http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/10297946/alex-rodriguez-doping-plan-most-potent-ever-seen-usada-says

The regimen of performance-enhancing substances delivered by Anthony Bosch to Alex Rodriguez was "probably the most potent and sophisticated drug program developed for an athlete that we've ever seen," U.S. Anti-Doping Agency CEO Travis Tygart told The Associated Press.

"No one who cares about clean sports likes to hear it," Tygart said in an interview with the AP. "And don't just take my word for it. Look at the findings of an independent arbitrator who saw all the evidence, sat through the testimony and laid the whole conspiracy out."

Tygart said Bosch's regimen included dozens of blood tests to see how the drugs were metabolizing and which doses to use when. It included peptides and female fertility drugs to supplement testosterone, human growth hormone and an insulin-like growth factor.

"At the end of the day," Tygart said, "this was a potent cocktail of sophisticated PEDs stacked together to deliver power, aid recovery, avoid detection and create a home run champion."

Bosch, a self-taught doping guru whose testimony and records brought down Rodriguez, was paid $12,000 a month by the New York Yankees slugger. Last week, arbitrator Fredric Horowitz reduced Rodriguez's suspension from 211 games to the 2014 season (162 games plus playoffs). Rodriguez has filed a lawsuit against baseball and the players' union alleging that Horowitz was biased in his ruling.

Said Dr. Gary Wadler, past chairman of the World Anti-Doping Agency's banned substance committee: "It was illegal from start to finish, and not all of it was scientific, but let's be honest -- this guy Bosch knew an awful lot of what he was talking about."