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>> shepard: breaking news now on fox news channel. we mentioned alex rodriguez, suspended for 214 games, set to begin this thursday, august 8th. this would take him through 2013's regular season and postseason and 2014. by the time he got back to baseball, if the suspension stand, he would be 39-1/2 plus years old and one can question whether he would be able to do even what he did last year, which wasn't much. alex rodriguez, though, plans to appeal the suspension, it's our understanding, so his is a separate news release from the commissioner's office, and alex rodriguez is expected to relea...

Career, and once seemed the candidate to become the next home run king. he is currently fifth on the list. alec rodriguez has been facing criticism from fans and commentators. the cover of the "new york post" puts it simply: just go. ed a tam -- adam houseley is live. we're expecting multiple news releases at this moment. >> yes, shepard. the first one i just got, it says in part, major league baseball issued the following discipline for violation office the joint drug prevention treatment program in relation to the biogeneral sis investigation. the south florida clinic we have been talking ab...

No wince interested in them. it's all about alex rodriguez and it's the waiting game. >> adam mentioned melky cabrera but he was available for the postseason last year after his suspension. >> he served the 50-game suspension and they were going into the playoffs. the giants decided not to bring him on to the postseason roster. they went on and won the world series, but that was an interesting decision. we get him back but we're going to still keep him off the field. the yankees tonight, as a-rod is appealing, he is going to be on the field. so it will be a very interesting situation in chicag...

Involved. we're not going to see that used. the other question is why are the yankees playing him? because a-rod's camp suggest that the yankees don't want to pay him the $34 million he has left either. so they're not going to say he's healthy, ware not putting him in the lineup. so looks like we'll see alex rodriguez on the field tonight which will be falls nateing. >> shepard: everybody knows how powerful the yankees organization is and how powerful bud selig is. anyone who knows baseball knows the players union and the league are getting along. if they have ever gotten along better, i don't...

Have multiple. he says, quote, is a point to point out that 16,000 total europe and blood tests were conducted on players worldwide under the mlb drug program win. the important additions of the gcg -- hgh, we're confident in the testing program. he says the cases illustrates the strength of the program is not limited to testing but we attack the issue on every front. so, obviously bud selig was hoping this thing would go away, as lot of people in baseball were. the players were told by the players association they've thought it would be 20 suspended. that has been downgraded to 13. so a day i...