We already did this y'all..

http://www.tpwwforums.com/showthread.php?t=117979

USA Today is reporting A-Rod won't be facing a suspension but instead a lifetime ban now that he's pulled out of all negotiations with MLB. Also confirms earlier speculation that he was indeed the person who tried to bribe the clinic owner to get all his documents pulled and destroyed.
http://www.sbnation.com/mlb/2013/7/2...eal/in/4314783



<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p>Orioles acquire Francisco Rodriguez from Brewers for minor leaguer Nick Delmonico. K-Rod's 304 saves are 3rd among active players.</p>&mdash; SportsCenter (@SportsCenter) <a href="https://twitter.com/SportsCenter/statuses/359828373314355202">July 24, 2013</a></blockquote>
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According to Peter Gammons, the choice was between the Red Sox and Os for the trade deal. Brewers took the Os deal.

I'm fine hitting 5th and bashing 35 dingers as long as yer ok with all the k's

What's a good website to compare head to head records over the entire lifetime of two franchises?

farmersonly.com

or try

http://www.baseball-reference.com/games/head2head.shtml

<font color=goldenrod>No chance A-Rod gets a lifetime ban. I'd see him getting 100 games at the most.</font>

god damnit i knew that existed somewhere eon baseball ref i just couldn't find it

thank you

Yah, you gatta start by going to farmersonly.com and follow the link from there.

NP, watchya lookin' for?

NONE OF YOUR BUSINESS OBAMA

(curious on early 00's record between d-backs-giants)

God damn Blue Jays

At least Ricky Romero look like he's turned a cor.......never mind.

Highly doubt ARod gets the Pete Rose ban, here. 100 seems like it might be out of the question if he either sued or really pushed the issue. Having your name on a piece, or pieces, of paper isn't evidence. Braun had actually failed a drug test. ARod has not. He did admit to PED use, but that's not failing a test. I don't see MLB having a strong case here if ARod puts up a fight and shoves back.

Hahaha poor Ricky. Didn't make it out of the second inning last night

He's gonna be the next Scott Kazmir / Dontrelle Wills type. The guy who eventually gets cut by half the league.

Gyroball: The answer to Ricky Romero's problems.

Jason Grilli to the DL. Might be a very big loss for the Pirates, but I think Melancon can carry the load in the interim.

I think they're going with the fact that A-Rod tried to hide documents/tampering with evidence/being A-Rod.

It's kind of sad/funny how A-Rod has gone from the all American squeaky clean face of baseball on pace to break the evil Barry Bonds homerun record through hard work and ability alone, to potentially being banned for life in like 2 or 3 years.

He was always a cheating cunt. Yelling at that 3rd Baseman to drop the pop-up and swatting the glove out of Arroyo's hand. Although if he gets a lifetime ban it's only because they want to nail his balls to the wall because they couldn't get shit on Barry Bonds.

Why do you think him yelling at the 3B was cheating?

I'm trying to decide when A-Rod made his heel turn. Was it when he left Seattle for the largest contract ever with a division rival? Was it when he told the Rangers they can't win and demanded a trade even though he took up half the payroll? Was it the swat on Bronson Arroyo?

Probably when this was taken.

http://www.jamespreller.com/wp-conte..._rodriguez.jpg

When he opted out of his deal DURING the World Series and suckered Cashman into giving him that insanely bad contract.

Poor Cashman.

i love every A-Rod story

<font color=goldenrod>I'll never forget that. Just a few outs away from the World Series being over. "Alex Rodriguez has announced that he will opt out." what a tool.

Though to A-Rod's credit he did say Boras made that announcement without consulting him and regrets it.</font>

It was definitely before that.

Could also blame Fox Sports as well for that debacle since they were the ones in charge of showing the World Series that year and wasted no time making the announcement once Boras sent it. Had ESPN or anyone else not showing the game revealed the announcement, it probably wouldn't have been ridiculed as hard as it was because Fox did it.

Could swear he had another heelish moment between the Rangers era and 1st year with the Yanks involving him ridiculing other players on their lack of free time and the backlash from those players who stated they had kids to take care of unlike him.

<font color=goldenrod>OH GOD Eric Young Jr. just murdered Tim Hudson's ankle :( That didn't look good</font>

It's fractured. Out for the year :(

At least it wasn't an ACL tear?

Being a starting pitcher has got to be the most goddamn frustrating thing in all of sports sometimes.

Strasburg's line today: 8.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 12 K..... and a loss.

Maybe it isn't an illegal play but it's a bitch move. He's a bitch. He deserves everything he gets and more.

Totally agreement on Clock on the opting out deal. His team doesn't even make the playoffs because he didn't play great and Torre is blamed and fired.

<font color=goldenrod>Even though he's been a Mets killer for seemingly his entire Braves tenure, I hope this doesn't spell the end for Hudson's career at age 38. Would be such a shitty way for anybody to go out, much less Hudson who's always come across as a nice guy along with being well respected.</font>

Had the same thought. May be his final pitch for Atlanta too...I'm not sure he fits into the Braves' plans long-term considering the logjam of starters we are having. Maybe he'll come back on a quasi-hometown discount...I doubt that's how he wants to go out.

That play was hilarious, though. He's still a shithead, and was before the opt out, but that play shouldn't be a main reason why.

Yeah.... So the national sports media is really latching on to this A-Roid stuff.

Cubs gave Fonzie 2-3 days to approve the trade to the Yankees.

No word yet on who the Yankees got to go over in exchange.

According to the Biogenesis clinic's whistle-blower, expect more leagues to consider getting their hands on those documents once the stuff with MLB is done. The actual list of clients the clinic has includes almost every major sport in the US and has people who've been clients for years.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/...-investigation