MLB prepared to ban Alex Rodriguez for life

[Rams Fan]

Commissioner Bud Selig is prepared to levy a lifetime suspension on New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, while suspending about eight others before the weekend, two people with knowledge of the negotiations told USA TODAY Sports.

The people were unauthorized to speak publicly because no announcement is expected until Thursday or Friday.

Rodriguez, according to his attorney, David Cornwell, will appeal any suspension, regardless of the severity. The other players are expected to receive 50-game bans, and most are considering accepting the discipline without appealing, according to one of the people.

http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports...nesis/2606319/

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

So you're chalking this coke and opiate overdose by a guy who was also a raging alcoholic and prescription drug abuser to using steroids eight years before he died?

"Coronary artery disease and an enlarged heart were contributing factors in the death of Caminiti."

"Prolonged steroid use would absolutely have been a contributing factor to an enlarged and weakened heart."

Yes, he ultimately died of a drug overdose, but his prolonged steroid use was a contributing factor, but lets get all players on steroids. They'rrrrrreeeee Grrrrrreeeeaaaaaatttt.

[blaise]

I don't think Pete Rose should get in. He knew exactly what he was doing.

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by LoneWolf

"Coronary artery disease and an enlarged heart were contributing factors in the death of Caminiti."

"Prolonged steroid use would absolutely have been a contributing factor to an enlarged and weakened heart."

Yes, he ultimately died of a drug overdose, but his prolonged steroid use was a contributing factor, but lets get all players on steroids. They'rrrrrreeeee Grrrrrreeeeaaaaaatttt.

He OD'd on heroin (downer) and cocaine (upper) after a life spent drinking himself into oblivion and eating pain pills like they were Pez. Blaming steroids for his death is ridiculous.

I know you have to run with any example of a guy who steroids and died young, but you're barking up the wrong tree here. He admitted that he used steroids in 1996...eight years before he died...of an overdose...of heroin and cocaine. He probably ate Oreos when he was a kid. I'm not ready to make him the poster child for the dangers of trans fats, though.

[Anyong Bluth]

Good, never liked the ****er!

[big nasty kcnut]

I don't want nobody in untill shoeless joe gets in first.

[beach tribe]

Originally Posted by frazod

The cynic in me is thinking its the Yankmees that are pushing his lifetime ban behind the scenes, just so they can get out from under his bloated, ridiculous contract.

The only thing I'd like about him beating the rap is continuing to **** them over.

That was my first thought.

[Demonpenz]

Sosa juiced and had a corked bat.

[LoneWolf]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

He OD'd on heroin (downer) and cocaine (upper) after a life spent drinking himself into oblivion and eating pain pills like they were Pez. Blaming steroids for his death is ridiculous.

I know you have to run with any example of a guy who steroids and died young, but you're barking up the wrong tree here. He admitted that he used steroids in 1996...eight years before he died...of an overdose...of heroin and cocaine. He probably ate Oreos when he was a kid. I'm not ready to make him the poster child for the dangers of trans fats, though.

Your correct. Steroids has never been a contributing factor in any athletes death, there are no dangers from prolonged steroid use, and we should be passing steroids out like aspirin to all athletes to make sports more enjoyable. Sorry, I lost my head for a little bit.

[Eleazar]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

It doesn't interfere with the fundamental nature of the game. Steroids is to sports what counting cards is to blackjack.

that dog won't hunt

[Mr. Laz]

Originally Posted by Cochise

that dog won't hunt

that dog won't hunt ..... is deaf,blind and has a urinary tract infection

[pr_capone]

Originally Posted by Clayton Bibsby

I feel betrayed.....

Give me a break. Who isn't thankful Sosa and Mgwire took talk away from the Braves and Yankees. GTFO.

Me? I'm a Braves.

[Saul Good]

So what I'm hearing is that we should ban players for life for using steroids because they might be dangerous and possibly contributed to the death of a guy twenty years ago who used them eight years before dying in an overdose of heroin and cocaine.

When are we going to start banning players for alcohol and tobacco?

Steroids aren't ruining baseball. Steroid witch hunts that cause us to suspect every good player of cheating are ruining baseball. And if you think baseball has a lot of players on them, you shouldn't watch the NFL. There might be half a dozen players who don't deserve to be banned from that league for life based on your standard. If A-Rod and Braun are on the shit to get bigger, faster, stronger, and recover from injuries...guess what...

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by Saul Good

It doesn't interfere with the fundamental nature of the game. Steroids is to sports what counting cards is to blackjack.

Totally wrong in your analogy. You can't play blackjack without cards. You can play baseball without roids.
Roids needs to be removed. Not because of the black eye on the game. They have to be removed or else it will affect our children. Children will start using at a younger age. It isn't about the choice of an adult. It is about the children that look up to and idolize these athletes.

[Chief Roundup]

Originally Posted by pr_capone

Me? I'm a Braves.

So you from Atlanta? Ever go to the SpeedZone up on north 75?

[Saul Good]

Originally Posted by Chief Roundup

Totally wrong in your analogy. You can't play blackjack without cards. You can play baseball without roids.
Roids needs to be removed. Not because of the black eye on the game. They have to be removed or else it will affect our children. Children will start using at a younger age. It isn't about the choice of an adult. It is about the children that look up to and idolize these athletes.

Why should MLB have to be responsible for babysitting children? Professional athletes do all sorts of things that you don't want your children to do. That doesn't mean we need to ban players for life.

This cracks me up. Everyone is going to change their tunes when 90% of NFL players turn out to be juicing.