Ryan Braun's Fan Forum

Reply-to:The cheater was i-4 last night. He needs to be buzzed every time he steps to the plate. Talk about A-Fraud, he 100 times worse. At least A-fraud admitted it; Cryin Braun got himself a couple of schemin crook lawyers and lied his way to opening day.

the fact is that the arbiter made the decision - not management (MLB) or the players union (Players Assn) so his schemin crook lawyers had nothing to do with it. they presented their case ... management was against him, players association was for him, and the arbiter breaks the tie. there's much more that we don't know - for instance both the union and management don't want details of the case or the decision made public and that is pretty damn interesting.

i don't care if he cheated or not or if he plays well or not. if he's guilty, he got away with it. if not, well then he still has problems.

Reply-to:Low testosterone causes herpes outbreak, so people who suffer will often take meds to increase testosterone to avoid outbreak. Look it up! Its science!

This is not correct. Low testosterone does not cause the herpes outbreak. Doctors aren't sure what does cause the outbreak but stress and sickness seem to be two factors. Many outbreaks occur in women during their time of the month when their testosterone is at its lowest but again, doctors have yet to prove cause and effect.

The correct info is explained on livestrong.com

If he was taking a med to fight a disease or treat symptoms of a disease, then he, his doctor, and his agent should have conferred with MLB first. They should have informed MLB if the meds would cause a positive result in a test for a banned substance.

These guys all know about the random tests. MLB isn't going to refuse a guy his necessary medicine. So why not be safe and inform MLB ahead of time.

Reply-to:Braun is dumb! They know what is banned! Way to ruin everything! Hopefully we get Aoki & hes as good as they say or were screwed! Personally, I hate Braun now...cocky a**hole really screwed up!

 

agreed!!!

I'm not sure of the exact MLB procedures but I'm pretty sure that they have to list all prescriptions with the team. They're people just like the rest of us. Some of them must be taking 'scripts on a regular basis for cholesterol, depression, ADD, whatever. So maybe it was a prescription that he hadn't listed and it caused the positive test result, and then if that's true, he'll probably have to serve the suspension b/c  he violated the procedure of not reporting the use of the medicine.

The thing that really bothers me is that the initial story was leaked. That just sucks.

Reply-to:The unfortunate thing is that false positives do happen in drug testing, which is why a follow-up test was done, which turned out negative. Normally when this happens, the appeal process is handled quietly and it stays out of the public eye. But because someone leaked this, it could be more difficult for Ryan to win his appeal. Regardless of the outcome, his reputation has taken a major hit.

 

There are a lot of safeguards that make a false positive nearly impossible. So, Chances are, he did something he shouldn't. No "Oops, I didn't know I shouldn't have taken that." or anything. There is a list of substances that can cause false positives, but if you take one of those, you don't get the 50 game ban.

http://gizmodo.com/5867293/the-myth-of-the-steroid-test-false-positive

He's guilty as sin.....

Reply-to:all the brewers are a bunch of D-bags. we saw it with fielder and morgan, now braun has given proof.america hates the brewers.

Please embrace us... what is wrong with fielder or morgan... get a life