Commissioner Bud Selig is prepared to levy a lifetime suspension on New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, while suspending about eight others before the weekend, two people with knowledge of the negotiations told USA TODAY Sports. Ref. USAToday
Alex Rodriguez will be suspended through at least the 2014 season in an announcement Monday by Major League Baseball, but the New York Yankees third baseman plans to file an appeal that will enable him to play that evening against the Chicago White Sox at U.S. Cellular Field, two people with direct knowledge of the plan told USA TODAY Sports.
Slugger Alex Rodriguez says he will appeal his suspension, and the Yankees say he's in the lineup for tonight's game in Chicago.
Major League Baseball said earlier Monday that it is suspending him through the 2014 season amid allegations involving the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Officials said Rodriguez can keep playing during an appeal.
Rodriguez has missed the entire 2013 season so far after undergoing hip surgery but says he's eager to rejoin his teammates for Monday night's game against the White Sox at 8:10 p.m. ET. Ref. CNN
The 211-game suspension of New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez has been reduced to 162 games, according to his spokesman Ron Berkowitz.
He appealed last-season's suspension, which MLB levied after accusing him of taking performance-enhancing drugs and having ties to the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic. Ref. CNN