"A-Rod doesn’t have a whole lot of defenders at this point, and this
over-the-top lawsuit isn’t likely to improve his image any. Nor is the
suit likely to find much traction, considering the commissioner’s broad
power to act in the 'best interests' of the game. Of course, one could
also argue that what would truly serve the game’s best interests is a
little court-ordered discovery.
It’s tempting to dismiss the suit
as a public-relations stunt, A-Rod’s desperate ploy to counter the piles
of evidence that baseball has reportedly amassed against him. They
can’t win on (the merits), said one blind source quoted by the Daily News, 'so the next move is ‘let’s attack the integrity of the investigation.
It
looks to me like this is an investigation whose integrity is worth
attacking, or at the very least scrutinizing. More to the point, A-Rod
may be guilty of using PEDs, but that doesn’t mean baseball should be
free to do whatever sleazy things it wants to prove it. A lot of people
will look at this lawsuit and say that it has nothing to do with whether
Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs. Which is true. In its own,
self-serving, A-Rod way, it’s about something much bigger."
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