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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 07: Alex Rodriguez speaks during a news conference on August 7, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Rodriguez announced that he will play his final major league game on Friday, August 12 and then assume a position with the Yankees as a special advisor and instructor. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)

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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 07: Alex Rodriguez speaks during a news conference on August 7, 2016 at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. Rodriguez announced that he will play his final major league game on Friday, August 12 and then assume a position with the Yankees as a special advisor and instructor. (Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)
The PEDs scandal was the worst thing that happened to Alex Rodriguez. Despite winning everything in baseball, the former Yankees slugger is not in the same company as his Yankee teammate Derek Jeter.
Though A-Rod knew he made the mistake of using PEDs, he decided to fight against Major League Baseball and even his then-current franchise, the Pinstripes.
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Not many people know this. When A-Rod hired a law firm to fight MLB, he reportedly did not pay their bills. And what was more surprising was that A-Rod let the firm sue him on purpose for owing their money.
Jay-Z’s Roc Nation Sports CEO secretly advised Alex Rodriguez to let the firm sue
Per NY Daily News, when Alex Rodriguez made his comeback after PEDs suspension, a law firm that counseled him during his fight against MLB, sued him for owing $380,058. Notably, since A-Rod confessed his fault to the Drug Enforcement Agency, he reportedly did not pay the bills to the law firm.

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NEW YORK, NY – AUGUST 12: Alex Rodriguez #13 of the New York Yankees looks on after being introduced for a ceremony honoring his retirement from baseball prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Rays on August 12, 2016. at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx borough of New York City. (Photo by Christopher Pasatieri/Getty Images)
Meanwhile, it is still a mystery why Jay-Z’s company CEO Desiree Perez would advise him not to pay the bills.
“Mr. Rodriguez admitted that his advisers at Roc Nation, including Desiree Perez, instructed him ‘not to pay the invoices, and to make Gordon & Rees sue’ him,” the lawsuit said.
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A-Rod’s career was a complete mess after the PEDs suspension. Even though he made a comeback after a year of suspension, the Yankees star was not the same. And since he had also tried to dirty the Yankees; The esteemed Pinstripes organization reportedly forced him to retire from the game. Notably, when A-Rod retired, he still had two years left in his contract.
But making any scene, Alex Rodriguez bid farewell to the game of baseball in 2016.
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Do you think Alex Rodriguez cost his legacy after his legal battle with MLB during the PEDs scandal?
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