It will be interesting to see if Arod gets drilled by Lackey tomorrow night or will he be out of the lineup. I would not want to be Arod showing up in the Yankee clubhouse in Boston later today, as it now appears he was a rat. Arod is intent on dragging MLB and anyone though the mud.
For all those that say MLB has been leaking information, try Cornwell, Jayzee, Steven A, all the agents, all the attorneys and the players.... all MLB has done is selectively comment over the past 5 months on what was leaked....
As Rob Manfred said months ago, "At the conclusion of this investigation we hope that there will be a full airing of what we have learned about what Mr. Cornwell and his clients have done''. I guess there was a reason Braun dropped Cornwell as his attorney. It would not surprise me at all if Braun has been cooperating with MLB, as there are players that have.
It also appears that in addition to MLB, the Feds appear to be all over ACES and other agents and are going after other Suppliers and players and a lot of this may be out of MLB's hands sooner than later. Going to be an interesting off season. MLB reportedly feels the Union mishandled their investigation of ACES last year.
Braun Suspended For Rest Of 2013 Season
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It appears Ryan Braun knew a few months ago that Arod outed him and others, before he accepted his suspension. Its a disgrace to have to watch AROD play ball still. MLB has been told in advance of what 60 Minutes has and will be reporting on.
Arods replacemnt just homered...lol
and it continues to get stranger...... As i wrote months ago, Brauns use appears to go back to college. Dino Laurenzit's lawsuit is on deck, and I've heard there are others coming too...
There are lot of people and players who have told MLB and others about PEDS in basbeall, who, where, when, how, why.... By last count they are up to about 35 subpoeaed witness's who have cooperated, just in MLB's lawsuit alone.
Ryan Braun sued by longtime friend
Updated: August 16, 2013, 5:38 PM ETESPN
A longtime friend of Ryan Braun's filed a lawsuit against the suspended slugger last month, charging that Braun defamed him after the friend provided help in his successful appeal of Braun's positive steroid test in 2011.
Ralph Sasson, 29, makes a number of personal accusations against Braun, saying in the lawsuit that Braun doped through his years at the University of Miami, committed academic fraud and accepted money while a student.
Reached this week, Sasson declined to comment and said the lawsuit speaks for itself.
Braun's attorney, Howard Weitzman, rejected the claims.
"This lawsuit is an unfortunate attempt to capitalize on Ryan's recent press attention for taking responsibility for his actions. The factual allegations and the legal claims have absolutely no merit. We believe the lawsuit will be dismissed," he said in a statement.
Sasson, who describes himself as a law student, says he was contacted by Braun's agent, Nez Balelo, in November 2011 after Braun was notified that he had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone. Part of his assignment, the lawsuit says, was to conduct background research on the man who collected Braun's urine sample, Dino Laurenzi Jr.
The lawsuit says Sasson was forced to threaten Braun and Balelo with a lawsuit in order to recover $5,000 that he says was promised, and that he was paid last year when he agreed to sign a non-disclosure agreement. But Sasson charges that Braun violated that agreement when he made what Sasson calls defamatory statements about him to undisclosed parties. Sasson asks for unspecified damages in the complaint.
The lawsuit also says that Braun asked Sasson to "prank call" ESPN "Outside the Lines" reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada, who was working with reporter T.J. Quinn on a story in December 2011 that Braun had failed a PED test. According to the lawsuit, Braun wanted Sasson to say, "The original information Quinn and Fainaru-Wada had obtained regarding Braun was part of an elaborate conspiracy to assassinate the character of multiple baseball players and agents including, but not limited to, Ryan Braun."
Sasson says in the lawsuit that he refused.
Arods replacemnt just homered...lol
and it continues to get stranger...... As i wrote months ago, Brauns use appears to go back to college. Dino Laurenzit's lawsuit is on deck, and I've heard there are others coming too...
There are lot of people and players who have told MLB and others about PEDS in basbeall, who, where, when, how, why.... By last count they are up to about 35 subpoeaed witness's who have cooperated, just in MLB's lawsuit alone.
Ryan Braun sued by longtime friend
Updated: August 16, 2013, 5:38 PM ETESPN
A longtime friend of Ryan Braun's filed a lawsuit against the suspended slugger last month, charging that Braun defamed him after the friend provided help in his successful appeal of Braun's positive steroid test in 2011.
Ralph Sasson, 29, makes a number of personal accusations against Braun, saying in the lawsuit that Braun doped through his years at the University of Miami, committed academic fraud and accepted money while a student.
Reached this week, Sasson declined to comment and said the lawsuit speaks for itself.
Braun's attorney, Howard Weitzman, rejected the claims.
"This lawsuit is an unfortunate attempt to capitalize on Ryan's recent press attention for taking responsibility for his actions. The factual allegations and the legal claims have absolutely no merit. We believe the lawsuit will be dismissed," he said in a statement.
Sasson, who describes himself as a law student, says he was contacted by Braun's agent, Nez Balelo, in November 2011 after Braun was notified that he had tested positive for elevated levels of testosterone. Part of his assignment, the lawsuit says, was to conduct background research on the man who collected Braun's urine sample, Dino Laurenzi Jr.
The lawsuit says Sasson was forced to threaten Braun and Balelo with a lawsuit in order to recover $5,000 that he says was promised, and that he was paid last year when he agreed to sign a non-disclosure agreement. But Sasson charges that Braun violated that agreement when he made what Sasson calls defamatory statements about him to undisclosed parties. Sasson asks for unspecified damages in the complaint.
The lawsuit also says that Braun asked Sasson to "prank call" ESPN "Outside the Lines" reporter Mark Fainaru-Wada, who was working with reporter T.J. Quinn on a story in December 2011 that Braun had failed a PED test. According to the lawsuit, Braun wanted Sasson to say, "The original information Quinn and Fainaru-Wada had obtained regarding Braun was part of an elaborate conspiracy to assassinate the character of multiple baseball players and agents including, but not limited to, Ryan Braun."
Sasson says in the lawsuit that he refused.
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According to news reports tonight, Braun is going to speak soon, may be on 60 minutes... and is going to admit to everything and tell all the sordid detials...and apologize to everyone inlcuding the test collector. I would not be surprised if has also cut a deal with the FEDS, they want the suppliers mostly from what I hear.
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lol xD long time lurker - when i saw the news i thought "oh shit: O-law 1, knuckleheads 0" - on THIS point.Outlaw wrote:For all those that say MLB has been leaking information, try Cornwell, Jayzee, Steven A, all the agents, all the attorneys and the players....
we'll see how it rolls from here. i'm somewhere between both ya'lls sides. it's a fun thread to read! keep it up, both of you.
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EWeaver wrote:lol xD long time lurker - when i saw the news i thought "oh shit: O-law 1, knuckleheads 0" - on THIS point.Outlaw wrote:For all those that say MLB has been leaking information, try Cornwell, Jayzee, Steven A, all the agents, all the attorneys and the players....
we'll see how it rolls from here. i'm somewhere between both ya'lls sides. it's a fun thread to read! keep it up, both of you.
Lol- and now we can add famed NY defender of the Head of NY's finest, amongst other corrupt people, leaking more stuff.... As Arod said yesterday, Every day for the rest of the season, there will be more stories coming out about the PEDS scandal, all bigger than the previous ones....lol
Memo To Arod- Have any idea who has the pictures of you and the lying, non credible, Tony B having a good time in Detroit during the playoffs last October, when you couldn't hit a pig in the ass with a snow shovel?
The whole story is at this link, you just cannot make this stuff up...: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/08/18/sport ... d=all&_r=0
Lawyer Says Yankees Misled Rodriguez About Injuries
Jabin Botsford/The New York Times
The swirl of controversy around Alex Rodriguez continues after the latest comments by his lawyer.
Alex Rodriguez’s legal team says the Yankees misled him about his injuries and wished he would never play again. Joseph Tacopina recently retained by Alex Rodriguez, claimed the Yankees told a surgeon they did not want him to play again. The lawyers say Major League Baseball’s commissioner is personally out to get him, determined to brand him as the “poster boy” for doping. They have accused the Yankees and baseball officials of working in concert to sideline Rodriguez and nullify his contract, under which he is still owed $86 million after this year.
And they argue that investigators are trying to ruin him based on the word of the operator of an anti-aging clinic in South Florida “who has no credibility.”
Rodriguez, 38, once widely considered among the best baseball players of his generation, sees himself today as a superstar under siege who has been bullied and scapegoated but is now ready to fight back. That is the portrait that Rodriguez’s combative new lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, presented in one of the first and most extensive interviews the Rodriguez camp has given since Rodriguez, the Yankees’ third baseman, was notified of a 211-game suspension this month for using banned substances.
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So McGwire would like the media to stop talking about PEDS??? I guess it continues to hurt those who cheated when it just never goes away. 6 of the top 14 HR players used PEDS...sad
I think its fair these Cheaters get to live the rest of their lives in disgrace. They all had the chance to tell the truth, do the right thing and most chose not to and still choose not to. Thier accomplishments mean nothing to most people these days.
As for Braun, I guess he saw too the advantages as a kid of using PEDs, so for all those who think these cheaters dont have any influence, he's just another example of long list players and their influeneces on kids.
Full story: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-sha ... 0582.story
Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire says MLB is doing a great job of cleaning up the game and it's up to folks in the media to stop bringing up the issue, but that's not possible when testing remains far from foolproof.
The media cannot let up on its vigilance just yet, not when the media celebrated the steroid era rather than questioned it, not when the Biogenesis saga proves testing is far from foolproof, not when off-season testing is all but non-existent, not when the players themselves rise to demand a one-year ban, or a lifetime one, for a first offense.
Six of those 14 — Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Ramirez, Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez — are not getting into the Hall of Fame. There is your asterisk.
Maybe that asterisk, and its aftermath, will help kids believe in the next generation of sluggers. In 2002, as major league players debated whether to accept drug testing at all, a shortstop at Granada Hills High said he could not believe in Bonds and Co.
"I think everyone should be putting an asterisk next to the recent records because of steroids," the shortstop told The Times. "Something needs to be done."
The shortstop's name was Ryan Braun.
I think its fair these Cheaters get to live the rest of their lives in disgrace. They all had the chance to tell the truth, do the right thing and most chose not to and still choose not to. Thier accomplishments mean nothing to most people these days.
As for Braun, I guess he saw too the advantages as a kid of using PEDs, so for all those who think these cheaters dont have any influence, he's just another example of long list players and their influeneces on kids.
Full story: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-sha ... 0582.story
Dodgers hitting coach Mark McGwire says MLB is doing a great job of cleaning up the game and it's up to folks in the media to stop bringing up the issue, but that's not possible when testing remains far from foolproof.
The media cannot let up on its vigilance just yet, not when the media celebrated the steroid era rather than questioned it, not when the Biogenesis saga proves testing is far from foolproof, not when off-season testing is all but non-existent, not when the players themselves rise to demand a one-year ban, or a lifetime one, for a first offense.
Six of those 14 — Bonds, McGwire, Sosa, Ramirez, Rafael Palmeiro and Alex Rodriguez — are not getting into the Hall of Fame. There is your asterisk.
Maybe that asterisk, and its aftermath, will help kids believe in the next generation of sluggers. In 2002, as major league players debated whether to accept drug testing at all, a shortstop at Granada Hills High said he could not believe in Bonds and Co.
"I think everyone should be putting an asterisk next to the recent records because of steroids," the shortstop told The Times. "Something needs to be done."
The shortstop's name was Ryan Braun.
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Arod is good for 2 of these stories a day now... no one can keep up with his lies and threats.... He is dragging baseball down into the gutter.... The Yankees need to write him the check for a 100M and cut him. Then he will be gone forever....No team would ever sign him and he will go down in history as the Most despicable ball player ever.
Alex Rodriguez paid for Tony Bosch's attorney and later made a wire transfer for nearly $50,000 that Bosch's attorney refused to accept, Bosch's attorneys told "Outside the Lines" on Sunday.
The second transfer, described by one of Rodriguez's former attorneys as a mistake, is part of Major League Baseball's evidence that the third baseman attempted to tamper with the league's Biogenesis investigation, several sources said. A spokesperson for Bosch attorney Susy Ribero-Ayala said in a statement to "Outside the Lines" on Sunday that Rodriguez, currently appealing a 211-game suspension from MLB, paid her a $25,000 retainer to defend Bosch in February. Bosch was the founder of the now-defunct Biogenesis clinic in Coral Gables, Fla., at the center of the league's ongoing drug scandal.
"A retainer was paid (via wire transfer) by a representative of Alex Rodriquez (sic). Ms. Ribero-Ayala accepted this payment on behalf of Anthony Bosch as payment for his legal representation," the statement says. The statement says the second payment was unexpected.
"In April 2013, Ms. Ribero-Ayala received an unsolicited and unwarranted wire transfer from A-Rod Corp. The funds were immediately returned. Mr. Rodriquez (sic) does not have any involvement in Mr. Bosch's legal representation." According to documents seen by "Outside the Lines," the amount of the second transfer was for nearly $50,000, minus transfer fees.
MLB officials declined comment Sunday night. Representatives for Rodriguez did not return calls seeking comment. The documents also show that Ribero-Ayala and Jared Lopez, a partner with Roy Black's law firm in Miami, exchanged emails discussing the wire transfer. Black's firm was representing Rodriguez at the time. According to the document, Ribero-Ayala said she had received the money and was unaware of any reason for it. Lopez responded that the money had been sent in error, and he asked that it be returned. It was.
Black's firm no longer represents Rodriguez, and Lopez could not be reached Sunday night. The documents and the statement from Ribero-Ayala's office appear to contradict earlier reports that Bosch sought to "shake down" Rodriguez for money before agreeing to cooperate with MLB's investigation in June. Instead, several sources familiar with the case said, investigators have said they believe Rodriguez paid for Bosch's attorney and sent the second payment in order to prevent him from providing evidence or testimony against Rodriguez. Rodriguez and his attorneys have denied the charges and are fighting the suspension through arbitration
As for Braun, his tales of deception and slander and screwing people only grow bigger..... I would not want to be him every time he steps in the batters box, for the rest of his career he will never know when he is going to get drilled. One thing he should do is write some big checks to the non baseball people he has been defaming the past 2 years. I've seen stuff that quite a few people from his college days and others in the Miami area feel screwed by him and have a lot more to say. He's only going to get one chance to tell the truth now, he had better tell the whole truth or he will be done in baseball if he lies again. The Brewers would be forced to cut him too...
According to sources, Braun called veteran players around baseball privately at that time to lobby for their support. In the calls -- confirmed by three sources -- Braun told other players that in the preparation for his appeal, some information had become known about the collector of his urine sample, Dino Laurenzi Jr., including that he was a Cubs fan -- with the implication he might work against Braun, who played for a division rival of the Cubs. Braun, who is Jewish, also told the players that he had been told the collector was an anti-Semite.
Braun sought backing from Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, whom he had beaten out for the National League MVP months earlier, along with Reds first baseman Joey Votto and Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, among others, sources said. He reached out to peers in hopes they would publicly stick up for him following an expected suspension.
A number of players with whom Braun spoke, including Brewers teammates, believed the allegations against Laurenzi that Braun told them. A source close to Dino Laurenzi Jr., the test collector, said the anti-Semitism allegation is untrue; his fan allegiance is unclear. It added to the backlash against Braun inside the Milwaukee clubhouse as well as outside following his recent 65-game suspension for his involvement with the Biogenesis clinic. Kemp told reporters people in the game felt “betrayed” and that he was “disappointed.”
There is also big time noise about Arod personally knowing about 60 other players using the past 2 seasons and he's prepared to ask/leak why MLB has done nothing to them if he doesn't get his suspension reduced. What he doesn't get, is that those are the other clinics the Feds and MLB have already been looking into.
I've seen about 200 MLB players now publically comment against PEDS use and cheating. What's sticks out are the ones who refuse comment or have no comment or that have not said anything at all. There are some pretty big names keeping their opinions and mouths shut....
Alex Rodriguez paid for Tony Bosch's attorney and later made a wire transfer for nearly $50,000 that Bosch's attorney refused to accept, Bosch's attorneys told "Outside the Lines" on Sunday.
The second transfer, described by one of Rodriguez's former attorneys as a mistake, is part of Major League Baseball's evidence that the third baseman attempted to tamper with the league's Biogenesis investigation, several sources said. A spokesperson for Bosch attorney Susy Ribero-Ayala said in a statement to "Outside the Lines" on Sunday that Rodriguez, currently appealing a 211-game suspension from MLB, paid her a $25,000 retainer to defend Bosch in February. Bosch was the founder of the now-defunct Biogenesis clinic in Coral Gables, Fla., at the center of the league's ongoing drug scandal.
"A retainer was paid (via wire transfer) by a representative of Alex Rodriquez (sic). Ms. Ribero-Ayala accepted this payment on behalf of Anthony Bosch as payment for his legal representation," the statement says. The statement says the second payment was unexpected.
"In April 2013, Ms. Ribero-Ayala received an unsolicited and unwarranted wire transfer from A-Rod Corp. The funds were immediately returned. Mr. Rodriquez (sic) does not have any involvement in Mr. Bosch's legal representation." According to documents seen by "Outside the Lines," the amount of the second transfer was for nearly $50,000, minus transfer fees.
MLB officials declined comment Sunday night. Representatives for Rodriguez did not return calls seeking comment. The documents also show that Ribero-Ayala and Jared Lopez, a partner with Roy Black's law firm in Miami, exchanged emails discussing the wire transfer. Black's firm was representing Rodriguez at the time. According to the document, Ribero-Ayala said she had received the money and was unaware of any reason for it. Lopez responded that the money had been sent in error, and he asked that it be returned. It was.
Black's firm no longer represents Rodriguez, and Lopez could not be reached Sunday night. The documents and the statement from Ribero-Ayala's office appear to contradict earlier reports that Bosch sought to "shake down" Rodriguez for money before agreeing to cooperate with MLB's investigation in June. Instead, several sources familiar with the case said, investigators have said they believe Rodriguez paid for Bosch's attorney and sent the second payment in order to prevent him from providing evidence or testimony against Rodriguez. Rodriguez and his attorneys have denied the charges and are fighting the suspension through arbitration
As for Braun, his tales of deception and slander and screwing people only grow bigger..... I would not want to be him every time he steps in the batters box, for the rest of his career he will never know when he is going to get drilled. One thing he should do is write some big checks to the non baseball people he has been defaming the past 2 years. I've seen stuff that quite a few people from his college days and others in the Miami area feel screwed by him and have a lot more to say. He's only going to get one chance to tell the truth now, he had better tell the whole truth or he will be done in baseball if he lies again. The Brewers would be forced to cut him too...
According to sources, Braun called veteran players around baseball privately at that time to lobby for their support. In the calls -- confirmed by three sources -- Braun told other players that in the preparation for his appeal, some information had become known about the collector of his urine sample, Dino Laurenzi Jr., including that he was a Cubs fan -- with the implication he might work against Braun, who played for a division rival of the Cubs. Braun, who is Jewish, also told the players that he had been told the collector was an anti-Semite.
Braun sought backing from Dodgers outfielder Matt Kemp, whom he had beaten out for the National League MVP months earlier, along with Reds first baseman Joey Votto and Rockies shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, among others, sources said. He reached out to peers in hopes they would publicly stick up for him following an expected suspension.
A number of players with whom Braun spoke, including Brewers teammates, believed the allegations against Laurenzi that Braun told them. A source close to Dino Laurenzi Jr., the test collector, said the anti-Semitism allegation is untrue; his fan allegiance is unclear. It added to the backlash against Braun inside the Milwaukee clubhouse as well as outside following his recent 65-game suspension for his involvement with the Biogenesis clinic. Kemp told reporters people in the game felt “betrayed” and that he was “disappointed.”
There is also big time noise about Arod personally knowing about 60 other players using the past 2 seasons and he's prepared to ask/leak why MLB has done nothing to them if he doesn't get his suspension reduced. What he doesn't get, is that those are the other clinics the Feds and MLB have already been looking into.
I've seen about 200 MLB players now publically comment against PEDS use and cheating. What's sticks out are the ones who refuse comment or have no comment or that have not said anything at all. There are some pretty big names keeping their opinions and mouths shut....
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Drip, drip, drip... Arod the Rat.... A little more of MLB's plans regarding Gaela and other players too below.
In a Monday interview with CNN, Tacopina said: "Clearly there was a relationship—a consulting relationship. I mean, Biogenesis, that lab has consulted with many professional athletes. Not every single one of those athletes has been accused of or found guilty of using illegal substances." Yet .....
We learned Saturday that Royals infielder Miguel Tejada was suspended for 105 games for his second and third positive tests for amphetamines. Monday, ESPN.com is reporting that MLB also had the option to go after Tejada in the Biogenesis investigation that got Alex Rodriguez (pending appeal), Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and several others suspended.
Via ESPN.com: Tejada, according to a source familiar with the case, was given the choice of either accepting the 105-game suspension for amphetamine use or face additional punishment for his Biogenesis connection. Tejada was allegedly a customer of Tony Bosch's shuttered clinic, which is at the heart of baseball's recent rash of suspensions. Bosch supplied evidence that Tejada had been a Biogenesis customer.
From MLB today- right or wrong, MLB has a big problem with Arod and what he knows.
Executive Vice President,
Economics & League Affairs
August 19, 2013
Via Hand Delivery
Joseph Tacopina, Esq.
Tacopina Seigel & Turano, P.C.
275 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Re: Alex Rodriguez
Dear Mr. Tacopina:
In article published on ESPN.com yesterday, you were quoted as stating the
following:
‘I would love nothing more than to sit here and be able to talk
about Alex’s testing results and MLB allegations and MLB’s
investigation into Biogenesis as it relates to Alex and specific dates
and specific tests,’ Tacopina said. ‘Nothing more, but there is a
confidentially clause of the JDA. I will make Manfred a deal if he,
in writing, waives the confidentially clause, and agrees that it
would not be a breach of the confidentially clause, if he allows us
to discuss exactly what he wants us to discuss, including the testing
result, including the specifics of the tests, the results, we would be
happy to discuss it. It would be my pleasure to discuss it. I would
love to discuss it. But the minute I discuss it, I’m in violation of
the confidentially clause of the JDA.’
While we believe that your public comments are already in breach of the
confidentiality provisions of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and
Treatment Program (the “Program”), we will agree to waive those provisions as they
apply to both Rodriguez and the Office of Commissioner of Baseball with respect to
Rodriguez’s entire history under the Program, including, but not limited to, his testing
history, test results, violations of the Program, and all information and evidence relating
to Rodriguez’s treatment by Anthony Bosch, Anthony Galea and Victor Conte.
Specifically, both Rodriguez and the Office of the Commissioner will be permitted to
publicly disclose information and documents relating to:
Joseph Tacopina, Esq.
August 19, 2013
Page 2
1. All drug tests that were conducted on Rodriguez under the Program and
their results;
2. All prior violations of the Program committed by Rodriguez;
3. All documents, records, communications, text messages, and instant
messages relating to Rodriguez’s treatment by Anthony Bosch;
4. All documents relating to Rodriguez’s treatment by Anthony Galea and
Victor Conte; and
5. All documents relating to the issue of whether Rodriguez obstructed the
Office of the Commissioner’s investigation.
Please indicate your agreement by signing below.
Sincerely,
Robert D. Manfred, Jr.
In a Monday interview with CNN, Tacopina said: "Clearly there was a relationship—a consulting relationship. I mean, Biogenesis, that lab has consulted with many professional athletes. Not every single one of those athletes has been accused of or found guilty of using illegal substances." Yet .....
We learned Saturday that Royals infielder Miguel Tejada was suspended for 105 games for his second and third positive tests for amphetamines. Monday, ESPN.com is reporting that MLB also had the option to go after Tejada in the Biogenesis investigation that got Alex Rodriguez (pending appeal), Ryan Braun, Nelson Cruz, Jhonny Peralta and several others suspended.
Via ESPN.com: Tejada, according to a source familiar with the case, was given the choice of either accepting the 105-game suspension for amphetamine use or face additional punishment for his Biogenesis connection. Tejada was allegedly a customer of Tony Bosch's shuttered clinic, which is at the heart of baseball's recent rash of suspensions. Bosch supplied evidence that Tejada had been a Biogenesis customer.
From MLB today- right or wrong, MLB has a big problem with Arod and what he knows.
Executive Vice President,
Economics & League Affairs
August 19, 2013
Via Hand Delivery
Joseph Tacopina, Esq.
Tacopina Seigel & Turano, P.C.
275 Madison Avenue
New York, New York 10016
Re: Alex Rodriguez
Dear Mr. Tacopina:
In article published on ESPN.com yesterday, you were quoted as stating the
following:
‘I would love nothing more than to sit here and be able to talk
about Alex’s testing results and MLB allegations and MLB’s
investigation into Biogenesis as it relates to Alex and specific dates
and specific tests,’ Tacopina said. ‘Nothing more, but there is a
confidentially clause of the JDA. I will make Manfred a deal if he,
in writing, waives the confidentially clause, and agrees that it
would not be a breach of the confidentially clause, if he allows us
to discuss exactly what he wants us to discuss, including the testing
result, including the specifics of the tests, the results, we would be
happy to discuss it. It would be my pleasure to discuss it. I would
love to discuss it. But the minute I discuss it, I’m in violation of
the confidentially clause of the JDA.’
While we believe that your public comments are already in breach of the
confidentiality provisions of Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and
Treatment Program (the “Program”), we will agree to waive those provisions as they
apply to both Rodriguez and the Office of Commissioner of Baseball with respect to
Rodriguez’s entire history under the Program, including, but not limited to, his testing
history, test results, violations of the Program, and all information and evidence relating
to Rodriguez’s treatment by Anthony Bosch, Anthony Galea and Victor Conte.
Specifically, both Rodriguez and the Office of the Commissioner will be permitted to
publicly disclose information and documents relating to:
Joseph Tacopina, Esq.
August 19, 2013
Page 2
1. All drug tests that were conducted on Rodriguez under the Program and
their results;
2. All prior violations of the Program committed by Rodriguez;
3. All documents, records, communications, text messages, and instant
messages relating to Rodriguez’s treatment by Anthony Bosch;
4. All documents relating to Rodriguez’s treatment by Anthony Galea and
Victor Conte; and
5. All documents relating to the issue of whether Rodriguez obstructed the
Office of the Commissioner’s investigation.
Please indicate your agreement by signing below.
Sincerely,
Robert D. Manfred, Jr.
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Ouch- I guess Braun will not be speaking anytime soon.... There are others that feel they got cases too against Braun..... but.... Wait till he Sees Dino Laurenzi's lawsuit.... All the people that Braun lied to sure are not going to defend him in a defamation suit, if what this guys comlaints and allegations are true. Way different sandards for Civil actions, but you still cannot lie and this guy with his numerous filings and strategy has boxed Braun into a settlement and settlement is basically another admission as to the merits and facts,short of Braun admitting even all this true.
Hard to see Braun ever playing for the Brewers again and if not them, who would want him?
Votto said he never spoke with Braun. Hard to tell what is the truth anymore from Braun...and who he was going around telling people things before he got busted.
“As far as a phone call, I have no problem getting AT&T into this if they like,” Votto said. “There was never a phone call. It’s so silly to have to comment on this. That was really odd. I heard about it last night and it really bothered me. There was not that phone conversation.
Tom Hardincourt of MSJ reserched all this
http://media.jrn.com/documents/braunsuit_complaint.pdf
http://media.jrn.com/documents/Braunsui ... ssions.pdf
some of it below.
Sasson requested a trial by jury but did not specify the damages he is seeking. Among those listed as knowing what Braun was doing and saying about Sasson are Brewers owner Mark Attanasio and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a friend and business associate of Braun.
Sasson says the people that Braun defamed him to included Attanasio, Rodgers, Braun's fiance Larisa Fraser, restauranteur Omar Shaikh, Braun's parents, Joe and Diane, and his brother Steve.
In another filing connected to the lawsuit, Sasson submits 48 "requests for admission" from Braun, including that he:
*Engaged in academic misconduct at Miami and accepted money against NCAA rules.
*Used steroids as far back as his playing days at Miami.
*Lied under oath at his appeal hearing.
*Lied to "the entire world" during his speech on Feb. 25 at Maryvale Baseball Park in which he denied using PEDs and pointed a finger at Laurenzi for possible tampering with his sample.
*Lied to Shaikh by not telling him about PED use that could do harm to their restaurant partnershp.
*Lied to Rodgers by not telling him about PED use that could harm their business relationship.
*Secured his $105 million contract extension from the Brewers in 2011 "under false pretenses" by not revealing his PED use.
The approach by Sasson is what one attorney called a "hard ball approach" to filing a civil lawsuit.
Hard to see Braun ever playing for the Brewers again and if not them, who would want him?
Votto said he never spoke with Braun. Hard to tell what is the truth anymore from Braun...and who he was going around telling people things before he got busted.
“As far as a phone call, I have no problem getting AT&T into this if they like,” Votto said. “There was never a phone call. It’s so silly to have to comment on this. That was really odd. I heard about it last night and it really bothered me. There was not that phone conversation.
Tom Hardincourt of MSJ reserched all this
http://media.jrn.com/documents/braunsuit_complaint.pdf
http://media.jrn.com/documents/Braunsui ... ssions.pdf
some of it below.
Sasson requested a trial by jury but did not specify the damages he is seeking. Among those listed as knowing what Braun was doing and saying about Sasson are Brewers owner Mark Attanasio and Green Bay Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers, a friend and business associate of Braun.
Sasson says the people that Braun defamed him to included Attanasio, Rodgers, Braun's fiance Larisa Fraser, restauranteur Omar Shaikh, Braun's parents, Joe and Diane, and his brother Steve.
In another filing connected to the lawsuit, Sasson submits 48 "requests for admission" from Braun, including that he:
*Engaged in academic misconduct at Miami and accepted money against NCAA rules.
*Used steroids as far back as his playing days at Miami.
*Lied under oath at his appeal hearing.
*Lied to "the entire world" during his speech on Feb. 25 at Maryvale Baseball Park in which he denied using PEDs and pointed a finger at Laurenzi for possible tampering with his sample.
*Lied to Shaikh by not telling him about PED use that could do harm to their restaurant partnershp.
*Lied to Rodgers by not telling him about PED use that could harm their business relationship.
*Secured his $105 million contract extension from the Brewers in 2011 "under false pretenses" by not revealing his PED use.
The approach by Sasson is what one attorney called a "hard ball approach" to filing a civil lawsuit.
Re: Braun Suspended For Rest Of 2013 Season
all this negative press leaked by MLB should tell you one thing - their case against arod isn't as air tight as they want you to believe. They want a settlement badly....they're turning arod into a sympathetic figure and i love it! He got nice ovation today at the stadium..i thank ryan "i'm a hasbeen/never been" Dumpster also. No one even knew he still actually pitched
Re: Braun Suspended For Rest Of 2013 Season
As I have said for some time, this Federal investigation has been going on for quite some time and not just baseball. MLB alone has been working with them for well over a year on the baseball player involvement, and that by itself links to other sports athletes. The jist of the Federal investigation started for all PEDS and illegal Drugs in all sports by all athletes, by cooperation Galea has been providing the Feds, DEA, FDA, FBI for almost 2 years on athletes and clinics in 20 cities or more. It also involves all the clinic operators who got "trained" at the Wellness Education school in California. The athletes and baseball players will mostly be safe from prosecution if they cooperate and tell the truth, but not all of them. The ones that were paying/funding any of these places to stay in buisiness may get charged. It would be athletes that were paying 10x times the going rate for these illegal treatments or actually funding these operators. The baseball players that have not yet been suspended by MLB will have a choice when they testify and are asked Have you ever used PEDS?, Have you ever used this Drug? Have you ever paid this person for PEDS?, Have you ever used a third party to buy PEDS on your behalf, if yes, who? Eventually MLB and other sports will learn these names through this process and they will be forced or want to deal with them under thier respective Sports Drug programs.
The documents Fischer has/had and has turned over now, appears to contain the proof and the names from 2009-2011-early 2012 mostly and all the other names Tony B has told MLB were involved. The players MLB suspended were mostly users from 2012/13 where other corroborating proof existed to suspend them now. My understanding is, Fischer was in possession of the real hard proof on these additional athletes/players that have not been suspended yet.
Sooner or later the Galea Federal investigation court case records will be unsealed and the names will come out and who used, some are known already. No athlete as of yet has been charged from that, probably because they cooperated and told the truth and were promised no charges. But IMO, that does not mean MLB or other sports cannot discipline them per their rules, CBA's, etc... the FEDS have rejected attempts by MLB and others to unseal those documents over the past 18 months, as they probably contain information on other suppliers and distribution methods and channels and how the players answered. The actual drug manufactures appear to also be part of this.
At the end of the day its just not going after the few Pro athletes, its about the millions of kids getting these illegal drugs form the same places. As the Taylor Hooten foundation has shown over the past 2 years, millions of kids are using this stuff and that is big $$$ to all these clinics and drug dealers. The Pro athletes are just the Poster child's in all this and the "adults" that can link it all together. Federal investigators are zeroing in on the clinics entire distribution network, including looking into whether any of thier clients resold controlled substances, supplied them to others or received fees or discounts for referrals.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/16/3 ... rylink=cpy
Miami federal grand jury calls Biogenesis whistleblower Porter Fischer
Fischer also turned over mountains of records that link Rodriguez and scores of other athletes to the clinic at the center of MLB’s latest doping scandal to the grand jury, sources close to the case told the Daily News.
By Michael O’keeffe / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
If A-Rod or any other athletes lie to the grand jury, they could face perjury or obstruction charges.
Biogenesis whistleblower Porter Fischer was summoned last week before a Miami federal grand jury investigating the now-defunct South Florida anti-aging clinic that allegedly supplied performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez and other Major League Baseball players.
Fischer also turned over mountains of records that link Rodriguez and scores of other athletes to the clinic at the center of MLB’s latest doping scandal to the grand jury, sources close to the case told the Daily News. “This means this is a serious matter,” said attorney David Weinstein, the former chief of the Miami U.S. Attorney’s narcotics division. “Prosecutors don’t start bringing in witnesses before a grand jury unless they already have an investigation underway.”
Rodriguez and the scores of other athletes linked to Biogenesis would not likely face prosecution, Weinstein said. But they could be called as witnesses as prosecutors try to determine how Biogenesis owner Anthony Bosch and his associates allegedly obtained performance-enhancing drugs and then supplied them to clients.
If Rodriguez or any other athletes lie to the grand jury, they could face perjury or obstruction charges, just as San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds and Olympic track star Marion Jones were hit with charges after they testified to the grand jury investigating the BALCO case a decade ago. “The documents will certainly give prosecutors additional sources of information and witnesses,” said Weinstein, who now heads the white-collar litigation division at Clarke Silverglate. “Any athlete whose name is on those documents is a potential witness. But they probably would not face criminal charges as long as they testify truthfully.”
MLB investigators, sources have told The News, are believed to have also unearthed evidence that suggests Rodriguez referred other players to Bosch and attempted to hinder baseball’s investigation into the clinic. Rodriguez could also face possible criminal charges if prosecutors believe he interfered in their investigation or was more than just a Biogenesis client.
The feds’ investigation is unlikely to derail MLB’s case against Rodriguez, who was suspended for 211 games earlier this month for his role in the Biogenesis scandal. Sources have told The News that MLB investigators are believed to have gathered more than enough evidence to convince arbitrator Fredric Horowitz that the unprecedented suspension is warranted.
MLB, which filed a tortious interference lawsuit against Bosch and other Biogenesis principals in March, asked the Miami-Dade circuit court judge presiding over the case to order Fischer to produce the records he took from the clinic after a dispute over money with Bosch. Weinstein said the grand jury investigation would not preclude MLB from getting the records, since MLB’s subpoena predated the grand jury subpoena.
But the records may not matter in the long run because Bosch already agreed to cooperate with MLB investigators earlier this year. MLB officials, in return, agreed to drop him from the lawsuit, pay legal costs affiliated with the Biogenesis case and put in a good word with federal investigators if he assisted them with their investigation.
The Miami investigation, however, does represent yet another chapter in MLB’s schizophrenic relationship with the federal government. Congressional leaders summoned commissioner Bud Selig, union chief Donald Fehr and other baseball officials to a series of hearings beginning in 2005, ordering them to strengthen baseball’s anti-doping program or face government intervention.
Prosecutors, for example, have not moved to unseal court documents linked to its prosecution of Anthony Galea, the Canadian sports physician who worked with Rodriguez, Tiger Woods and other athletes, even though that case was resolved nearly two years ago. Galea, a human growth hormone advocate, pleaded guilty in 2011 to bringing unapproved drugs to the United States, including HGH, for the purpose of treating athletes.
The sealed records in the Buffalo federal courthouse could give MLB investigators information about A-Rod’s relationship with the HGH guru, as well as Galea’s relationship with Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado and other players he treated. Fischer’s grand jury appearance was first reported by the Miami Herald. Fischer’s attorney, H. Scott Fingerhut, did not return requests for comment.
Gary Smith, Fischer’s crisis-management consultant, declined to comment on Wednesday, but he told The News earlier this month that Fischer, the clinic’s former marketing director, was willing to cooperate with prosecutors and share the Biogenesis documents.
The documents Fischer has/had and has turned over now, appears to contain the proof and the names from 2009-2011-early 2012 mostly and all the other names Tony B has told MLB were involved. The players MLB suspended were mostly users from 2012/13 where other corroborating proof existed to suspend them now. My understanding is, Fischer was in possession of the real hard proof on these additional athletes/players that have not been suspended yet.
Sooner or later the Galea Federal investigation court case records will be unsealed and the names will come out and who used, some are known already. No athlete as of yet has been charged from that, probably because they cooperated and told the truth and were promised no charges. But IMO, that does not mean MLB or other sports cannot discipline them per their rules, CBA's, etc... the FEDS have rejected attempts by MLB and others to unseal those documents over the past 18 months, as they probably contain information on other suppliers and distribution methods and channels and how the players answered. The actual drug manufactures appear to also be part of this.
At the end of the day its just not going after the few Pro athletes, its about the millions of kids getting these illegal drugs form the same places. As the Taylor Hooten foundation has shown over the past 2 years, millions of kids are using this stuff and that is big $$$ to all these clinics and drug dealers. The Pro athletes are just the Poster child's in all this and the "adults" that can link it all together. Federal investigators are zeroing in on the clinics entire distribution network, including looking into whether any of thier clients resold controlled substances, supplied them to others or received fees or discounts for referrals.
Read more here: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/16/3 ... rylink=cpy
Miami federal grand jury calls Biogenesis whistleblower Porter Fischer
Fischer also turned over mountains of records that link Rodriguez and scores of other athletes to the clinic at the center of MLB’s latest doping scandal to the grand jury, sources close to the case told the Daily News.
By Michael O’keeffe / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
If A-Rod or any other athletes lie to the grand jury, they could face perjury or obstruction charges.
Biogenesis whistleblower Porter Fischer was summoned last week before a Miami federal grand jury investigating the now-defunct South Florida anti-aging clinic that allegedly supplied performance-enhancing drugs to Alex Rodriguez and other Major League Baseball players.
Fischer also turned over mountains of records that link Rodriguez and scores of other athletes to the clinic at the center of MLB’s latest doping scandal to the grand jury, sources close to the case told the Daily News. “This means this is a serious matter,” said attorney David Weinstein, the former chief of the Miami U.S. Attorney’s narcotics division. “Prosecutors don’t start bringing in witnesses before a grand jury unless they already have an investigation underway.”
Rodriguez and the scores of other athletes linked to Biogenesis would not likely face prosecution, Weinstein said. But they could be called as witnesses as prosecutors try to determine how Biogenesis owner Anthony Bosch and his associates allegedly obtained performance-enhancing drugs and then supplied them to clients.
If Rodriguez or any other athletes lie to the grand jury, they could face perjury or obstruction charges, just as San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds and Olympic track star Marion Jones were hit with charges after they testified to the grand jury investigating the BALCO case a decade ago. “The documents will certainly give prosecutors additional sources of information and witnesses,” said Weinstein, who now heads the white-collar litigation division at Clarke Silverglate. “Any athlete whose name is on those documents is a potential witness. But they probably would not face criminal charges as long as they testify truthfully.”
MLB investigators, sources have told The News, are believed to have also unearthed evidence that suggests Rodriguez referred other players to Bosch and attempted to hinder baseball’s investigation into the clinic. Rodriguez could also face possible criminal charges if prosecutors believe he interfered in their investigation or was more than just a Biogenesis client.
The feds’ investigation is unlikely to derail MLB’s case against Rodriguez, who was suspended for 211 games earlier this month for his role in the Biogenesis scandal. Sources have told The News that MLB investigators are believed to have gathered more than enough evidence to convince arbitrator Fredric Horowitz that the unprecedented suspension is warranted.
MLB, which filed a tortious interference lawsuit against Bosch and other Biogenesis principals in March, asked the Miami-Dade circuit court judge presiding over the case to order Fischer to produce the records he took from the clinic after a dispute over money with Bosch. Weinstein said the grand jury investigation would not preclude MLB from getting the records, since MLB’s subpoena predated the grand jury subpoena.
But the records may not matter in the long run because Bosch already agreed to cooperate with MLB investigators earlier this year. MLB officials, in return, agreed to drop him from the lawsuit, pay legal costs affiliated with the Biogenesis case and put in a good word with federal investigators if he assisted them with their investigation.
The Miami investigation, however, does represent yet another chapter in MLB’s schizophrenic relationship with the federal government. Congressional leaders summoned commissioner Bud Selig, union chief Donald Fehr and other baseball officials to a series of hearings beginning in 2005, ordering them to strengthen baseball’s anti-doping program or face government intervention.
Prosecutors, for example, have not moved to unseal court documents linked to its prosecution of Anthony Galea, the Canadian sports physician who worked with Rodriguez, Tiger Woods and other athletes, even though that case was resolved nearly two years ago. Galea, a human growth hormone advocate, pleaded guilty in 2011 to bringing unapproved drugs to the United States, including HGH, for the purpose of treating athletes.
The sealed records in the Buffalo federal courthouse could give MLB investigators information about A-Rod’s relationship with the HGH guru, as well as Galea’s relationship with Jose Reyes, Carlos Beltran, Carlos Delgado and other players he treated. Fischer’s grand jury appearance was first reported by the Miami Herald. Fischer’s attorney, H. Scott Fingerhut, did not return requests for comment.
Gary Smith, Fischer’s crisis-management consultant, declined to comment on Wednesday, but he told The News earlier this month that Fischer, the clinic’s former marketing director, was willing to cooperate with prosecutors and share the Biogenesis documents.
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Re: Braun Suspended For Rest Of 2013 Season
Long long thread. I didn't re-read all of it, but I remember a lot from the original read through.
He didn't hit every mark, but Outlaw got a lot right here.
I don't know what is going to happen going forward with ARod, but it will be interesting to watch
He didn't hit every mark, but Outlaw got a lot right here.
I don't know what is going to happen going forward with ARod, but it will be interesting to watch
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