Alex Rodriguez played professional baseball.
Alex Rodriguez . While recovering from a hip injury in 2013 , Rodriguez made headlines by feuding with team management over his rehabilitation and for having allegedly obtained performance-enhancing drugs as part of the Biogenesis baseball scandal . Had the original suspension been upheld , it would have been the longest non-lifetime suspension in Major League Baseball history . The Biogenesis baseball scandal broke in 2013 when several Major League Baseball ( MLB ) players were accused of obtaining performance-enhancing drugs ( `` PEDs '' ) , specifically human growth hormone , from the now-defunct rejuvenation clinic Biogenesis of America .