Arbitrator's Ruling Banishes the Yankees' Alex Rodriguez for a Season

Alex Rodriguez is planning to continue the fight over his 211-game suspension if he doesn't get a ruling he likes. (Patrick Semansky/AP). With Wednesday's Hall of Fame announcement out of the way, the stage is clear for the 

Ron Berkowitz, President of Berk Communications and spokesman for Alex Rodriguez informed the media earlier today that his client has been suspended 162 games by Major League Baseball (MLB). The 162-game penalty is a reduction from the 211 game 

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez was barred for 162 games and the 2014 postseason, the longest suspension for doping in baseball history, after an arbitrator upheld most of the punishment sought by Major League Baseball. The ruling, announced 

athletes: Where they went wrong. Handed a 162-game suspension from an arbitrator on Saturday, a reduction from the 211-game ban initially imposed by Major League Baseball, New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez vowed to take his fight to a judge.

Below is the full text of Alex Rodriguez's statement after arbitrator Frederic Horowitz reduced his suspension from 211 games to 162 games, plus the postseason. “The number of games sadly comes as no surprise, as the deck