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Mejia may legally challenge MLB for steroid ‘conspiracy'

Surely the second coming of A-Rod vs. MLB couldn't be at hand?

Former Mets closer Jenrry Mejia, last month's recipient of a lifetime doping ban, will make a "major announcement" Friday at his attorney's office, the latest indication that Mejia is preparing to legally challenge Major League Baseball over the ban.

Mejia's attorney, Vincent White, declined to comment, but in a press release he used language reminiscent of that which Alex Rodriguez's attorneys deployed in A-Rod's explosive 2013 legal battle with MLB amid the Biogenesis steroid scandal.

"If the league is willing to pay witnesses for testimony and threaten livelihoods, who is to say what else they are capable of?