Being positive isn't always a good thing. It has had a negative effect on Alex Rodriguez.
Rodriguez, third baseman for the New York Yankees, has been suspended for 211 games due to violations of the Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program and the Basic Agreement. Commissioner Bud Sellig announced the suspension on Monday, August 5.
Sellig explained that the suspension was based on Rodriguez's "use and possession of numerous forms of prohibited performance-enhancing substances, including testosterone and human growth hormone, over the course of multiple years."
The 38 year-old baseball player has been suspended without pay for the remainder of the regular season and postseason of 2013 and the entire season of 2014. According to ESPN, Rodriguez plans on appealing his suspension.
"Rodriguez's discipline under the Basic Agreement is for attempting to cover-up his violations of the program by engaging in a course of conduct intended to obstruct and frustrate the Office of the Commissioner's office."
The Major League Baseball also suspended 12 other players for 50 games for their involvement with the South Florida clinic Biogenesis.
The suspension goes into effect on Thursday, August 8.
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