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11/21/2013 07:23:00 PM
Gavin Ewbank
Alex Rodriguez and his legal team are done presenting their case to independent arbitrator Frederick Horowitz, and the appeal hearing for the 211-game suspension handed down on him by MLB back in August is officially over, reports Ken Davidoff of the New York Post.
Horowitz now has 25 days to make a decision to either uphold, overturn, or reduce the 211-game suspension. Of course, though, since the hearing has not followed the schedule outlined in the Joint Drug Agreement to date due to complexity of the case, so it possible we don't actually see a decision come within the next 25 days.
The appeal hearing lasted 13 days in total, with a month-long recess in between.
A-Rod was not in attendance for the final day of the hearing after storming out of the courtroom Wednesday in anger when Horowitz deemed that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig did not have to testify, causing A-Rod to shout, reportedly, "This is ****ing bull****."
That was just one of the crazy incidents between the two sides since the suspension was handed down months ago.
Earlier today, a spokesman for A-Rod released a statement saying that the Yankees third baseman's team of lawyers plan on revealing "all of the evidence" they have on the case.
"We're going to open up everything," said Ron Berkowitz, the spokesman. "We're going to show everything we have to the press so they can show it to the American public."
That likely means the release of transcripts of witness testimony, sworn affidavits and other information that was supplied to the Rodriguez team by a "whistle-blower" who allegedly works for MLB, but is said to be sympathetic to Rodriguez's side and objects to the way baseball conducted its investigation.
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Horowitz now has 25 days to make a decision to either uphold, overturn, or reduce the 211-game suspension. Of course, though, since the hearing has not followed the schedule outlined in the Joint Drug Agreement to date due to complexity of the case, so it possible we don't actually see a decision come within the next 25 days.
The appeal hearing lasted 13 days in total, with a month-long recess in between.A-Rod was not in attendance for the final day of the hearing after storming out of the courtroom Wednesday in anger when Horowitz deemed that MLB Commissioner Bud Selig did not have to testify, causing A-Rod to shout, reportedly, "This is ****ing bull****."
That was just one of the crazy incidents between the two sides since the suspension was handed down months ago.
Earlier today, a spokesman for A-Rod released a statement saying that the Yankees third baseman's team of lawyers plan on revealing "all of the evidence" they have on the case.
"We're going to open up everything," said Ron Berkowitz, the spokesman. "We're going to show everything we have to the press so they can show it to the American public."
That likely means the release of transcripts of witness testimony, sworn affidavits and other information that was supplied to the Rodriguez team by a "whistle-blower" who allegedly works for MLB, but is said to be sympathetic to Rodriguez's side and objects to the way baseball conducted its investigation.
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