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Biogenesis: Miami New Times Won't Grant MLB Access To Their Records
The Miami New Times will not grant MLB access to the records it obtained from the Biogenesis clinic, which has been identified as an alleged source of PEDs.
You'll recall that an original New Times report linked Alex Rodriguez, Nelson Cruz, Melky Cabrera and others to controversial clinician Anthony Bosch. In an editorial explaining the paper's decision, Chuck Strouse writes:
Sorry, MLB Commissioner Bud Selig. We won't hand over records that detail the inner workings of Biogenesis, the controversial Coral Gables anti-aging clinic that allegedly supplied prohibited drugs to six professional baseball players, includingYankees slugger Alex Rodriguez. The reasons are manifold. History plays a role in our decision. So do journalistic ethics and the fact that we have already posted dozens of records on our website. Finally, there is a hitherto-unreported Florida Department of Health criminal probe into clinic director Anthony Bosch.
One of our most significant motivations for denying baseball is right here in the tropics. His name is Jeffrey Loria, and he owns the Miami Marlins, who start regular-season play in just a few weeks. A March 1 story in the Atlantic called the pudgy art collector's stewardship of our baseball team, which has twice won the World Series, "the biggest ongoing scam in professional sports." The magazine's article describes, as New Times has in the past, how Loria hornswoggled $515 million in public backing for the stadium and parking facilities, then delivered a losing season and sold off all his best players.
The New Times is certainly within its rights, but the latter justification seems an odd position to take. I'm all for anything that strikes a blow against Loria, but the connection here is tenuous at best. As they say, though, everything's a negotiation.
The real upshot, though, is that MLB is now going to have an awfully hard time putting together an actionable case against anyone named in those Biogenesis records.
