▁eng aging ▁in ▁a ▁course ▁of ▁conduct ▁intended ▁to ▁ob struct ▁and ▁fr ustr ate ▁the ▁Office ▁of ▁the ▁Commission er ' s ▁investigation ." ▁Although ▁the ▁standard ▁pun ishment ▁for ▁a ▁first ▁off ense ▁under ▁ML B ' s ▁drug ▁policy ▁is ▁ 5 0 ▁games , ▁ML B ▁had ▁the ▁option ▁of ▁susp ending ▁Rod rig uez ▁for ▁longer ▁than ▁that ▁under ▁the ▁collect ive ▁b arg aining ▁agreement ▁if ▁it ▁determined ▁his ▁actions ▁constit uted ▁conduct ▁det r iment al ▁to ▁baseball . ▁ ▁Al most ▁immediately ▁after ▁the ▁susp ension ▁was ▁announced , ▁Rod rig uez ▁announced ▁that ▁he ▁would ▁appeal . ▁He ▁was ▁the ▁only ▁player ▁to ▁do ▁so ; ▁the ▁others ▁accepted ▁season - ending ▁ 5 0 - game ▁susp ensions ▁without ▁appeal . ▁Although ▁ML B ▁Commission er ▁Bud ▁Sel ig ▁had ▁the ▁option ▁of ▁using ▁his ▁best - inter ests - of - base ball ▁powers ▁to ▁remove ▁Rod rig uez ▁from ▁the ▁field ▁immediately , ▁he ▁chose ▁to ▁susp end ▁Rod rig uez ▁under ▁the ▁drug ▁agreement ▁and ▁not ▁the ▁C BA , ▁allowing ▁Rod rig uez ▁to ▁continue ▁playing ▁while ▁the ▁appeal ▁was ▁under way . ▁The ▁proposed ▁susp ension ▁would ▁include ▁a ▁global ▁lock ▁clause , ▁which ▁would ▁also ▁prevent ▁him ▁from ▁ ▁playing ▁in ▁other ▁known ▁le agues , ▁such ▁as ▁N ipp on ▁Professional ▁Baseball ▁and ▁the ▁Korea ▁Baseball ▁Championship ▁for ▁example , ▁as ▁the ▁le agues ▁in ▁those ▁nations ▁honor ▁any ▁susp ensions ▁im posed ▁by ▁ML B