Mexico City, MX (SportsNetwork.com) – Alex Rodriguez spoke with media members in Mexico at a promotional appearance Wednesday and acknowledged the possibility of sitting out the 2014 season.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez has taken legal action in his attempt to play in 2014, filing a lawsuit against Major League Baseball and the players union in an effort to have an arbitrator’s ruling of a 162-game suspension for PED use overturned.<\/p>\n
Rodriguez, speaking in Spanish, wouldn’t discuss the details of the legal issues, but hinted about missing all of the 2014 campaign.<\/p>\n
“I think that in the year 2014, the league could have done me a favor because I’ve played 20 years without a timeout,” Rodriguez told the assembled media. “I think 2014 will be a year to rest mentally and physically prepare myself for the future and begin a new chapter of my life.”<\/p>\n
Rodriguez said he had support from other players, including his New York Yankees teammates and some Hall of Famers, and added he was hoping to begin anew in 2015.<\/p>\n
“I have three years left on my contract starting in 2015 and I hope to play very well and finish my career in New York,” he stated.<\/p>\n
Arbitrator Fredric Horowitz reduced Rodriguez’s suspension from an original 211 games to 162 in a ruling last Saturday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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