Rogah
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Still waiting for some sort of announcement - though when any announcement is finally made, it will likely be the beginning, not the end, of the legal wrangling. Here's my theory:
1) MLB has offered A-Rod 212 games, with the threat that if he refuses, they will go for a lifetime ban.
2) A-Rod knows they have ZERO legal basis whatsoever for a lifetime ban and, despite what some people in here ignorantly think, the MLBPA has never said they would just accept any punishment MLB gives out. If MLB attempts to impose a lifetime ban, they would get hit so hard by the MLBPA, their heads will be spinning long after A-Rod steps back into the batter's box in The Bronx. So A-Rod is wisely calling MLB's bluff.
3) A-Rod knows that in the long run, 212 games is the ultimate, worst-case scenario.... a lifetime ban is not even remotely in the realm of possibility. (Don't get me wrong, MLB may try to give a lifetime ban, but there's ZERO chance it holds up on appeal).... so why would accept a "plea bargain" that gives him 212 games?
4) I'm sticking by my prediction that A-Rod is back in pinstripes by the midpoint of next season. (Actually I think the Yankees may consider cutting him, so let me clarify that my prediction is that his suspension will be completed by the midpoint of 2014.) I don't know if there will be an agreement between A-Rod and the league or if there will be appeals to get him down to that amount.
5) Has there ever been a team so eager to have one of their own players suspended? :-D
