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Remember when Nook Logan was named as a steroid user?
Sure, he'll probably escape a 50 game suspension, but look at Gio's drop off since 2012, it's likely that we may never see the old Zimmerman again.
Where is Zim's drop off? He OPS'd over 1.000 last season after coming off the DL.
They don't have the Lerner's legal team.
From mlbtr: UPDATE, 12:50am: MLBTR has a statement from William Burck of Quinn Emanuel, the attorney for both Howard and Zimmerman:“It’s inexcusable and irresponsible that Al Jazeera would provide a platform and broadcast outright lies about Mr. Howard and Mr. Zimmerman. The extraordinarily reckless claims made against our clients in this report are completely false and rely on a source who has already recanted his claims. We will go to court to hold Al Jazeera and other responsible parties accountable for smearing our clients’ good names.”
anyone want to place odds they actually sue? Are they really clean enough to willingly go through discovery?
Sly also opened up about his working relationship with Zimmerman, a player whom sly claims to have known for “probably six years.” “I worked with him in the offseason. That’s how I get him to change some stuff,” Sly said. Sly went on to answer in the affirmative when asked if Zimmerman has used D2 and also indicated that he has noticed an increase in power as a result.
The allegations are that the purchases were made in 2011, the following off season was when Zimmerman signed his extension, certainly the Nats would have a case for claiming that the contract was signed under false pretenses.
The cba sets a penalty for doping, and it isn't voiding a contract - worse case for Zimmerman is a 50 game suspension if anything is actually proven enough to withstand an arbitrator
7.(b) The Club may terminate this contract upon written notice to the Player (but only after requesting and obtaining waivers of this contract from all other Major League Clubs) if the Player shall at any time:(1) fail, refuse or neglect to conform his personal conduct to the standards of good citizenship and good sportsmanship or to keep himself in first-class physical condition or to obey the Club's training rules; or
An individual, from 2011? You'd be surprised how little remains when people aren't subject to corporate doc retention policies. I still agree with the larger point though, especially because proving a defamation case is hard when accounts keep changing.
Great, provide any example of doping ever leading to that and ill believe it's actually a possibility
In other words, with all the players caught doping, including those on terrible contracts, no team has ever been able to wiggle out of one, but the nats' super lawyers (quite literally the same ones every other team uses) will get them out?
The video of Slay recanting his statement is so damn awkward. I half expect Papa John was on the other side of the camera pointing a gun at the guy.
Most teams never tried because they don't want to send the wrong message to potential free agents, but the Lerners have a particular issue about not paying people who do not comply to the letter with the terms of their contracts.
