ban. he says he has that authority, you know, under the title 11 there in the collective bargaining agreement. and that would basically not only do what you ve reported about push manager rodriguez out. it also cancels very lucrative employment contract between two independent parties. on the other hand, there s other agreements on the table, as you know, including the joint drug a agreeme agreement, which gives the players rights to appeal. why not let this play out? why doesn t major league baseball let rodriguez fight this on an appeal, which would go to the merits of the thing everyone cares about, whether people are doping and ruining this game s legitimacy, instead of risking a long court battle over the rules where you have a joint drug agreement pitted against the collective bargaining agreement and courts battling through it. i think ultimately what it comes down to is baseball doesn t want to see one guy out on the field appealing this process while all the rest of them are