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Now the waiting begins for Alex Rodriguez and Major League Baseball. A-Rod's grievance hearing to overturn his 211-game suspension ended Thursday when both sides rested their cases, a day after the New York Yankees third baseman angrily walked out and decided not to testify in his own defense. Rodriguez's lawyers already are vowing to challenge the ruling in federal court, where judges usually are reticent to overturn an arbitration decision unless there is a finding the arbitrator was biased, exceeded his authority or failed to comply with the rules agreed to by the parties. Baseball's Joint Drug Agreement states the arbitrator shall make ''all reasonable efforts'' to close the record in time to permit a decision within 25 days of the start of the hearing.
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