Baseball superstar Alex Rodriguez is n't going down without a fight . But in the process , the slugger may have let out a dirty little secret . Tucked deep in the lawsuit Rodriguez filed Monday against Major League Baseball to get his suspension vacated is an exhaustive report about his alleged steroid use . And boy , is it detailed . The report alleges injections of banned drugs , secret meetings and big money payments . Part of the 34-page document details Rodriguez 's alleged cocktail of banned substances to the milligram . Some of these accusations have leaked out in recent days as Rodriguez 's fight with baseball has gotten uglier and uglier . But this report , compiled by arbitrator Fredric Horowitz , is a graphic look at the case against Rodriguez . Trying to save his career . Rodriguez filed his lawsuit Monday in New York 's Southern District against Major League Baseball in an effort to get back on the field . Two days earlier , an arbitration panel ruled that he would serve a 162-game doping suspension , the longest in baseball history . So Rodriguez sued league Commissioner Bud Selig and even his own union , the Major League Baseball Players Association . In the lawsuit , Rodriguez 's lawyers say the actions against the slugger have been a `` carefully orchestrated smear campaign '' and the suspension should be vacated . The lawsuit also alleges that the baseball union did not protect Rodriguez from continual leaks of `` prejudicial information '' from baseball officials . The player 's union has denied that allegation . `` It is unfortunate that Alex Rodriguez has chosen to sue the Players Association . His claim is completely without merit , and we will aggressively defend ourselves and our members from these baseless charges , '' said Tony Clark , head of the union . Aging slugger . All this comes as the clock is ticking for A-Rod . The suspension will not only cost Rodriguez $ 25 million in salary , it also further clouds the groundbreaking career of a player who 'll turn 40 in the 2015 season . Major League Baseball says Rodriguez is dirty . It says he used three different performance-enhancing drugs in a three-year period and had ties to the now-shuttered Biogenesis clinic in South Florida . Biogenesis was an anti-aging clinic that MLB said supplied steroids to at least a dozen baseball players . Rodriguez , fifth on MLB 's list of all-time home run leaders , says he did n't use performance-enhancing drugs at that time . He says he has not failed a drug test . In court documents , his lawyers accused Horowitz of being unfair . `` Horowitz exhibited a manifest disregard for the law , '' the lawsuit alleged . `` He did so in a way which ensured such testimony would be selective and one-sided . '' Gummies and food . The Horowitz report seemed to be mostly based on Rodriguez 's relationship with Anthony Bosch , who ran the Biogenesis clinic . The two were introduced by Rodriguez 's cousin in 2009 or 2010 , according to the report . By late 2010 , Rodriguez was a client of Bosch , paying thousands of dollars for banned substances , the report says . The two became close . They created their own language to camouflage the performance-enhancing drugs . Testosterone cream was called `` pink food , '' and lozenges containing testosterone were called `` gummies . '' Melted testosterone was called `` liquid soup . '' In 2012 , the pair spoke on the phone 53 times and exchanged 556 text messages , the report said . In one exchange , detailed in the report , Bosch messaged Rodriguez , saying he was going to pick up his `` meds . '' Rodriguez wrote back : `` Not meds , dude . Food . '' In another message Rodriguez warns Bosch : `` Erase all these messages . '' Clearly , somebody did n't .
It contains a police report with doping allegations . Report includes injections of banned drugs , secret meetings and big cash payments . Alex Rodriguez received the longest drug - related suspension in MLB history . He stopped using performance - enhancing drugs in recent years .