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Also in court yesterday, attorneys for alex rodriguez. they were filing a lawsuit against major league baseball. now also named in their suit which seeks to overturn a-rod's season-long suspension was the baseball union. the suit claims the union acted in bad faith in hearings that led to the suspension. the union called the charges, quote, baseless. >> tens of millions of target customers have been given an apology over the hacking scandal but it is apparently not enough for capitol hill. in a televised interview, the target ceo greg steinhafel apologized directly to customers for the breach ...

With cheats, sprinters exposed again. we've seen the baseball players now, we've seen all sorts of cheats popping up in all sorts of different disciplines, the two sports we've seen moderately protected golf and tennis, they have their act together. why you can't the other sports do what is happening in tennis and golf? >> today piers, this is a great day for baseball. they're starting to do that, this drug bust shows that, baseball is so late to the party, the olympic sports and -- that would be tennis too. golf is late to the game as well. we're not sure they're catching all their cheaters. ...

Seemed like it had a new york bent to this, and a-rod is very expected with this situation. so'll see what happens. the point you made, bud selig's press release, trying to cover this up. not just how you caught me. he went out hills way to obstruct this. and we have seen this before with roger clemens and bare bonds. >> the way the major league works is, major league baseball has a contract with the union. the union is very powerful. as part of the contract bud selig could, if he chose to do so, enact the good of the game clause. we're not going to let him play because of the debt treatment t...

>> in the eighth inning, the fans and players saluted the best closer in baseball history. mariano rivera in his last game before retirement. he quickly got three outs. and in the bottom of the ninth inning -- >> the 3-2 pitch. popped up, ended. out behind the second base position. kitmus is there and the american league wins it, 3-0. >> that's it, folks. the american league team will get the home field advantage in the world series this fall. and to almost no one's surprise, rivera was awarded the most valuable player award. before the game baseball commissioner bud selig announced a new poli...