Hispanic fans question A-Rod’s penalty

By Adry Torres, ESPN

NEW YORK — As Alex Rodríguez digs in to battle a looming 211-game suspension handed down by MLB and commissioner Bud Selig, baseball fans in Washington Heights, a heavily Dominican section of upper Manhattan, are questioning the punishment for A-Rod and the other 12 Latino players who were disciplined Monday for their involvement in the Biogenesis scandal.

Three of the suspended players are from Venezuela, one is from Nicaragua, and the rest have roots in the Dominican Republic. While A-Rod was born in Washington Heights, his parents were born in the Dominican Republic. Ryan Braun of the Milwaukee Brewers, who agreed to a 65-game ban July 22, is the only non-Hispanic player to be penalized in the Biogenesis probe.

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[Photo by Keith Allison]

 

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