{"id":3860,"date":"2013-07-23T18:21:48","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T22:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/?p=3860"},"modified":"2013-07-23T21:24:00","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T01:24:00","slug":"alex-rodriguez-could-be-facing-lifetime-ban-from-baseball","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/2013\/07\/23\/alex-rodriguez-could-be-facing-lifetime-ban-from-baseball\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Alex Rodriguez could be facing lifetime ban from baseball"},"content":{"rendered":"

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New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez could be facing a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball for his involvement with the BioGenesis clinic in Miami, FL.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs\u00a0while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03. A-rod denies any use of steroids since then.<\/p>\n

Milwaukee Brewers star outfielder Ryan Braun was the first victim<\/a> of Major League Baseball\u2019s investigation into the Biogenesis of America clinic, as the league suspended him on Monday for the remainder of the season without pay.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez could be next, and his punishment could be worse than Braun’s according to<\/a> CBS Evening News’ Jim Axelrod. The source told Axelrod that Rodriguez could be facing a lifetime ban.<\/p>\n

PROBLEM: <\/strong>A-Rod remains MLB’s biggest story<\/a><\/p>\n

The evidence against the 14-time All-Star is\u00a0\u201dfar beyond\u201d what the league had against Braun, according to ESPN.com.<\/p>\n

Rodriguez has no intention of negotiating a settlement with Major League Baseball and would appeal any potential suspension., according to USATODAY’s Bob Nightengale.<\/p>\n

The 20-year veteran batted\u00a0.272 with 18 home runs and\u00a057 RBIs for the Yankees in 2012. He hasn\u2019t played at all this season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

New York Yankees star Alex Rodriguez could be facing a lifetime ban from Major League Baseball for his involvement with the BioGenesis clinic in Miami, FL. Rodriguez has admitted to using performance-enhancing drugs\u00a0while with the Texas Rangers from 2001-03. A-rod denies any use of steroids since then. Milwaukee Brewers star outfielder Ryan Braun was the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[499],"tags":[],"coauthors":[11],"class_list":{"0":"post-3860","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3860\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3860"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/tireball.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=3860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}