Creating an HTML link is creating unexpected results - html

Question

I need help figuring out why it is when I add a link in this code that it is altering my entire div block.
This is what the page looks like:
As soon as I make the text a link, it adds about 8px to the bottom (notice how the image is smaller than the div block).
What can I do to make this look like all of my other blocks?
Update: I believe I found the code that is causing the problem, it is in the CSS of the body. There is a style that has line-height at line-height: 1.625; - when I delete this, it fixes the issue. But now I am wondering how can I remove this code for my page, without effecting the rest of the site?
Here is the problem CSS:
body {
color: #3B3F42;
font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 1em;
line-height: 1.625;
}
And here is the rest of the coding
.ratingWrapTopRated {
background: #fff;
width: 100% !important;
height: 90px !important;
margin: 0 auto;
display: table;
font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
margin-bottom: 10px;
}
.cigarImage {
background: #fff;
color: #fff;
display: table-cell;
line-height: 0;
width: 90px;
padding-right: 4px;
}
.cigarName {
background: #ff5100;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
display: table-cell;
vertical-align: middle;
word-spacing: 6px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 1.2em;
padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px;
}
.numericalScoreTopCigars {
background: #000;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
width: 25%;
display: table-cell;
font-size: 4.9em;
letter-spacing: 3px;
vertical-align: middle;
font-weight: bold;
border-left: 4px solid;
border-color: #fff;
line-height: 0;
}
a.ratingsLink:link {
text-decoration: none;
background: #ff5100;
color: #fff;
text-align: center;
vertical-align: middle;
word-spacing: 6px;
text-transform: uppercase;
font-size: 1em;
padding: 0px 3px 0px 3px;
}
<span class="ratingWrapTopRated">
<span class="cigarImage hidebuttons"><img class="alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-2352" src="http://cigardojo.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/padron-serie-1926-150x150.jpg" alt="Padron Serie 1926 No. 9 Maduro" width="150" height="150" /></span>
<span class="cigarName shortenText"><a class="ratingsLink" href="http://cigardojo.com/?p=1019">Fuente Fuente OpusX XXX Belicoso</a></span>
<span class="numericalScoreTopCigars">96</span>
</span>