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NEW YORK, N.Y. – A person familiar with deliberations tells The Associated Press that Major League Baseball has informed the New York Yankees that Alex Rodriguez will be suspended Monday but can play while he appeals the penalty.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Two people familiar with the talks tell The Associated Press that Major League Baseball and the New York Yankees have turned down requests to meet with Alex Rodriguez’s camp and the union about the embattled star’s expected drug penalty.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Looming playoffs could force an end to negotiations in baseball’s latest drug scandal as pressure builds to impose penalties so stars can still make the post-season.

OAKLAND, Calif. – Toronto Blue Jays outfielder Melky Cabrera says he hasn’t been told by Major League Baseball whether he will face a suspension for his ties to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs.

OAKLAND, Calif. – Toronto Blue Jays manager John Gibbons believes outfielder Melky Cabrera served his suspension and won’t be penalized by Major League Baseball for his ties to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball may try to suspend Alex Rodriguez under its collective bargaining agreement instead of its drug rules, which would eliminate any chance of delaying a penalty until after the case goes to an arbitrator, The Associated Press has learned.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Former National League MVP Ryan Braun was suspended without pay for the rest of the season and the post-season Monday, the first penalty from baseball’s investigation of players reportedly tied to a Florida clinic accused of distributing performance-enhancing drugs.

MINNEAPOLIS – That Target Field was built on an 8 1/2-acre wedge of land in downtown Minneapolis is considered miraculous, and the resulting ballpark intimate. That snugness is part of its charm, and makes it worthy of the 2014 All-Star Game that its success has delivered.

TAMPA, Fla. – Alex Rodriguez met Friday with Major League Baseball officials probing the distribution of banned performance-enhancing drugs.

TORONTO – The Blue Jays sported new T-shirts Sunday in support of teammate Steve Delabar’s bid to make the all-star game.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Two people familiar with the situation tell The Associated Press that a Major League Baseball umpire was recently dismissed for what was believed to be the first known drug ouster among umps.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball’s lawyers have issued subpoenas to Federal Express, AT&T Mobility and T-Mobile USA in an attempt to gain records for its investigation of players suspected of using performance-enhancing drugs.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Major League Baseball is interviewing players linked to a Miami anti-aging clinic that allegedly sold performance-enhancing drugs and has become the focus of the sport’s investigation.