we think arod was tipping because more offense happened in those games

my concern is that we still don’t know where he was when Natalie Holloway disappeared

the usual A-Rod defenders (whom I mostly agree with, by the way), take two different positions, which, while not completely contradictory, stand in stark contrast:

1) No way. there’s no evidence. Teammates like Michael Young say they would have known. If he did it, he should be suspended, but he didn’t.

2) The evidence isn’t very compelling, but if he did, it’s no big deal, because players have “grooved” pitches for opponents, etc. before.

I don’t know with A-Rod. I sort of doubt it, The stuff about him calling pitches for Einar Diaz when he first came over, didn’t know the pitchers, makes me think that Roberts might have gotten mixed up, conveniently enough for her book. I guess nothing’s impossible, but I just doubt that he did it. Then again, every time I think we’ve heard the last of him (and, frankly, nothing against A-Rod, I’d like to not hear anything about him for the next 3 years or so),

Personally, I think if a player is shown to have done it (and I doubt they really can with A-Rod), they probably should be punished in some way. Even if it doesn’t effect the outcomes of games, it does effect the numbers of other pitchers and hitters who aren’t in the game willingly, and although I’m sure some here thing that Roy Oswalt is a horrible person for getting upset about the A-Rod tihng, he has a point: that stuff does effect his (and others’) paychecks. We don’t know with steroids, but if people are “helping” some players out and not others, that does have an effect on how pay is distributed come contract time. If I was a player not in on that, I’d be pissed, and rightly so.