"Reality tells us there are no guarantees. Except that some day Jon Lester will be on that list of 100-game winners." - Peter Gammons
Cruz says the only reason he is involved is because he was fighting some whack illness called helicobactor pylori from Nov. 2011 to Jan. 2012.
"No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference." ~Tommy Lasorda
Tom Servo (08-05-2013)
I haven't had time to watch or read much about this. But won't 50 games allow them to come back for the postseason this year -- if their teams will allow it?
I wonder why they are waiting until Thursday to suspend Rodriguez.
Always Red (08-05-2013)
211 games for A-Rod. So if I understand this correctly, that means the rest of this year and next. He could come back in 2015.
Here's what I don't understand. A-Rod is 38 years old. Say he appeals this suspension and keeps playing for the rest of this season as the process continues. He then gets suspended for 2014 but decides to retire after that. Does that not mean he would effectively get out of 50 games of the punishment?
Always Red (08-05-2013),coachpipe (08-07-2013),danken12 (08-06-2013),Redeyecat (08-05-2013)
He has zero reason to NOT appeal. All he can do is fight to get as much of his money as he possibly can. He's set to take abuse at every single park he visits and I imagine his own teammates don't want him around. (Obviously I'll never know this for certain). His legacy is set and nothing will change it going forward. My bet (and hope) is that he gets embarrassed trying to play at the Major League Level.
He's above the call of weird however, so I would imagine none of this phases him in the least.
Everything that can be counted does not necessarily count; everything that counts cannot necessarily be counted.
All the dishes rattle in the cupboards when the elephants arrive
The Yankees will have 2 admitted cheaters in the lineup tonight. But only 1 will get all of the attention.
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