As a lawyer, I know he will not be suspended. The List of players was leaked illegally, so no player on the list will be suspended. Arod or any other player could sue and have the suspension thrown out. Selig is just trying to save face

This should do WONDERS for the already tenuous relationship between Owners and the Players Union, who were assured these tests were confidential and could NOT result in any sort of fine or suspension. Of course if the Union's lawyers did their job and filed the appropriate paperwork the samples and results would have been destroyed so too bad for them. But why can' baseball get a neutral commissioner like David Stern, who truly serves as an intermediary between the owners and players and sees to it that the best interests of the entire league are served as opposed to simply being in the owners' pocket? Is there any other organization where a body that is supposed to serve as a neutral third party is hand-picked and approved solely by one of the involved parties?! Astoundingly Bush-ian in its idiocy.

good luck with that bud. i don't recall a suspension for any pettitte or jason giambi or anyone else that owned up to using.

This is pretty hilarious. A week after the widespread internet dissemination of the story about Selig making $17m per year as the ineffectual czar of baseball during its darkest times, he comes out with the confidence-garnering statement, "It's very hard. I've got to think about all that kind of stuff."

Yeah, Bud, it's very hard as the $17m-per-year CEO of a business that has lost all public credibility to "think about" subjecting a $27m per year lying egomaniac to a symbolic wrist-slap. This is the baseball equivalent of the bankers using taxpayer money to pad exorbitant bonuses, before explaining to Congress that they're well-meaning citizens.

I haven't paid to attend a baseball game in over 20 years, and given the arrogance and greed of those who represent the game, as made clear in this Selig-ian bit of wisdom, that streak is likely to continue indefinitely. And I'd love to see a wholesale boycott of baseball across the country, with Selig coming to Congress for help.

My Lord Selig, you ARE the problem here. If you are going to suspend A-Rod, then release the names of the 103 confidential and supposedly anonymous results and suspend them too. While you are at it, find the snitch at the player union...and blow the union up.

What a dirtbag Selig is. He had no issues with letting the steroid issue fester as the power numbers climbed and his legacy as presiding over the era of the long ball looked rosy. He made no effort to investigate the steroid issue until he felt forced to do so. The guy's an incompetent opportunist, and I'll be glad to see his name go into the books with an asterisk next to it.

This makes no sense at all. Why didn't Bud Selig suspend A-rod
6 years ago when he tested positive for steroids or whatever else
he is doing. Too much politics, Selig is just trying to cover his own
ass because he has been too easy on all the steroid users.
What a joke!

selig should be the one suspended. he is the steroid king. release the other 103 names and be done with it.

Is the commissioner also considering suspending the other 103 players who falied the 2003 survey testing?

Fire Bud Selig. I hate A-Rod and Bonds as much as anyone, but this is inane. Selig and the owners enabled this mess and now Selig wants to go back and suspend someone for testing positive in an exploratory round of testing. What crap.

"It's very hard. I've got to think about all that kind of stuff." Indeed, Mr. Commissioner. One can only wish you had started thinking about all that kind of stuff years ago but, alas, you didn't, and that is partially why the game is in the state it is in, and why you must do some hard thinking now. Given your track record, the bar of expectations has been set quite low, so as long as you don't cancel another All-Star Game or somehow burn down the Hall of Fame, you should still find that your job is secure. Keep up the great work. You suck.

if he suspends him .he is one big as-.then suspend the other 130 you bozo

I can't stand the Yankees, but....If you are going to suspend A-Rod, suspend every one else on that secret list as well. I am sure players from every team will be on that list, including the Sox(unfortunately). Suspend them all, continue testing everyone and let's get on with it.

Selig won't make either move, he'd get too much flack. Can't understand why he'd shoot his mouth off, since when he doesn't act he'll just look impotent.

Bud Selig is a joke. Baseball should have had a strict anti-drug rules to begin with instead of allowing the players to slip by to do anything they wanted. There are probably many professional athletes who have used, maybe still using, performance enhancing drugs. And now that A-Rod has confirmed the allegations as truth, he's going to be punished for it. I believe that professional sports and their fans can never come to terms with the realities of performance enhancing drugs until the athletes, the ones that average people like us look up to, admit that the problems exist; but they're not going to do that if they have to face suspensions for things that happened in the past.

SUSPEND SELIG - FOR BASEBALLS SAKE

Baseball should impose a mandatory 1 yr. suspension for steroid use period!!

Selig should suspend himself with A-Rod

I watched Rodriguez during an interview and saw a man trying to apologize while pretending he was "naive" and "young" and didn't know what he was doing. Any middle schooler can tell you not to use drugs -- if you don't want to do so.
He was just trying to amp up his playing by using drugs; it's as simple as that.

I think that if someone is caught using drugs to enhance preformance that should end his/her career. Maybe that tough of a policy would help these overpaid ball players realize that it is just a game....

Uhhhh. Dude would have to suspend half of the players in the league if he would suspend A-Rod. What about the other 103 on the list...what about all the mitchell report guys?? Suspend everyone Bud!! The same Bud who turned a blind eye to steroids ten years ago to get butts back in uncomfortable seats in ballparks. What a joker. He should be suspended.

So who's going to suspend Selig for allow the steroid era to go unchecked for years? Only because the government called MLB on it did they start doing something about it. Selig's as guilty as any of them. A little too late, Bud. Suppose he feels the need to actually do something these days since it his the news that Selig made over $18 million last year.

I have an idea, why doesn't Bud Selig just resign and fade far far away...

This sorry joke of a commisioner has ruined the game of baseball as far as I can tell.

Bud Selig if you think that you are bigger than baseball try suspending Alex, that is one fight you cannot win ,the players union and the fans would have none of it. GO TRY.

When is Selig going to leave, step down or be fired? This guy has been a clown masquerading as a commissioner. The owners in their need to control the commish's office have just about destroyed baseball. Do you think the steroid era would have been allowed to pollute baseball had Fay Vincent been in charge all these years? Baseball will be tarnished forever due to the greed on the part of all concerned the commissioner, owners, players and the union. Selig is weak, ineffectual and not smart enough to look out for the best interest of baseball. It's time for him to leave.

I can't stand these guys that use steriods, but they were not a banded substance until 2005 I believe. So I thing Bud is a bit off base on this one.

Fire Selig as he is a JOKE of a commissioner. An owners puppett. Earning more than when he did when he had the Brewers. 17.4MM keeps him quiet and the others owners know he is just stupid, plus he is afraid of Donald Fehr due to not wanting a work stoppage again. Who cares re: Aroid. Get rid of the ass ruining the game and start at the top with SELIG. Long for the days when Faye Vincent ran the ship.

Selig, you are a true idiot if you start suspending players for admitting to what you and everyone else in baseball knew was going on. You should be encouraging players to "come clean" and fully disclose the magnitude of steroids in baseball. It is no longer baseball's dirty little secret, so get some perspective! I just don't understand why you do anything to discourage honesty. And that's not to say A-Rod was completely honest, but at least he acknowledged his steroid use.

Why can't we please move forward on this! What is the point of punishing A-rod for something he did over 6 years ago when many ball players were doing the same thing. If a player currently tests positive then he should be punished.

Fire Selig as he is a JOKE of a commissioner. An owners puppett. Earning more than when he did when he had the Brewers. 17.4MM keeps him quiet and the others owners know he is just stupid, plus he is afraid of Donald Fehr due to not wanting a work stoppage again. Who cares re: Aroid. Get rid of the ass ruining the game and start at the top with SELIG. Long for the days when Faye Vincent ran the ship.

Baseball commissioner Bud Selig should suspend all 103 of them if A-Rod is suspended

What about the other 103 or 104 players on that report? One would think as a matter of fairness that everyone would get treated equally.

selig should be suspended

Bud, How is it possible for you to think with your head wedged up your %&$???? Drop the hammer and do the right thing for ONCE or replace yourself with someone that will.

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How can you suspend someone for flunking a confidential drug test, that was collectively bargained for, and whose results were never to be revealed or there never would have been a drug test?

Bud Selig is a fucking idiot.

That's ridiculous. If he suspends A-Rod there are 104 other guys that need to be suspended also.

So then is the commish going to suspend the other 103 that tested positive as well? I am no A-Rod fan, in fact I can't stand the guy, but, the union and players took the tests under an agreement the results would be kept anonymous. Make a deal, keep a deal.
This is nonsense that it even came out, now he wants to go back and punish one out of 104-and if you are for it-be careful what you wish for, guaranteed some Sox favorites are in that 103.

Bud needs to go with out any more of a delay. He is more of a joke than the cheating.

He sent a memo but waited how many years to create a policy?

Suspend him and watch the Union go to town on you Bud. You won't suspend him based on test results but will consider it because he admited it. Yeah that makes a lot of sense.

If I didn't enjoy this game so much I would have bailed when this bumbling Barney Fife type took over.

mlb suspending arod seems rather hypocritical since they had the results and did not disclose them to law enforcement. how can they suspend him for something he did 6 years ago?

I think re-instating Hank Aaron as baseball's home run king is proper and fantastic. It's about time that all contenders be judged on equal grounds and players taking steroids does not make for equal comparisons.

Truly unbelievable. Not that I condone what A-Rod did in the least, but when those players went into that testing, not only were they told that the information would be completely confidential (moot at this point), but they were led to believe that this was simply a survey to ascertain the extent of steroids in baseball. Now, after the fact, Bud is trying to save his skin by punishing one of the players who tested positive? Perhaps if he had done the right thing and stopped this from happening in the first place, perhaps if he had stopped and recognized that his top-performing players were beginning to resemble the Incredible Hulk, he wouldn't be in this bind, and he wouldn't have to throw one of the best players in baseball (how I hate to admit it, but it is the truth) under the bus.

What about Roger Maris' 61 homeruns? That should be the single season record!

What Selig should do is give the Home Run lead back to Aaron and Maris.

How about we suspend Selig? If it wasnt for the accomodating atmosphere created by the owners and Orza resisting any meaningful steroid testing, they are perhaps more responsible than anyone else. Selig took home $17 million LAST YEAR ALONE. Seems like cover-up is a good racket.

Suspending Arod is a useless gesture, unless he suspends every ball player who's been busted. And if they have been caught using 'roids, their stats shouldn't be attributed to any records. They cheated - Hank Aaron did it with skill alone.

UGH! This pisses me off so bad. They can remove the home runs from A-rods steroid years (which I personally disagree with, talent did play a huge part in it) but to suspend him is crazy. He did it how many years ago? If they suspend him then suspend every other player that failed in the initial testing. Good luck fielding a decent roster on opening day.

This is ridiculous!! It was MLB's test which they claimed would remain anonymous. Now, 5 years later, the results are leaked and he wants to suspend him??

This is absolutely absurd... If they were going to suspend anyone, it should've been done when they got the results back! Yes, this was a 'preliminary' test to determine the approximate percentage of players using PEDs.. but, still, if that is what it was and there was no intention of suspending anyone then - it's absolute Grandstanding for Selig to claim he may suspend ANY of the 104 players on that list today.

The whole thing is a farce. Let's just forget the entire thing and just move on. This is embarrassing.

Do it suspend him.

Grow a pair commish!

Hopefully Yankees can void that ridiculous contract.

Clean up the game.

Publish the other names !

No way that A-Rod should be suspended. First of all, this test was a "preliminary" and the players names and results were supposed to be confidential. A-Rod's name was leaked illegally from a test over 5 years ago. Unless Selig releases the other 103 names and suspends each and every one still active, and retroactively suspends Giambi and Petitte, then he's way off base.
He is as EdS stated above "Grandstanding" because there is no way he's suspending A-Rod for this, nor should he...based on the 2003 test. Baseball is just getting ridiculous with this whole issue. Asterisk the enitre generation and move on

Bud Selig's legacy as commissioner is dismal. He provides no leadership and you can understand until threats by Congress made them slowly do something. If Congress were not so busy, maybe they should revisit baseball's monopoly. There needs to be some housecleaning in from the commissioner on down, but there also needs to be a 0 tolerance policy, as well.

Whoever the clown was who said, "As a lawyer, I know he won't be suspended because the names were leaked illegally" misses the entire point. Whether the leak was legal or not, A-Rod went on to publicly admit that he broke the law by obtaining and taking steroids. The list has nothing to do with it. If he had kept his mouth shut, it would in fact be difficult to suspend him, but now he has himself admitted it publicly. Suspension is coming.

Joe the lawyer, Selig wont suspend him because his name was leaked on some list. He will suspend him for admittedly using a banned substance after the commissioner had warned against using banned substances. And not under a specific law, but under Selig's right as commissioner of the leaugue.

What a joke...Selig gets all worked up every time a name leaks and goes through the motions of caring about the game. Either get serious about the problem for the whole league or just face up to the fact that with the kind of money at stake in professional sports, players will do whatever it takes to get ahead.

If the public is disgusted with the hypocrisy of it all, then stop watching the game. Only thing the league (the officials, players, management) will pay attention to is the almighty dollar.

MLB should dismiss Selig immediately and take the $17 million he gets paid each year and put it to some constructive use. Like hiring an intelligent person with a backbone. And in this economy you could get a darn good one for about $1 million a year.

Selig is as big a robber baron as the Wall Street brokers and bankers.

Get his ### out of here.

Bryan I could have said it better, my thoughts exactly. Selig you are as guilty as the abusers where were you?

I am just curious, can any Drug improve Talent?

I am not an A-Rod fan but to leak his name is totally out of bounds when a player makes an agreement based on confidentiality. What is next, a therapist revealing the life story of a player? This is a sad situation.

I'm sorry, but is it just me, or does that title state the exact opposite of what the first sentence of the article states...

"but indicated no plans to punish the disgraced Yankees superstar."

Someone's apparently not reading articles...