May 25, 2013

MLB fires arbitrator in Braun case

NEW YORK (AP) — Major League Baseball management has fired Shyam Das, the arbitrator who overturned Ryan Braun’s drug suspension in February. MLB informed Das and the players’ association of its decision last week. Das had been baseball’s permanent arbitrator since 1999, part of what technically is a three-man panel that also includes a representative [...]

MLB: Giants’ Mota gets 100-game ban

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Relief pitcher Guillermo Mota #59 of the San Francisco Giants delivers against the Colorado Rockies at Coors Field on April 11, 2012 in Denver, Colorado. (April 10, 2012 – Source: Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America) LOS ANGELES (AP) San Francisco Giants reliever Guillermo Mota was suspended for 100 games on Monday, becoming just the third [...]