and solid defense at [...]
How Yankees Can Go About Getting Millions Back from »
With Alex Rodriguez finally enduring the wrath of Major League Baseball, expect the New York Yankees to do everything in their power to shave millions of dollars off their bottom line. For every minute of Rodriguez's suspension, the Yankees are off the hook for money he is owed, but, naturally, they will look to save more in the aftermath of the [...]
Can A-Rod’s on-Field Production Outweigh Media »
He's back! The return of Alex Rodriguez to the New York Yankees starting lineup is a boon for the offensively challenged squad, but on-field production is merely background noise right now among the sea of Biogenesis, suspension and appeal narratives floating around the baseball world. Make no mistake: Alex Rodriguez's presence around the [...]
What Bud Selig’s New A-Rod Suspension Plan Would »
According to an Associated Press source (via HardballTalk), Alex Rodriguez may not be able to skirt the long arm of baseball's law, even for a few weeks during the appeals process. The notion of Bud Selig suspending Rodriguez imminently under the collective bargaining agreement rather than the drug rules is the latest bombshell in the Biogenesis [...]
Imagining Alex Rodriguez’s Potential 2015 MLB »
Fast forward to Monday April 6, 2015. On a cool, breezy spring morning, there's a buzz in the air around Marlins Park in Miami for the first time since the infamous dud that was the 2011-2012 free agent flop and subsequent hoodwink by Jeffrey Loria. As a sold out crowd enters through the turnstiles, the Marlins are baseball's biggest story.Coming [...]