"I threw Steve Howe out of baseball for life after eight drug violations," and six previous suspensions.

Robinson might have been inclined to make it longer, but he wound up somewhat in the middle of the range of previous suspensions for similar actions.

The longest previous suspension for a stick foul in modern times was 15 games, given to three players in three different incidents.

All previous suspensions by commissioners involved drugs or on-field incidents.

The suspension was added onto the remaining games from his previous suspension, costing him the rest of the season.

His previous suspension, for two games, came after the investigation of his use of a motor vehicle.

After each of the three previous suspensions in his 16-year career, Malone returned to score 30 points, 37 and 30.

And there was a previous suspension for firing a warning shot at an air-conditioner repairman working on a roof at night.

While we know that players' previous suspensions are now being taken into account, we also don't know what they count for.

Of previous drug-related suspensions, all in the last dozen years, the most severe penalty was for one year.