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I don't think you need to worry. The Aaron Rodgers tweets are likely reflective of Braun's state of mind as anything and I think we'll hear plenty.
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The squealing by MLB since this decision is most telling. It shows that they wanted Braun to be the fall guy in some weird PR move to prove the toughness of their drug policy. That also explains the reasoning behind the leak. It was lets get a big name guy's name sullied up (that he's from Bud's old team all the better) and our drug routine will be very well respected by all. They didn't factor in that the arbitrator was actually independent and not some media or MLB stooge. That they are squealing so loud now is to drown out Braun's attempt to restore his reputation and thus preserve their perceived toughness.
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Braun, ESPN, and sports "journalism"
JohnBriggs12 replied to Samurai Bucky's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Just thinking of the treatment Braun's gotten from ESPN gets my blood boiling. This morning on Mike and Mike they read some Aaron Rodgers tweets, and said he "went crazy", only they were the most accurate things said on their entire show. Speaking of Aaron Rodgers, what a stand up guy! If you judge people by the friends they have, I have no doubt in Braun's innocence. -
I don't think it's the only reason though. Breaking that procedure allows you to call into question the abnormally high test and Braun's subsequent and previous test. Without the chain of custody issue, those arguments lose weight. Calling it a technicality is an attempt to diminish the result. Amen to that. There's a reason chain of custody is important.
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The reaction by Ravech, the goons in Chicago, etc., are exactly why Braun needs to file suit for the leak. And I think he will as he indicated this is "the first step" in restoring his reputation. He shouldn't have to restore anything. The sample is evidence. If the prosecution in a criminal case doesn't establish a proper chain of custody for evidence, then they can't make a case. Its that simple. It's prosecution 101. That Braun's defense focused on this aspect mean there weren't other issues but it was easily the most likely route to the ruling they wanted.
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I just don't get why another lefthanded bat? Gibbons, Patterson, Ishikawa, Green, Gamel, Gindl, Schafer, Morgan, Aoki. When is enough enough?
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Since when has that stopped ESPN from reporting? This is the same network that thoroughly covered Lebron James' latest twitter kerfuffle. And no, this isn't supposed to be in blue. What goes on the air at ESPN is no accident. This situation has to come up in production meetings. Kurkjian was on Mike and Mike this morning. You think he isn't aware a decision is close? But they chose to ignore it completely. I definitely think that sometime ago they chose to stay away from the topic all together because they may have jumped the gun on a story without all the facts.
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MLB can't be slandered. Only individuals can be slandered which if he's not suspended and info was leaked implying he would, would give Braun a case that he's the one slandered. I know we live in an age where individual rights have often been trampled for "the greater good", but that's not the principle on which the country was founded.
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5th worst off season according to Wall Street Journal
JohnBriggs12 replied to ilovebeer's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Are we forgetting they lost Fielder? No matter how you cut it that is a big loss. They also lost Hawkins and Saito. Most observers that aren't blindly biased against Betancourt, see Gonzalez for Betancourt as a wash. Ramirez was seen by many as a reach for the contract he got. They added no starting pitching depth. The bench changes were cosmetic. Aoki is an unknown and might be no better than Kotsay. I'd say it's a pretty fair assessment. -
Why would MLB make an announcement in Maryvale? Now certainly Braun would if he were the one breaking the news.
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Eh, Carpenter has a power arm that if can harness has some upside. He had success as a starter in the minors but struggled with control out of the pen last year at AAA and briefly in the majors. He's not totally unlike Rogers I suppose without the injury history. It will be interesting to see if the Red Sox keep him in the bullpen.
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Speaking of ESPN, they are certainly mum on this story now aren't they? As breakers of the initial story you would think they'd be trumpeting an impending suspension announcement as a validation. Yet there isn't a story on their baseball page that even reflects that a decision was pending.
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He had a higher WHIP than Nova, and a whopping 25 wild pitches. Even though he got a lot less RS than Nova (4.8 to 6.5), keep in mind the Pirates averaged just 3.76 runs. So even if he lowers his ERA a full point, he's likely not to win more than he loses. The Brewers, Reds and Cards will score runs. It won't be a cakewalk in the NL Central. Other than Boston the rest of the AL East wasn't that great offensively.
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There will be better players cut or available via trade than Renteria at the end of spring training if your feared scenario takes place.
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Good news. He's still only 24 and talented. I sure hope it's in his past for good. They could use him healthy and throwing well.
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I'll stick with the notion that there are behind the scenes negotiations between Braun's attorneys and MLB that are dragging on. The last thing MLB wants/needs is that in addition to it's testing program showed to have a flaw, is for a premier player to have been victimized by the flaw and the subsequent leak of bad test results. If MLB's drug testing was indeed flawed, and a star player's reputation severely damaged by the flaw combined with a leak, they are going to want Braun satisfied that he's been properly compensated for his tarnished reputation, and once an announcement is made, that all parties will be on the same page. MLB will have a representative point out that the flaw has been fixed, that drug testing continues to be an evolving science, and that while regrettably the test results were leaked, that the process that allows appeal worked and in the long run, the testing will be more reliable as a result.
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Handwriting was on the wall. At least he didn't take up AB's this spring that could have gone to other guys, unlike Suppan who doesn't seem to realize it's over.
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I think the division switch is overrated. The Cardinals are defending champions and while they did lose Albert, they added Beltran and they have guys coming into their own too. The Brewers, even without Prince, aren't chopped liver either. And the Reds still have Votto, who with Fielder and Albert gone, is the premier 1B in the NL. He's also certainly not going to have the support offensively he had in NY. Besides Burnett is 35. How much of a rebound can you expect from a guy that age? This isn't the roid era where Clemens got better at that age.
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Key word for Heyman is "could". He likely was overlooking the Izturis signing, since it was a minor league deal.
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Outfield logjam: Trade one?
JohnBriggs12 replied to adambr2's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
"next offseason the equation will have to be whether Gindl + the return from trading Hart is equal or greater than holding Hart." In theory that's the equation with every player every year. But these days you need to include dollars as part of the return too. I think given Melvin's nature, the changes made this year to the core were so significant, he didn't even consider pulling the plug on any deal involving Weeks or Hart. Not only could Gindl cause him to ponder the Hart/Gindl equation, a big year by Gennett could put a Weeks/Gennett equation in play as well. With the potential need for starting pitching in 2013, he should be factoring all this in along with decisions involving any potential extensions for starting pitchers. -
The length of time it is taking tells me that Braun's side must have made a very compelling case that the testing was flawed. How do you prove a test is flawed? You replicate the results using same process and get a similar result. In other words my guess is Braun's legal team had test subjects ingest what presumably was an MLB approved substance that Braun had taken, then had them tested in the same manner at the same time interval from ingestion and lo and behold, results occured that point to raised testosterone! The time period it's taken is for the arbiters to pour over the data, interview test subjects etc. because the entire testing program is at stake here.
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Outfield logjam: Trade one?
JohnBriggs12 replied to adambr2's topic in Transaction Rumors & Proposals
It will take a realization that the the current mix of everyday players is not capable of playoff caliber baseball for them to turn to a guy like Gindl. Right now, they believe the current mix is playoff capable, but that can change quickly. Melvin is not bold enough nor is Gindl quite elite enough at this point for them to break open a spot for him by trading a piece like Hart. An even bigger season than he had in '11 could change the perception on Gindl though too and turn him into a more elite, core type prospect. -
His last comment that the decision could "stink to high heavens" means that the perception will be Braun got special treatment, when the exact opposite is true. I read nothing there that showed any sympathy for what Braun has gone through if in fact he is innocent, only that Braun still has explaining to do. The fact is it's MLB that has the explaining to do for letting these results be public before the accused has had a chance to refute them.
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Rosenthal just chimed in with an asinine article. Rosenthal is basically saying if Braun's reputation has to be sacrificed for the sake of baseball, so be it. He implied that letting Braun off, no matter what the circumstances, would hint at special treatment for a superstar. Never mind of course that all this would not have been leaked if he were a fringe player and no matter what the result, in the eyes of many he was guilty.
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Manny Parra?Good one. At least Harden and Sheets were actually good at one time. Let me throw two more names out there: Mark Prior and Brandon Webb. Both are reportedly going to throw for teams in March.