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A-Rod bolts grievance hearing; lawsuit looms
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FILE - In this Sept. 23, 2012, file photo, New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez reacts after his ninth-inning fly-out in a 5-4 loss to the Oakland Athletics in a baseball game at Yankee Stadium in New York. Rodriguez walked out of his grievance hearing Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2013, in New York, after arbitrator Fredric Horowitz refused to order baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to testify. A person familiar with the session said that after Horowitz made his ruling, the New York Yankees third baseman slammed a table, uttered a profanity at MLB Chief Operating Officer Rob Manfred and left. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because what takes place at the hearing is supposed to be confidential. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File) - photo by Associated Press
NEW YORK — Alex Rodriguez benched himself at his own grievance hearing. The New York Yankees star walked out in the middle of a session Wednesday, furious arbitrator Fredric Horowitz refused to order baseball Commissioner Bud Selig to testify. The move, followed by angry statements accusing Selig of bias and the entire arbitration process of flaws, appeared to be a prelude to a lawsuit challenging whatever ruling Horowitz makes on A-Rod's 211-game suspension.