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_Published 2013-10-07. TIME sports writer Sean Gregory read Alex Rodriguez's civil complaint against the MLB. Here's what Rodriguez left out._


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## Transcript

Alex Rodriguez, the Yankee star , whose career has been tainted by allegations of performance enhancing drugs, is now, suing Major League Baseball, as part of the biogenesis scandal. You probably haven't read the complaint, I did, and here's what's wrong with it. [ MUSIC ] What stood out to me, when reading through it, is some of the stuff, Alex Rodriguez, left out. Just a few quick examples. Quote, Mr. Rodriguez is considered , one of the most talented baseball players of all time. Well, what's left out is Alex Rodriguez has admitted, [ LAUGH ] to using performance enhancing drugs, from 2001, to 2003.

So, steroids has helped him, become one of the most talented baseball players of all time. And, it just goes on and on, he's also the youngest player to hit 600 home runs, thanks to steroids, surpassing Babe Ruth's record by over a year and currently stands just six home runs short of Willie Mays', career total of 660, thanks, to steroids. Surprising enough, but thanks to steroids, is it in here. And one of the headlines for the complaint, is about the disastrous tenure, of commissioner Bud Selig. One, passage in the section, stood out at me, for its kind of hypocrisy. Over the past few seasons, many of baseball's longest- held records were shattered.

In 2001, Barry Bonds broke the previous single season home run record by hitting 73 in one season. And then he says, at the time, many called this period the second golden age of baseball. Unfortunately, it appears, to have been merely, the golden age of steroids. These kind of non- sequitur about the golden age of steroids, well A- Rod took steroids and was part of it, so why is he suing, Bud Selig [ CROSSTALK ]? Legally, who knows if this will fly. It seems like a distraction, seems like a hail Mary. It's unfortunate, and many baseball fans, and media members, wish he would all just go away.

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