Suspension Will Cost A-Rod Millions
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was hit with a 214 game suspension Monday afternoon, but it's his pocketbook that may take the biggest hit.
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New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was hit with a 214 game suspension Monday afternoon, but it's his pocketbook that may take the biggest hit.
As the baseball awaits word on the exact length of the suspension coming to Alex Rodriguez, a total of 13 other players have accepted their punishments without appeal for taking performance enhancing drugs supplied by the Coral Gables-based Biogenesis clinic.
Lost in the story about the looming suspensions of Alex Rodriguez for his use of performance enhancing drugs allegedly acquired from the Coral Gables-based Biogenesis clinic is A-Rod's local legacy in South Florida.
New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez faces either a lifetime ban or a lengthy suspension from Major League Baseball for his role in the Biogenesis scandal. But, either penalty may spell the end of A-Rod's career in Major League Baseball.
High noon on Monday will likely be when baseball history is once again changed when the league hands down multiple suspensions of players for using performance-enhancing drugs including New York Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez.
The fate of professional baseball player Alex Rodriguez will be revealed Monday afternoon. His former high school coach sat down with CBS4's Maggie Newland to talk about Alex Rodriguez before he was a superstar.
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The clock is ticking for Alex Rodriguez. The baseball superstar with an alleged connection to Biogenesis - a South Florida clinic - and performance enhancing drugs will learn his fate Monday.
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