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Cashman's Yankees Must Lay in the Bed They Made with A-Rod's Contract

That Alex Rodriguez has 660 career home runs, and that some of those came while he was under the influence of performance-enhancing drugs, are the undisputed facts.

Here is the disputed one: The New York Yankees owe A-Rod a tarnished $6 million bonus for reaching that milestone and tying Willie Mays on the career total list.

The Major League Baseball Players Association wants Rodriguez to have the money because, it says, his contract is clear on the fact that the bonus is paid if and when he reaches Mays’ total, Babe Ruth’s (714), Hank Aaron’s (755), Barry Bonds’ (762) and if he hits career homer No.