Man Sues Yankees
A Yankee “fan” is suing the team for consumer fraud. He claims that the Yankees cheated fans due to what was uncovered by the Mitchell Report. That is just ridiculous! First off, if hes so concerned with this then he should just stop watching baseball (as well as many other sports) all together because each game probably has atleast one person who has or does take performance enhancing drugs. Second, even though people were using it, how is that the Yankees fault. The team didn’t say “here, take these.” It was the players that decided to use them, not the team. In no way do I consider this guy a Yankee fan if he is going to sue for this because it shows he doesn’t care about the team, especially since the sum of the tickets he bought adds up to a measly $221. Some people just like all the attention they get…
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Four more years of Bud are up ahead. The owners voted unanimously today, giving Selig a 3 year extension to his current contract, which would have ended in 2009. So, with this latest extension he is expected to be around until 2012, 20 years after he took the place of Fey Vincent as commissioner. Selig had previously said that he would be retiring after 2009, but apparently he changed his mind; saying today that he will be retiring after 2012. The owners love this guy, so there really shouldn’t be a surprise here since they are the ones who vote.
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