AP Source: MLB threatening A-Rod with lifetime ban

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Major League Baseball is threatening to kick Alex Rodriguez out of the game for life unless the New York Yankees star agrees not to fight a lengthy suspension for his role in the sport's latest drug scandal, according to a person familiar with the discussions.

The person spoke to The Associated Press on Wednesday on condition of anonymity because no statements were authorized.

Whether Commissioner Bud Selig would actually issue a lifetime suspension was unclear and a permanent ban could be shortened by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz to about 200 games, the person said.

The number of players likely to be disciplined stood at 14 Wednesday.

Front and center is Rodriguez, baseball's highest-paid player and the most prominent one linked in media reports over the past seven months to Biogenesis of America, a closed Florida anti-aging clinic that allegedly distributed banned performance-enhancing drugs.

full: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/mlb-tells-union-which-players-it-plans-suspend

[Lurks Often]

1. Kick him out

Not only is he a PED's user, but his attempts to cover things up combined with him just being a lousy human being in general warrant kicking him out of baseball.

[NightWatcher]

2. He's wasting this weekend on a rehab assignment in Trenton

What a waste because as soon as the weekend is over A-Rod will either be banned for life from baseball or given the next 200 games off. He's close to retirement and will serve a nearly 2yr suspension. Just quit already.

[theHandpuppet]

3. GOOD.

Get these cheating creeps out of baseball. Too bad he'll still be collecting a boatload of money.