Ryan Braun exonerated!

[TheMightyFavog]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/140213003.html

Milwaukee Brewers leftfielder Ryan Braun became the first major-league player to have a positive drug test overturned when he was informed Thursday that an arbitration panel ruled in his favor on appeal and decided against a 50-game suspension for the reigning National League most valuable player.

Someone familiar with the decision said the appeal went Braun's way not so much on contesting the result of the test but the testing process itself. And it was arbitrator Shyam Das who decided to rule in favor on that technicality, making it a 2-1 decision by the three-man panel.

Whatever the reason, the ruling was a tremendous boost for both Braun, whose reputation was at stake, and the Brewers, already missing free agent Prince Fielder from their 2011 NL Central championship club. Instead of having to figure out a way to replace Braun for the first 50 games of the season, the team can move forward with its original plans.

Though the drug testing process is supposed to be confidential, because of leaks of the positive test and hearing, the Major League Baseball Players Association released a statement that Braun won his appeal. The union confirmed it was a 2-1 vote.

[CanSocDem]

1. The Deafening Silence.

I wonder why....???

Have all the self-professed 'experts' gone back to school...??

The point should be made that fabricating evidence to fit a perceived crime is as common in the business world as it is in American foreign policy.

“We provided complete co-operation throughout, despite the highly unusual circumstances. I have been an open book, willing to share details from every aspect of my life as part of this investigation, because I have nothing to hide,” Braun said in his statement. “I have passed over 25 drug tests in my career, including at least three in the past year.”

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/ryan-braun-has-50-game-suspension-overturned/article2348114/

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[benld74]

2. NO he wasn't. It was thrown out by the arbitrator because procedure wasn't followed, EOS.

[CanSocDem]

3. "Procedure"...

...is there to prevent injustices based on the emotional, personal agendas of individuals.

"Exoneration" is a word used to encompass as many "emotional, personal agendas" as is possible.

Live with it.

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[philosopher215]

4. Full Metal

You just had to toss in the Full Metal Panic guy huh?

[TheMightyFavog]

5. What?

That's my sig line....

[Onceuponalife]

6. Doesn't matter

Matt Kemp should have won, hands down. Kemp is the best player in baseball as he continues to prove every day.

[HuckleB]

7. Again, the award is not for "best player," it is for Most Valuable Player.