The Important Part of the Yuri Sucart’s Guilty Plea

Yuri Sucrat, yes I know his name is Sucart but when you testify against your own people and especially blood you tend to get labeled a rat, is expected to plead guilty in the case pending against him in regards to the Biogenesis clinic. Court documents showed that Sucart will plead guilty to a seven count indictment of testosterone distribution and conspiracy to distribute performance-enhancing substances.

There is no need to regurgitate the fact that 14 MLB players were suspended due to the fallout of the clinic led by Anthony Bosch, including Alex Rodriguez, but instead I’d rather focus on the positives.  What this means for Alex and what it means for the Yankees is that New York’s third baseman and DH will not have to testify in court against his cousin, Sucart, and will not have to leave the team to testify in front of a Federal judge.

This is a definite win for Alex as the slugger now has one less thing to worry about when the games start counting on April 6^th of this year. 

And the A Rod Saga Drags On…

The New York Yankees and Alex Rodriguez presumably want this whole Biogenesis mess behind them and taken care of but the saga keeps on keeping on. Especially after news was reported yesterday that the trial for Rodriguez’s cousin Yuri Sucrat (Sucart I know but he is a rat for snitching on his blood) has been delayed for two months. Conveniently, not coincidentally because I don’t believe in coincidences, the trial will instead of coinciding with positional players reporting to Yankees Spring Training camp in 2015 it will begin on Yankees Opening Day April 6th, yay!

The reasoning behind the delay is Sucart’s ailing, and failing, health problems which are keeping his from fully participating in his defense. Prosecutors have said that Rodriguez will be a witness in the trial so it remains to be seen how it will affect the Yankees season in 2015. If the past is any indicator of the future though I think we all know and are prepared for the circus that is coming our way very, very soon. 

Florida Attorney Claims A-Rod Received Special Treatment From Prosecutors

Yankees' Third Baseman Alex Rodriguez recieved special treatment from the U.S. Attorney's Office prosecuting Biogenesis founder Anthony Bosch, court papers filed in Florida this week say. 

Attorney Frank Quintero Jr. filed court papers in Miami Thursday, in which he asked the court to make MLB comform to subpoenas by February 9, the date Quintero's client, Lazaro Collazo, is set to go on trial. Quintero is trying to make up his defense for Collazo, and questioned why Rodriguez got off easy in the case while his cousin and another defendant didn't.

Quintero also claimed that statements made by Rodriguez' former lawyer, Joseph Tacopina, in a recent interview with New York Magazine prove that the 39-year-old has recieved "promises of non-prosecution by the Government," as a limited-use agreement doesn't prevent the government from prosecuting a witness if more evidence of criminal activity is discovered later on.

“Mr. Tacopina, who served as a prosecutor prior to practicing as a criminal defense attorney, would be aware that the immunity agreement conveyed to Mr. Rodriguez would not bar prosecution against his client under certain circumstances,” Quintero wrote, “such as for providing false information or information derived from other investigations/witnesses.”

Quintero added that the The U.S. Attorney plans to “take no action against Mr. Rodriguez, instead making it known that they intend to rely on his testimony at trial." Rodriguez was suspended for the entirety of the 2014 season after it was found that he had recieved steroids from Bosch, forcing him to forego the majority of his $25 million salary.

Rodriguez is still expected to rejoin the Yankees next spring training, however, the first one he'll have been a part of since 2012.

Alex Rodriguez Admits Steroid Use From 2010-2012

How ironic on the same day I ask for a day free of Alex Rodriguez bashing that the news would break that Alex actually admitted steroid use according to the Miami Herald. Alex met with the Drug Enforcement Administration this January and admitted to steroid use during the 2010-2012 seasons.

Here's an excerpt from the article:

Yes, he bought performance-enhancing drugs from Biogenesis of America, paying roughly $12,000 a month to Anthony Bosch, the fake doctor who owned the clinic. Yes, Bosch gave him pre-filled syringes for hormone injections into the ballplayer’s stomach, and even drew blood from him in the men’s room of a South Beach nightclub. And yes, the ballplayer’s cousin, Yuri Sucart, was his steroid go-fer.

Alex Rodriguez and a Challenge

Monday my friend and fellow writer Jack Niemuth reported that Alex Rodriguez paid his cousin Yuri Sucrat (I know it’s Sucart but when you have to be paid by your flesh and blood not to tell on you and then you do it anyway, you’re a rat) $900,000 to keep is steroid use quiet. It’s just another day in the New York Yankees offseason before the 2015 season and another story concerning Alex Rodriguez.

I have a challenge for all you sports writers, bloggers, beat writers, etc. I fully understand and appreciate the fact that it’s your job to report on what’s going on. I can also relate to the fact that sometimes you put a misleading headline or harp on certain things to garner views and such. I get it, I do, but when Bryan Van Dusen and myself started this blog we wanted to do things a little different than most. We didn’t want to recycle the same garbage and the same posts and the same stats like everyone else because why would they come read us when they could read that on River Avenue Blues, Lohud, NJ.com, etc. Plus we want to do things our way because we are fans, we’re not paid and we don’t expect to ever get paid out of this venture we do it because we love to do it.

On to the challenge…. Can we go one day, I’m not asking a lot for just one day, without bashing A Rod? Can we go one day without dedicating this offseason to A Rod? Can we go one day without mentioning A Rod? Please? See what you can do and get back to me. Thanks.