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Ryan Braun

  • karen lotz
    Tested positive for PEDs per ESPN. Faces 50 game suspension.
  • Hb31187
    Did NOT see that coming
  • karen lotz
    He is challenging the result.
  • Ironman92
    Un freakin believable
  • karen lotz
    No baseball player has successfully appealed a positive test.
  • Ironman92
    They spewed and spewed about how hard he worked this past offseason.

    Unbelievable.

    Everything he's ever accomplished or ever will is now done.
  • Mulva
    Jewcing?
  • september63
    I am not surprised. Think about it. These guys juice up, get HUGE contracts and get what? He has a 145 million dollar contract extension. He might lose 50 games worth of salary?
  • GOONx19
    2009, after the ARod thing: "I would never do it because if I took steroids, I would hit 60 or 70 home runs."
  • IggyPride00
    Anyone think Milwaukee is wishing they wouldn't have given him that extension?
  • Ironman92
    september63;1010606 wrote:I am not surprised. Think about it. These guys juice up, get HUGE contracts and get what? He has a 145 million dollar contract extension. He might lose 50 games worth of salary?

    Didn't he sign his huge contract last year....and under his market value?
  • september63
    Ironman92;1010615 wrote:Didn't he sign his huge contract last year....and under his market value?
    April of 2011 he got the extra 105 Million. As far as under market value? Dunno, he likely ruined his image now. Look at other players production AFTER this type of situation.
  • dave
    If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

    Almost all these guys are taking stuff, they think they are a few steps ahead of MLB but some of em aren't.
  • Ironman92
    september63;1010620 wrote:April of 2011 he got the extra 105 Million. As far as under market value? Dunno, he likely ruined his image now. Look at other players production AFTER this type of situation.

    Yeah, he was one I really liked.....I'll wait to see how this is handled.
  • OSH
    dave;1010622 wrote:If you ain't cheating, you ain't trying.

    Almost all these guys are taking stuff, they think they are a few steps ahead of MLB but some of em aren't.
    Exactly.

    Screw baseball.
  • Ironman92
    I think he might get relieved from this positive test.

    Just have a feeling.
  • wes_mantooth
    Ironman92;1011031 wrote:I think he might get relieved from this positive test.

    Just have a feeling.

    Yeah...I am with you....not sure why, just a gut feeling
  • stroups
    http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Ryan-Braun-positive-drug-test-possible-50-game-suspension-121111
    Baseball was rocked Saturday by an ESPN report that reigning National League MVP Ryan Braunhas tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.[h=3]MORE ON RYAN BRAUN[/h]

    A source close to Braun, however, said Sunday that although the player tested positive for a prohibited substance, that substance was not a performance-enhancing drug.
    The source described the test result as highly unusual, “never seen in the history of (baseball’s) drug-prevention program.”
    “When it happened,” the source said, “everyone was just scratching their head.”
    Another source, however, said the substance in question triggered a violation of baseball’s steroid-testing policy, even if it is not technically listed as a PED.
    ESPN quoted sources who said Braun's positive result was triggered by elevated levels of testosterone in his system. The testosterone was synthetic, not produced by Braun's body, according to a later test. If a player exceeds a certain testosterone ratio during testing, he is deemed to have tested positive.
    The penalty for such a violation would be a 50-game suspension to begin the 2012 season. Braun is appealing the ruling.
    A spokesperson for Braun released a statement later Saturday, saying: "There are highly unusual circumstances surrounding this case which will support Ryan's complete innocence and demonstrate that 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 that he will ultimately be exonerated."
    The revelation of Braun's positive test is the most damaging drug news in baseball since Manny Ramirez's first suspension in 2009. It comes at a time when the game had been enjoying a run of positive press after a classic postseason and the continuation of labor peace through the signing of a new collective bargaining agreement.



  • justincredible
    Fuck him. I hope he loses his appeal and misses the first 50 games of 2012.
  • Skyhook79
    september63;1010606 wrote:I am not surprised. Think about it. These guys juice up, get HUGE contracts and get what? He has a 145 million dollar contract extension. He might lose 50 games worth of salary?
    http://bleacherreport.com/articles/978222-ryan-braun-steroid-suspension-its-just-business-and-hell-keep-his-money
  • dave
    He would lose over $5mil. I don't care how much you have in the bank, that is a lot.
  • gerb131
    justincredible;1011215 wrote:Fuck him. I hope he loses his appeal and misses the first 50 games of 2012.
    No doubt.
  • stlouiedipalma
    It was reported that he knew the test results before he was named MVP. If that is true, he is a lying mother****er in his comments after the award was announced.

    Shawn Kemp must really feel like crap after learning this. He nearly hits for the Triple Crown and gets beat out of the MVP by a druggie.
  • Crimson streak
    stlouiedipalma;1011799 wrote:It was reported that he knew the test results before he was named MVP. If that is true, he is a lying mother****er in his comments after the award was announced.

    Shawn Kemp must really feel like crap after learning this. He nearly hits for the Triple Crown and gets beat out of the MVP by a druggie.

    I don't know why Shawn kemp would be mad?
  • ts1227
    Crimson streak;1011805 wrote:I don't know why Shawn kemp would be mad?
    Because he probably is Braun's father.