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My point was that his numbers didn't dramatically spike upwards in 2011, something usually associated with the onset of PED use. Guy has been putting up steadily nice numbers his whole career. That, and his hat size didn't enter the Bonds Zone.
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Why? If he's using PEDs, he likely wouldn't have just started last season and would likely continue using them in 2012 anyway. That isn't even mentioning that nobody still knows exactly what (if any) impact PEDs have on baseball performance.
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he wasn't really cleared, was he?
'got off on a technicality' would be more accurate, wouldn't it? chain of evidence problem .....
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02-24-2012, 11:25 AM | #4 |
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I was going by the press, Google "Ryan Braun cleared"
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According to this ESPN article:
http://espn.go.com/espn/commentary/s...b-drug-testing The sample was in a tupperware container and sat on the collector's desk for the entire weekend. Turns out there were 12 FedEx locations open at the time, so it sounds like the collector royally screwed the pooch on this one. I think he was taking something. I also think that the sloppy chain of possession opened the door to reasonable doubt (to use a court term). Apparently the collective bargaining agreement is very anal about how these samples are to be collected and tested, so it is up to the collection agency to meet those standards. If they fail to do so, the MLB should not be surprised when the system lets a player off the hook. |
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I don't know...that ESPN article sure makes them look like bumbling fools to me. The collector was part-time MLB employee...is MLB so cheap they can't afford to have a full time professional do this? Considering the reputations and dollars that are at stake...having some guy do this as a side gig may not have been the best option. |
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Chief says Braun wouldn’t have been cleared under WADA code
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Seems to me that the waiting till Monday is not the primary problem. It is the leaving the sample in the tupperware dish and putting in on the desk all weekend that is the problem. Do I think Braun took some stuff he shouldn't have? Yeah. Do I think MLB was a bunch of idiots in how they conduct their testing...after reading about it, I would have to say yes. No reason not to have the most professional procedure in place to do this sort of thing. Having a part-time guy do it and keep the sample unsupervised at his house for a weekend raises an issue. MLB agreed to the strict terms of the testing. It should have done everything in its power to insure those terms were met. It failed to do so, and lost the appeal. Hopefully MLB will learn from this and do further tests in a more professional manner, and in keeping with their agreement with the players union. |
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Just read about Braun's press conference, and there's nothing new. Basically harping on the collector having his sample in the fridge for 48 hours, and a lot of innuendo. Stuff like "hey, we don't know who has access to it, or if it was tampered with, we don't know if someone's got an agenda", etc.
Braun is either dirty or he's one of the unluckiest SOB's in the world. (by unlucky, I mean either some maniac genius biochemist with a grudge is out there, or he got a false positive on every test and re-rest)
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This is ridiculous. Are we really supposed to believe that somebody so had it out for Ryan Braun that they broke into this guy's house, raided his fridge and somehow injected roids into a bottle of piss? Really?
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