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Stengs or ban him for life. are you surprised that wasn't the case? >> not really, anderson. all along it wasn't clear that baseball really believed it could have a lifetime ban upheld by an arbitrator. whatever suspension they brought, unless alex rodriguez agreed to something ahead of time, he said he would fightit. an arbitrator new on the job. replacing the longtime arbitrator fired from major league baseball to take an unprecedented step. baseball hasn't had a case like this before. the longest suspension anybody had with a drug policy was 100 games. this more than doubles that. >> you've...

The longest suspension anybody had with a drug policy was 100 games. this more than doubles that. >> you've seen some of the evidence against a-rod. how strong is it, t.j.? >> reporter: well, when we saw it, it was compelling. my colleague mike fish and i have espn.com working ton since last summer. we obtained documents from the clinic. some written by tony bosch, the founder of the clinic hems. just that was pretty compelling but probably not enough to, for baseball to lower the kind of punishment they did. what they needed was more to corroborate the relationship. tony bosch provided far mo...