Well we finally got it.. Cameron Diaz's ex boyfriend got 211 game suspension, which he'll appeal. Obviously this sh!t show is far from over but at least there is a chance that David Wright, Geno Smith or Hakeem Nicks can get a shot at the back page of the Daily News.
Forget right or wrong, best interest of baseball or the worst, what I don't get from this ARod thing (and Braun before him) is that the amount of games just seems so ridiculously arbitrary. I get that 211 games will mean that he won't see the field until 2015, which is fine with me, but had they ruled on this a week earlier he would have had a 218 game suspension and a week later it would have gotten cut down to 206. The number just seems arbitrary and when you are working to set a precedence, I don't think arbitrary will work with an arbitrator
And what happens if he appeals and eventually loses? He'll get to play through the appeal process which could take up to a month and a half. Does this mean that he gets suspended for the rest of this year, all of next year and then 40 some-odd games in 2015?
"The number just seems arbitrary and when you are working to set a precedence, I don't think arbitrary will work with an arbitrator."
ReplyDelete50 games = suspension for 1st offense.
2 seasons = suspension for 2nd offense.
Here, MLB picked 50 (1st offense) + 162 (1 extra season) = 212. Well, 211, but think of the 1 less game as a gift to A-Rod for the 2009 World Series and the high television ratings for baseball.
"And what happens if he appeals and eventually loses? He'll get to play through the appeal process which could take up to a month and a half. Does this mean that he gets suspended for the rest of this year, all of next year and then 40 some-odd games in 2015?"
Yes.