Union Morality on Display in A-Rod Steroid Scandal

Patriot Room ^ | 2-7-09 | Scott Martin

[Reagan 2.0]

Another example of union morality is on full display in the breaking news of New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez's failed 2003 steroid test. After witnessing the near-strangling of the U.S. auto industry at the hands of decades of union thuggery, and with the disastrous Card Check waiting in the wings, it is instructive to see the morality of those who aim to lead the labor revolution in America. And here we see it, buried deep within SI's story:

Rodriguez finished the 2003 season by winning his third straight league home run title (with 47) and the first of his three MVP awards.

Because more than 5% of big leaguers had tested positive in 2003, baseball instituted a mandatory random-testing program, with penalties, in '04. According to the 2007 Mitchell Report on steroid use in baseball, in September 2004, Gene Orza, the chief operating officer of the players' union, violated an agreement with MLB by tipping off a player (not named in the report) about an upcoming, supposedly unannounced drug test. Three major league players who spoke to SI said that Rodriguez was also tipped by Orza in early September 2004 that he would be tested later that month. Rodriguez declined to respond on Thursday when asked about the warning Orza provided him.

When Orza was asked on Friday in the union's New York City office about the tipping allegations, he told a reporter, "I'm not interested in discussing this information with you."

I bet you aren't interested in discussing this information, you ethically bankrupt...

[RGSpincich]

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Let’s hear it for A-Rod.....crickets.

Where’d all dem guys go who hailed A-Rot as the answer to Bonds?

[SonnyBubba]

I used to be the biggest MLB fan around. Now after all the strikes and the steroids I wouldn’t go to a game even if they payed me.