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MLBPA head Michael Weiner said in an interview with the NY Daily News that the union is "not interested" in protecting players involved in the Biogenesis scandal.

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MLB Union Won't Protect PED Users

The baseball players' association may not go to bat for every player involved in Major League Baseball's latest drug investigation.
Union head Michael Weiner told the New York Daily News that the MLBPA is "not interested" in protecting players for whom overwhelming evidence exists that they used performance-enhancing drugs.

Although he did not refer to any specific players in his interview Wednesday with the Daily News, Weiner emphasized that the union has prioritized a clean program. He told the paper that the union will attempt to "make a deal" for players with overwhelming PED evidence against them.

"I can tell you, if we have a case where there really is overwhelming evidence that a player committed a violation of the program, our fight is going to be that they make a deal," Weiner told the Daily News. "We're not interested in having players with overwhelming evidence that they violated the [drug] program out there. Most of the players aren't interested in that. We'd like to have a clean program."

Former MVPs Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun are among the more than one dozen players under investigation for ties to Biogenesis, a closed anti-aging clinic in Florida linked with the distribution of performance-enhancing drugs. MLB officials have been interviewing players, who have been represented by the union and their own lawyers.

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 Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch, who allegedly provided performance-enhancing drugs to the players. Rodriguez has denied the allegations.
Weiner said Tuesday that any suspensions resulting from the Biogenesis investigation likely won't be served until 2014, if the discipline is challenged before an arbitrator. He said he expects MLB to present its findings to the union "within the next month."

Weiner also said the commissioner's office isn't bound by the terms of the joint drug prevention and treatment program -- which calls for 50- and 100-game suspensions followed by a lifetime ban for three failed drug tests -- because the players involved in the Biogenesis case did not fail tests and are being investigated for "non-analytical" reasons.

"In theory, [the players] could be suspended for five games or 500 games, and we could then choose to challenge that," Weiner said Tuesday before the All-Star Game. "The commissioner's office is not bound by the scale we have in the basic agreement."

Weiner also told the Daily News that some grievances, including those involving PEDs, are settled privately before a suspension is publicly announced. He hopes that MLB will adhere to that procedure in the Biogenesis case.

"This is a somewhat new situation, but some of those grievances have been disciplinary grievances as well," Weiner told the Daily News. "They just don't get the play that the Biogenesis case did."

Weiner also said symptoms have increased in the last month from a brain tumor he was diagnosed with last summer. He currently can't move his right side or right arm and must use a wheelchair.

Weiner said the union will appoint a deputy executive director within a week or two.

This is huge, imo.

heheh...MLBPA head Michael Weiner...heheh

Nothing worse than having the night off & the #SFGiants aren't playing. Don't worry, I work through their next week's worth of games. #Waste
— Matt Fraser (@TheFraze408) July 18, 2013

Big Game Garza might be shipped off to Texas by day's end.

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Originally Posted by Frank Drebin (Post 4249826)

Whoever wins the World Series should be manager of the year. A couple of years ago when the Cards played the Brewers, I thought for sure the Brewers were going to win. They had the better team. Then LaRussa ran circles around Roenoke. I used to subscribe to the view that the managers don't really win games until I saw that series. Now I think they're quite important in the playoffs.

Manager of the Year is about the regular season not the playoffs.

I understand, just saying in my mind that's who the manager of the year is.

:cool: Red Sox beat the Yankees.

Not that hard these days, just score at least 2 runs

<font color=goldenrod>The Mets only have 4 off-days remaining with 70 games left to play. Holy shit.</font>

Chris Stewart, I see you

I'm gonna miss Mariano, so much.

<font color=goldenrod>Erik Bedard had a no-no going into the 7th but he had walked 5 and gave up 2 runs. Had to be pulled as his pitch count was too high.</font>

Tigers took a game from the almighty Royal tonight to avoid the sweep!!!!!!!!

Now batting 4th for the Yankees, Lyle Overbay.

<font color=goldenrod>Matt Harvey.</font>

Fuck the Blue Jays, fuck Gibbons, fuck their 7-8-9 hitters, fuck Dickey, Johnson, Buehrle, Lawrie, Arencibia, every position player not named Encarnacion, Reyes and Rasmus. Hate this fucking team so much!

Rays have won 16 of 18. Think they could win the East. Also, lol at Reyes' injury.

Rays are always bad ass. Really want to see the haul the get for Price in the offseason.

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Originally Posted by Gertner (Post 4252593)

Finally giving up on Kawasaki?

Kawasaki is in AAA. Therefore excluded.

Bautista has sucked balls for the majority of the season.

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Originally Posted by Gertner (Post 4252656)

Kawasaki is in AAA. Therefore excluded.

I did not know they sent him down again

why would they do that? he's the best

They thought some asshole named Jose Reyes would be better at SS

I agree with that, but who's playing second right now for the Jays

Lawrie?

They tried Lawrie for some God forsaken reason for like 3-4 games and he was horrible. Back to the dynamic duo of Maicer Izturis and Emilio Bonifacio who must have naked pictures of Alex Anthropolous, because he's the worst fucking player in the league.

jinkies, I'd go with Kawasaki over those dudes because he's fun and only because he is fun

Although I do love Maicer Izturis

Izturis did a hell of a job striking out with the bases loaded yet again this weekend.

Mune Kawasaki's picture is still my facebook display picture. Fucking love Kawasaki.

He's like a Jap Brandon Inge

Inge was never remotely as entertaining as Mune. Used to love listening to Tigers fan defend him to the death.

Yankees gave away that one last night.

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Originally Posted by Gertner (Post 4252593)

But, hey, at least the Jays have that sweet ass bullpen, huh?

Did someone say Inge?!?!?1?!?

Braun only gets 65 games. Should have gotten the full hundred.