Selig says A. Rodriguez 'shamed the game'
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Bud Selig said New York Yankees star third baseman Alex Rodriguez has "shamed the game," though the baseball commissioner indicated no plans to punish the three-time American League Most Valuable Player. "I am saddened by the revelations," Selig said in a statement issued yesterday, four days after Rodriguez admitted he used unspecified drugs from 2001 to 2003 while playing for the Texas Rangers. Players and owners didn't agree to a joint drug program until August 2002, and testing with punishment didn't start until 2004.
More Rodriguez: : Rep. Elijah E. Cummings, a Baltimore Democrat, has extended an invitation to Rodriguez to discuss steroids at an anti-drug event. Cummings wrote a letter to Rodriguez this week, asking him to attend the "Powered by ME!" conference in Timonium in April. Orioles second baseman Brian Roberts, who admitted taking steroids once, spoke to the campaign last year.
Et cetera: : U.S. District Judge Keith Ellison in Houston dismissed most of ex-star pitcher Roger Clemens' defamation lawsuit against his former personal trainer, Brian McNamee, saying statements made in the Mitchell Report on doping in baseball are protected. ... The Nationals introduced outfielder-first baseman Adam Dunn, who signed a two-year, $20 million deal. ... The Angels agreed to a one-year, $5 million contract with outfielder Bobby Abreu, who can make another $1 million in performance bonuses. ... Second baseman Dan Uggla won his arbitration case against the Marlins and was awarded $5.35 million. Florida had offered $4.4 million. ... Right-hander Braden Looper and the Brewers agreed to a one-year contract for $4.75 million with an option for 2010. ... Outfielder Rick Ankiel and the Cardinals agreed to a one-year contract worth $2.825 million. ... Outfielder Delmon Young and the Twins agreed to terms on a one-year, $1.152 million contract. ... Former All-Star Jose Offerman was sued in response to a bat-wielding attack at a minor league game Aug. 14, 2007, that injured two opposing players. Bridgeport (Conn.) Bluefish catcher John Nathans filed the suit in U.S. District Court in Bridgeport, seeking $4.8 million in damages.
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