A-Rod Going, But Not Quietly

A-Rod knows he’s going down, and he wants to see who else he can take with him.  He’s filing a medical grievance against the Yankees with MLB and also preparing a medical malpractice suit against team doctor Chris Ahmad, both over an injury to his left hip that was surgically repaired last January.  He claims the Yankees knew his hip was injured, but didn’t tell him and had him continue to play, hoping to make the injury worse so that he could never play again and the team would be done with him.

Meanwhile, Brian Cashman’s former mistress, Louise Meanwell (you can’t make this stuff up), is trying to force A-Rod’s new lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, to drop A-Rod because of an alleged conflict of interest because Tacopina’s firm has represented her.  She spent time in jail for trying to extort money from Cashman and for stalking him.  She also claims that Cashman was aware that some of his players used PED’s and that he gave her names.

It’s a sordid mess that promises to get much darker and dirtier before it ends.

With Anthony Weiner fading, this is a gift from the gods to the NYC tabloids.

Cashman to A-Rod — Go Ahead, Make My Day

“The MRI is the MRI. It’s fact.  You can’t change the results of an MRI. We’re very comfortable with it and if anybody wants to utilize the process in place with the union [file a grievance], go right ahead. It’s not something we’re afraid of.”

New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman on Alex Rodriguez’s claim that his quad is fine, and the Yankees are keeping him from playing.

You Don’t See This Very Often

In the American League East, the Yankees, Orioles, Blue Jays, and Rays all are tied for first place — 10 and 7.

Does that mean the Red Sox are in second place or fifth?  At 6 and 10, they’re definitely last, but better than their 4 and 10 at the beginning of the week.

Hey, Cashman, why didn’t we get Darvish?