Major League Baseball let Boston Red Sox pitcher Ryan Dempster
know they'll handle Alex Rodriguez's punishment on their own,
with no need for vigilante acts, suspending Dempster five games
and fining him for intentionally hitting the New York Yankees
slugger Sunday night.  Dempster immediately accepted his
suspension, the first of his career, instead of appealing the
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willing to release A-Rod evidence  "There's no point in carrying
out an appeal,'' Dempster said. "We have other things to worry
about. … I'll take my punishment and go on.  "I thought about
appealing, but at the end of the day, MLB does a really good job
of thinking through punishments before they hand them out. I
just thought it was in the best interests of us as a team to
just go ahead and serve my suspension.''  Yet, the biggest
reason Dempster immediately accepted the suspension is that he
won't miss a start. The Red Sox have off-days Thursday and
Monday. So instead of making his next