Leave it to Alex Rodriguez to keep Alex Rodriguez relevant. While the New York Yankees failed to make the playoffs, Rodriguez is still making headlines in October. He is currently appealing his 211 game suspension handed down this year for being connected to the Biogenesis clinic which provided him banned substances. As if that was not shocking enough, he has now filed a lawsuit against Commissioner Bud Selig and Major League Baseball claiming they are on a ‘witch hunt’ to bring him down.
In the lawsuit, Rodriguez claims that MLB bought Biogenesis owner Anthony Bosch’s cooperation. The lawsuit goes on to say that MLB paid for private security for Bosch as well as all of his legal bill. The Yankees are not named in the lawsuit as defendants. However, Rodriguez did believe that the Yankees wanted Rodriguez to be injured so they would not have to pay the rest of his massive contract; instead insurance would pay most of it. His legal team is planning another suit against the Yankees team doctor, this one for malpractice. This guy really thinks he is bigger than baseball. You could have been one of the best, but instead you are a disgrace to professional athletes. To read all of the court documents, click here.
[UPDATE] MLB has responded to Rodriguez’s claims and basically said what we were all thinking, “nothing more than a desperate attempt to circumvent the Collective Bargaining Agreement.” Below is the rest of their statement:While we vehemently deny the allegations in the complaint, none of those allegations is relevant to the real issue: whether Mr. Rodriguez violated the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program by using and possessing numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including Testosterone and human Growth Hormone, over the course of multiple years and whether he violated the Basic Agreement by attempting to cover-up his violations of the Program by engaging in a course of conduct intended to obstruct and frustrate the Office of the Commissioner’s investigation.
