The New York Yankees placed the ball in A-Rod’s court with one restriction.
The Yankees have offered Alex Rodriguez a chance to make a public apology via a Yankee Stadium press conference, sources told the New York Daily News. The team’s preference reportedly is for Rodriguez, if he chooses, to apologize in New York rather at spring training in Tampa Bay so that it can avoid a media circus while preparing for the upcoming season.
Rodriguez reportedly met with team officials last week to apologize for his past transgressions, which culminated with a season-long, performance-enhancing drug suspension that forced the slugger to sit out all of 2014. The Yankees reportedly told A-Rod at the meeting that if he wants to also apologize to fans, the organization prefers that he not do so at spring training.
“He owes it to the Yankees fans who are paying money to see him play next year to explain himself,” a baseball official told the New York Daily News. “They deserve an explanation.”
Rodriguez has not yet responded to the Yankees’ offer, a source told the New York Daily News.
Thumbnail photo via Brad Penner/USA TODAY Sports Images
