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It appears Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has now accepted that he’ll be sitting out an entire season after New Times uncovered his links to Coral Gables PED-pushing clinic Biogenesis..
A-Rod and his legal team have voluntarily dropped a lawsuit against Major League Baseball, the Players Association, and Commissioner Bud Selig.
See also: Tony Bosch and Biogenesis: MLB Steroid Scandal
However, NBC Sports points out that A-Rod does retain the right to refile the lawsuit at a later date.
Neither Rodriguez nor his legal team have publicly commented on the matter. An MLB source tells NBC Sports that they believe this may be the last of A-Rod’s resistance.
Rodriguez was one of several MLB players who were suspended for a PED use as a result of Tim Elfrink’s investigation into Tony Bosch and his Biogenesis clinic. However, because of previous infractions, Rodriguez was the only player to be hit with a season-long 162 game ban.
A-Rod had chosen to fight the suspension in court, and his lawyers likened the case to a “witch hunt,” but it now appears that the slugger has accepted his fate.
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