(CNN) -  The Yankees didn't make the playoffs this year for only
the second time in 19 seasons, but star third baseman Alex
Rodriguez has his own post-season battle to contend with.  On
Monday, a high-priced team of attorneys representing Rodriguez
will face off against Major League Baseball in a closed-door
meeting at the baseball commissioner's office. They will do
their best to fight his 211-game suspension, baseball's longest
doping punishment.  A lot is riding on the decision. Aside from
whether or not Rodriguez will continue to play ball, he's still
owed $80 million of his record $275 million contract. Upholding
the suspension would mean a significant financial loss for him.
Overturning it could be seen as a major defeat for the league.
Rodriguez will say that the league and the Yankees used
unethical practices to target him because they felt he was
overpaid and he underperformed. The league will lay out a case
that Rodriguez took performance-enhancing drugs, including
"testosterone and human growth h