Punish Alex Rodriguez? According to Commissioner Bud Selig, that’s a possibility.
In a published report, Selig said he was “just heartsick” about Rodriguez’s admission of steroid use and would not rule out disciplining the disgraced Yankees star or adjusting baseball’s record book, noting that he “had put a bulletin out” about the illegality of steroid use in 1997, though baseball had no drug testing at that time.
“It was against the law, so I would have to think about that,” Selig told USA Today when asked if he would suspend Rodriguez. “It’s very hard. I’ve got to think about all that kind of stuff.”
Union boss Donald Fehr said yesterday that he didn’t anticipate disciplinary action against A-Rod.
“I would be surprised if there was an attempt to do it,” Fehr told USA Today. “I don’t know anything about that.”
GIAMBI HAILS A-ROD
Jason Giambi is happy to see that Alex Rodriguez and more baseball players are going public with their involvement in performance-enhancing drugs and hopes the fascination with baseball’s steroid era soon will fade.
Giambi, who returned to the Athletics this year after seven ringless seasons with the Yankees, spoke briefly about performance-enhancing drugs at a luncheon in San Francisco.
“I think Al did the right thing,” said Giambi, Rodriguez’s teammate with the Yankees for the past five seasons. “I hope he gets through this all right, because he is a good friend.”
