ALEX RODRIGUEZ RUMORS

Alex Rodriguez cleared to face live pitching

New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez (hip) has yet to face a pitch this season. While it will be quite some time before he's able to face a pitch at the Major League level, A-Rod will take a big step in his recovery on Tuesday when he faces live pitching for the first time since undergoing hip surgery in January. Having ran the bases at 75 percent over the weekend...
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Yankees avoid sweep, snap five-game losing streak

The New York Yankees avoided being swept for the second time in the last week with a win over the Los Angeles Angels in the third and final game of their weekend series on Sunday. Yankees’s closer Mariano Rivera struck out high-priced slugger, Albert Pujols, with the bases loaded and shut down the Angels five-run, ninth- inning rally, earning 
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Yankees' Alex Rodriguez ran bases this weekend

There will still be many firsts since surgery for Alex Rodriguez.  This marks one of them.  On Saturday the veteran slugger ran the bases at the New York Yankees' facility down in Tampa Bay for the first time since his hip surgery.  It was a positive step for Rodriguez, but the team still ins't exactly sure when he will return. According to Andy McCullough of the New...
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Report: Alex Rodriguez Was Wanted by Japanese Fukuoka SoftBank Hawks Over Offseason

Let’s be honest here. If the Yankees could be rid of Alex Rodriguez and his contract, they’d pull the trigger on such a deal in a second. Of course, interest had waned in the third baseman — even if the Yankees were to pick up significant portions of Rodriguez’s contract — due to his overall decline. However, at least one franchise wanted Rodriguez on their team this past...
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SAYONARA?

Japanese team had interest in A-Rod?

Though interest in Alex Rodriguez among MLB teams has wanted, it's been reported that a Japanese team expressed interest in obtaining the slugger.

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Alex Rodriguez issues statement about his most recent controversy

Year after year, scandal after scandal, centaur painting after — well, there was only one alleged centaur painting — New York Yankees much maligned (and currently rehabbing) and always scrutinized third baseman Alex Rodriguez once again finds his name in the epicenter of yet another full-blown Major League Baseball train wreck of a controversy. This [...]The post Alex Rodriguez...
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Report: Alex Rodriguez Wouldn’t Pay Anthony Bosch, Led Biogenesis Owner to Side With MLB

Major League Baseball made news this week in the Biogenesis scandal when reports arose that the league is looking to suspend about 20 players who are said to be connected to the South Florida anti-aging clinic, which has been accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs. But that process would have never begun without the help of Biogenesis owner Anthony Bosch, who the New...
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SHADY DEALINGS

Bosch denied money by A-Rod?

Anthony Bosch appears to be cooperating with MLB, but that may only be because Alex Rodriguez turned down his request for money.

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Yankees: MLB wants to bust Alex Rodriguez at all costs

The infamous Biogenesis Clinic investigation is back in the headlines, along with whether New York Yankees Alex Rodriguez had any type of relationship with scumbag owner Anthony Bosch. English: A-Rod in 2007. Español: A-Rod en 2007. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Yesterday, ESPN’s Outside the Lines claimed that MLB is just days away from dishing out a record number of suspensions...
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PAYING THE PRICE

MLB suspending Biogenesis players?

Ryan Braun, Alex Rodriguez and 20 or so other players could reportedly be suspended by Major League Baseball due to the Biogenesis Clinic investigation. 

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