MLB moving forward in Biogenes prosecutions: Why both A-Rod and Ryan Braun deserve lifetime suspensions and will it happen

Alright, this is beginning to get old.

2 days before the MLB All Star game, you would expect that going into the MLB's "midsummer classic", “who was in and who was out?” would be the headline dominating this media facet of the game. Well, after what has come out over the past few days, when those players take to the field Tuesday, only part of that in out statement will be true.

On Tuesday July 16th, the eyes of a nation will turn to New York and well stay there as the running saga of Alex Rodriguez may and in some ways should come to an end within the next few years.

Fact is after he was linked to the now pending near armagedon of a scandal that is the Biogenisis investigation by the MLB, A-Rod's name has been constantly floating around the league most notably in a chilling tweet by ESPN saying that basically there is a reasonable possibility that both Rodriguez and Braun COULD be facing lifetime suspensions.  

Of course, for many this is not new news. Beginning back on January 29^th, a report put out about a closed down Miami anti-ageing clinic immediately caught eyes as included in a list of PED users were names like Alex Rodriguez, Melky Cabrera, Gio Gonzalez and Nelson Cruz. Slowly but surely the MLB moved forward, suing owner Anthon Bosh for “corrupting their game” all bringing us to the present where the names of Cabrera, Gonzalez and Cruz have all but melted out of the picture all to be replaced by that of Milwaukie star Ryan Braun.  

Both Braun and Rodriguez are assumed to be guilty of something although Rodriguez is the center of most of this choking controversy.

Nevertheless as much as Rodriguez is hated by the league, the likelihood of that happening might not be very high. Why? Because, as confusing as it stands, it seems like it will not be A-Rod who will be getting off with the worst of this all: it will be Ryan Braun. 

Born in November of 1983, the 29 year old Braun is a likable man as, excluding this current scandal; he really has been the golden child of the MLB. NL MVP award, 5 time All Star nominee, NL rookie of the year, NL home run leader, the awards don't lie, Braun is not a man who commissioner Bud Selig dislikes.

So why hit him with a hundred maybe 150 game suspension with the possibility of booking him for life? 2 words: double infraction. Fact is after he was connected with the Biogenesis scandal by failing a drug test back in 2011, the MLB actually requested that Braun answer their questions regarding the investigation meaning that when he did not, well the league has seemed like they plan to go all Hamaribi Code on his career.

Now while the double infraction stemming from Braun's refusal to answer the MLB's questions will undoubtedly be the reason for a suspension for Braun if one comes, that will not be the case for Rodriguez.

Why? Because of behavior basically the polar opposite of that of Ryan Braun. 

Now all be it, Rodriguez certainly has not been Mr goodie two shoes through this all. While out rehabbing after hip surgery, he has done a pretty good job at staying on the headlines, letting loose multiple controversial tweets once even prompting Yankees GM Brian Cashman to say "You know when the Yankees want to announce something we will, Alex should just shut the F*** up!". 

In addition to that, mere hours before a July 13th rehab stint, it was reported that Rodriguez was "nowhere to be found." 

Nevertheless, early Sunday morning news came out that both Rodriguez and the MLB will be working to organize a plea deal in which Rodriguez would answer to anything the MLB wanted to know thus possibly reducing his suspension to a less career threatening 100 games with the possibility of being reduced to a 50 game punishment.

Baseball remains America's pastime but it is things like this that threaten to sink this ship for good. Baseball remains America's pastime but while it continues to battle with Football to retain that title it is things like this that shoot them in the foot. As a fan of the game I would say that the league needs to book these guys for life yet when you look into what has gone on over the past few weeks, it seems like that will not happen, simply because Baseball needs answers and the man who has those answers is the very Yankee whom they look to suspend.