Jonny Gomes offers opinions on A-Rod and Yankees offseason moves

Jonny Gomes has never been afraid to speak his mind. That much is well known. But the Boston Red Sox outfielder has been even more vocal over the past couple days, especially when it comes to the Red Sox greatest rivals, the New York Yankees, and suspended superstar Alex Rodriguez.

It all kicked off on Thursday night when Gomes met the media before the Boston Baseball Writer’s dinner. When the inevitable question about A-Rod and his impending legal battle against the MLBPA came up, Gomes was pretty straight forward in expressing his disgust.

From the Boston Herald:

“He does steroids or whatever, it sucks. He does this or that, it sucks. He’s always in the news, it sucks,” Gomes told the Herald. “But this is the players’ union he’s going against. It’s all of us. Not a real good idea.”

“I think what he had going on is pretty individual,” Gomes said. “He did it. It was his decision, his suspension. But I don’t think it’s really a good idea to go after our union. Down to my (expletive) kids, down to the benefits we have, down to our retirement fund, the union makes our lives better. We pay dues to the union for our rights.”

Back in August, Gomes was very outspoken about Rodriguez being allowed to play through his appeal of the original 211-game suspension, which we all know was eventually reduced to 162 games by arbitrator Frederic Horowitz. Teammate Ryan Dempster actually threw at A-Rod when the two teams met later that month, so the bad blood ran very deep in the Red Sox clubhouse well before A-Rod went after the MLBPA.

Gomes wasn't alone then, and he certainly isn't alone in his feelings now. Especially after the MLBPA got the troops all riled up earlier this week.

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