Saturday, December 10, 2011

Ryan Braun: Cheater?

This one leaves me shaking my head.
From ESPN: National League MVP Ryan Braun, who last season led the Milwaukee Brewers to their first division title in nearly three decades, has tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug and faces a 50-game suspension if the initial finding is upheld, two sources familiar with the case told "Outside the Lines."
Major League Baseball has not announced the positive test because Braun is disputing the result through arbitration.
A spokesman for Braun issued a statement Saturday: "There are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan's complete innocence and demonstrate there was absolutely no intentional violation of the program. While Ryan has impeccable character and no previous history, unfortunately, because of the process we have to maintain confidentiality and are not able to discuss it any further, but we are confident he will ultimately be exonerated."
The 28-year-old Braun had to provide a urine sample for testing during the playoffs, and he was notified of the positive test sometime in late October -- about a month before he was named the National League's most valuable player.
The positive result was triggered by elevated levels of testosterone in Braun's system, the sources also told "Outside the Lines." A subsequent, more comprehensive test revealed the testosterone was synthetic -- not produced by Braun's body.

http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7338271/ryan-braun-milwaukee-brewers-tests-positive-performance-enhancing-drug
Braun says he never took steroids or PED's and is appealing.
If he did take the PED's, then he is just plain stupid and they should take away his MVP trophy.
If he is innocent, he will always be a suspect.
The fact that this news came out on a busy sports weekend kind of tells me that he may be guilty.
And the worst part is that Braun is talented enough that he didn't need any PED's.

2 comments:

  1. Evidently he DID need them to be as good as he is. Otherwise, why take them? Your last line is absurd.

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  2. I am the view that PED's don't do much to help you in baseball. You still have to have fantatic hand-eye coordination and I don't think PED's help much with the speed of your bat. The PED's make you stronger but not that much faster.

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