[chevy man 22]

You feel you have to defend your team ? You mean the same team that you know knew he was juicing when they traded for him and when they gave him that huge azz ridiculous extension ?

The Yankees have nobody to blame but themselves for the position they now find themselves in and even though there are reports that they are trying to find any way possible to void his contract the experts all say it's practically impossible first because it's in the drug policy itself that a team can't hand out punishment in addition to MLB sanctions and because they refused to address the situation when he admitted to juicing while with the Rangers.

According to two baseball sources -- one of whom is familiar with the wording of Rodriguez's contract -- even if it is proven that Rodriguez received steroids and HGH from Bosch, the Yankees would not be able to impose a punishment greater than the mandatory 50-game suspension stipulated for a first-time offender by baseball's collectively bargained Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program.

Section 7, paragraph M of the agreement states, "All authority to discipline Players for violations of the Program shall repose with the Commissioner's Office. No Club may take any disciplinary or adverse action against a Player (including, but not limited to, a fine, suspension, or any adverse action pursuant to a Uniform Player's Contract) because of a Player's violation of the Program."

"Baseball's drug policy was specifically written so that teams can't do things like this," one of the sources said. "You can't use this to try to get out of the last years of a contract."

According to a source, the fact that the Yankees continued to honor Rodriguez's 10-year, $275 million contract extension after his public admissions of steroid use in 2009 may further weaken their case to void the contract.

By their failure to act in 2009, the Yankees can be legally found to have "ratified" Rodriguez's behavior, defined as one party "accepting and approving the conduct of the other."