Jan
21
2012

Arbitration Panel Hears Braun’s Appeal Of 50 Game Suspension

An article by Hojo's Mojo

Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun had his appeal heard n Thursday afternoon according to reporters Bill Madden, Andy Martino and Teri Thompson of the New York Daily News:

Ryan Braun, the National League’s Most Valuable Player, pleaded his case Thursday before a three-member panel that will decide whether he faces a 50-game suspension for testing positive for elevated levels of testosterone.

The appeal came just two days before Braun will accept his MVP award at the New York Chapter of the Baseball Writers’ Association of America’s dinner Saturday night at the New York Hilton, sources familiar with Braun told the Daily News.

Braun says he is innocent and disputes the results of two PED tests that showed “insanely high” levels of synthetic testosterone in his bloodstream.

The Milwaukee outfielder faces long odds, no baseball player has ever seen a suspension overturned by the arbitration panel, according to people familiar with the process.

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Bob L January 21, 2012 at 9:34 am

i’ ready to ‘think the worst’ like everyone else. But ‘what’ has Braun claimed ’caused’ the high PED scores? Just curious.
- DaveUpstateNY January 21, 2012 at 9:42 am
  
  I agree. Where’s the “I was taking prescription cough medicine” or “decongestant for a bad cold” or “I have never, ever taken an illegal substance?”
  
  Although we’ve heard those all before from these liars (“I didn’t know what he was shooting in my ass.”), it would be nice to hear his side.
- USMF January 21, 2012 at 10:30 am
  
  He hasn’t said…they’re using the “we can’t talk about a one going case” stance right now…people have speculated that he took something for a STD…
Mr North Jersey January 21, 2012 at 10:28 am

I believe he is supposed to say a few words tonight when he accepts his award. Wondering if he will say anything at all regarding this.
nathan January 21, 2012 at 11:21 am

I don’t understand MLB they are going to suspend him for 50 games for cheating and then tell him he was the Most Valuable Player in the National League. If you test positive you should not be eligable for any awards that year. I did hear somewhere (probably speculaion) that he was taking a steroid for herepes.
Joey D. January 22, 2012 at 12:02 am

Ross has been a consistent .300 hitter with great power throughout his professional career which began in the minors back in 2005. If he is unable to provide the evidence that he either didn’t take the drugs or that the medications he was prescribed resulted in such blood levels, then the question of his entire career stats come into question since they are so consistent from beginning to end. It also would make me wonder if he took the stuff when in high school so his increased body weight, etc. would not be noticed by the scouts.

If that’s the case, he most likely would still have been a good player but the PED probably then carried him to superstar status.

But the fact that he is the league’s MVP makes me believe MLB double and triple checked it’s homework in hopes of avoiding another black eye which raises doubts about the steroid era really being at an end.
Joe Diaz January 22, 2012 at 8:38 pm

If he was taking roids he couldn’t have been taking them for too long.He’s not all that big unless he was using winstrol like Palmeiro tested positive for.

NL East Standings

Team	W	L	Pct.	GB
Braves	24	18	.571	-
Nationals	23	20	.535	1.5
Phillies	20	23	.465	4.5
Mets	16	24	.400	7.0
Marlins	11	32	.256	13.5

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