Baseball's highest paid star, Alex Rodriguez, has said he is fighting for his life as he and 12 other players are suspended in a doping scandal.Major League Baseball banned the New York Yankees slugger for 211 games until the end of the 2014 season.The 38-year-old is one of a few players who have been linked to a closed Florida clinic which allegedly supplied banned performing-enhancing drugs.Rodriguez, who is popularly known as A-Rod, said he would appeal the penalty.He can continue playing while his challenge is being heard.