Aroid wins. Imagine that.

[The Poet]

Originally Posted by YankeeMan

We're going to see him in Federal Court, no doubt.

I think we will, and I think we should. Hey, I don't like the guy, and don't care if he never plays again. But MLB keeps claiming they have proof of his "cheating", yet still this was a decision made by an arbitrator and not by any sort of trial or judgement based upon open evidence. Almost by definition, the decision of an arbitrator is arbitrary.

Look at it this way: There are a LOT of Pete Rose supporters out there (and quite a few on here) who believe he should be in the HOF despite his violation of rules against gambling in baseball. Yet there was PROOF offered that he DID violate those rules! (We'll not get into the whole lying about it thing by Rose for years and years.) So where's the proof against A-Rod? And this is NOT about denying him some honor, but rather about denying him his livelihood. (Yeah, I know, it's not like he needs the money, but still.) I'm just wondering how you can in good conscious support a man who was AT LEAST as big an @$$hole as is A-Rod, while constantly giving everybody but THIS @$$hole the benefit of the doubt.

Just my about what's fair is fair.