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New York Yankees baseball player Alex Rodriguez (C) speaks to Fernando Mateo (L), president of Hispanics Across America, outside the Major League Baseball's (MLB) headquarters in New York October 4, 2013. (REUTERS/CARLO ALLEGRI)
Embattled New York Yankees slugger Alex Rodriguez asked a federal judge on Monday to throw out an arbitrator's decision suspending him for the 2014 baseball season for doping, escalating a battle with Major League Baseball that shows no signs of abating.
The lawsuit
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A-Rod at Fenway Park in August 2013

A-Rod at Fenway Park in August 2013

Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez has been hit with a 162-game suspension from arbitrator Fredric Horowitz, effectively ruling him out for the entire 2014 season. The suspension also covers the postseason.

Rodriguez originally received a 211-game suspension from MLB in August due to his alleged ties to Biogenesis, an anti-aging clinic in South Florida which supplied performance-enhancing drugs. A number of high-profile players were suspended for their in

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