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I checked too and the latest pickup for express delivery is 3:30 on a Saturday and never on a Sunday, so if you don't get your package to a fedex by 3:30 it ain't going out until Monday. The Brewers game was scheduled for 1, so this guy had to know any post game test would have to stored somehow and not shipped until Monday. Either he was totally unaware of the fedex hours, or he was unaware that he was supposed to take it to fedex instead of his house to be stored, or he was aware and was just lazy/negligent. -
It also appears that everyone is getting way too worried about the whole chain of custody. Chain of custody just means being able to produce a paper trail or some other proof for the whereabouts and condition of something. It appears that there were no chain of custody issues, the sample went from the stadium to this guys house, in his fridge, and then to fedex and on to Montreal. The testing procedure states that the sample should be taken to fedex and stored there even if it cant be shipped out that night, and if that is truly the only reason Braun got off I would have to agree and say he got off on a major technicality. If this guy took it home and treated the exact same way it would have been treated had it sat in the fedex fridge over the weekend then Braun looks very bad. However, that seems like a pretty trivial thing for an arbiter to rule with and I expect we will hear something else that may have caused the sample to become tainted. Also, no matter what happens MLB needs to start an investigation about the leak and fire someone and press charges if that is possible.
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I'm seeing a lot of idiots saying Braun will now have a terrible year because he wont be able to juice all season (even though he passed 3 tests during the 2011 season according to him) but he had such a huge season last year it will be hard for him, or anyone, to repeat it. These people will use that as proof that he was juicing in 2011 instead of having a career year at age 27. If Matt Kemp doesn't match his 2011 numbers, which he almost certainly will not, no one will be accusing him of roiding. He seems like the type to use this in his favor and have an even better year, but I would think his offseason training took a huge blow from all of this so hopefully that wont let him get off to a slow start.
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So now the important question is: Did this guy forget to mail a positive test that was known to be positive BEFORE any chain of custody issues, as suggested by worthless ESPN reporter Karl Ravich: "Appears Brauns team won because a courier didn't take positive test to fed ex building thought it was closed Saturday night..protocol?" OR did this guy not mail a urine sample which had not been tested yet and tested positive AFTER this guy kept it for a while? Also, was this guy really that dumb that he couldn't refridgerate it correctly? I mean what are the variables involved, temperature of the fridge and ...? Was he supposed to keep it at 20 degrees but he accidentally kept it at 120?
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Well wasn't it just a "banned substance" instead of a "PED" that caused the positive test? Big distinction there, and ESPN got it wrong if infact it turns out to be true.
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Does anyone actually know if this is the first successful appeal? In theory no one should ever know that any other appeal even happened? So unless mlb comes out and confirms there has never been a previous successful appeal I wont believe it. Seems like ESPN is just saying it to make themselves look better since there is no way anyone would ever know either way. Also, was the guy sending in a positive test or just a test sample? Why would the chain of custody matter if it was already found to be positive? It seems like the 2 days would only matter if the test result was still unknown? And why does it matter if it stayed in this guys fridge overnight? Are they saying the guy who took the sample does not know how to properly store it for 2 days? And if you think you have a positive test of RYAN BRAUN wouldnt you drive to the fedex to make they arent closed that night, or AT LEAST CALL THEM to see if they are still open? ESPN is making it sound like some bumbling idiot with the precious positive test was too lazy to take it to fedex because he "thought" they might be closed and then went home and put it in the microwave.
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I bet the classies are exploding with conspiracy theorists accusing Bud Selig of helping out the Brewers, imagine how they are handling this when they were 100% sure our home-road splits could only be a result of some kind of cheating.
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Not necessarily, I mean what if the guy who took Braun's sample misspelled his name on the test tube and they had to throw it out? If it is a technicality like that it looks very bad for Braun, if it is something like the first test gave a false positive then its not a big deal.
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Still nothing on mlb.com, they must be working on a substantial piece for tonight. Has Braun said anything, does he have a twitter or youbook or facetube?
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If Braun really won a technicality due to the judgement of Shyman Das, this guy just became Milwaukee's anti-Steve Bartman
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This is literally the entire story on ESPN.com right now: National League MVP Ryan Braun has won the appeal of his 50-game suspension by a 2-1 vote by an arbitration panel, Major League Baseball announced Thursday. http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-appeal-50-game-suspension Nothing else, 1 sentence
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I see no coverage on MLB.com as of now
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I dont think Ive ever wanted to watch sportscenter more than tonight. I bet this will be the 4-5 story and they spend the first 10 minutes talking about Linsanity
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This feels like a huge boost for the team, like we now get a 10 game lead in the division on opening day!
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Journalists should have to get a license like a doctor or engineer and if they report stuff that turns out to be false they should get the license revoked. That would stop all of this constant "source" crap that is just invented because they don't have enough stuff to write about. If people don't want to get the license (like internet speculators and everyone from ESPN) that is fine but then the public will know to never trust anything they say or treat it more as gossip than a legit story
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Long-term extension for one: Greinke or Marcum?
topper09er replied to adambr2's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Here are the top pitcher seasons since Dwight Gooden's monster 1985 using rWAR. [pre]Player WAR Year Tm GS CG SHO W L IP BB SO ERA ERA+ Roger Clemens 10.3 1997 TOR 34 9 3 21 7 264.0 68 292 2.05 222 Pedro Martinez 10.1 2000 BOS 29 7 4 18 6 217.0 32 284 1.74 291 Roger Clemens 9.5 1990 BOS 31 7 4 21 6 228.1 54 209 1.93 213 Zack Greinke 9.0 2009 KCR 33 6 3 16 8 229.1 51 242 2.16 205 Greg Maddux 8.8 1995 ATL 28 10 3 19 2 209.2 23 181 1.63 262 Randy Johnson 8.8 2002 ARI 35 8 4 24 5 260.0 71 334 2.32 197 Bret Saberhagen 8.6 1989 KCR 35 12 4 23 6 262.1 43 193 2.16 180 Jose Rijo 8.6 1993 CIN 36 2 1 14 9 257.1 62 227 2.48 163 Justin Verlander 8.6 2011 DET 34 4 2 24 5 251.0 57 250 2.40 170 Teddy Higuera 8.4 1986 MIL 34 15 4 20 11 248.1 74 207 2.79 156[/pre] Who would have guessed Teddy Higuera makes the list!? -
In reality though, we will see Hart locked into the #1 spot every day and Braun in the #3 spot (whenever he plays) no matter what. Then, Ramirez and Weeks will be locked into the 4/5 spots. Wherever they are on opening day they are staying there the whole season, locked in, no matter what. This raises the important question of the #2 spot. Putting Morgan/Aoki there against RHP should be fine and Gamel is a "rookie" so he needs to hit at the bottom of the order, forget about him batting 2nd. But against lefties I'm not sure what RRR will do. Lucroy might not be a bad option but he is the catcher so he has to bat 8th. that leaves the scary options of Gomez or Gonzalez hitting 2, which I think we will see on the 3rd game of the season vs Jamie Garcia.
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vs RHP Morgan Weeks Braun Hart Gamel Ramirez Lucroy Gonzalez vs LHP Hart Weeks Braun Ramirez Gamel Lucroy Gonzalez Gomez Of course this is impossible because the batting order slot is determined by position in RRR's head, so it would not be possible to have the RFer hitting 4th one day and then go totally crazy by having the 3B hit 4th the next day. vs LHP there is a pretty tough top of the order but also a pretty bad black hole at the bottom. I also think Hart will have his best year, lead the team in HRs and approach 40. I don't want to ever see him batting below 4. I don't mind letting the pitcher hit before Gomez just because I hate when the pitcher bunts Gomez to 2nd when should just steal the base on his own. RRR could never resist using a pitcher to bunt no matter who is on first so letting Gomez hit 9th won't allow him to constantly screw that up.
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Tony Puck? Latest: Plush's Latest Video Lifestyle Adventure
topper09er replied to ilovebeer's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
"The Stanley Cup itself is partially black" very nice, this reminds me of when Larry David thought that he was a gentile and started doing stereotypical manly/outdoor things. -
Basically, RRR's strategy is the analogous to this scenario: You have Albert Pujols on your bench for some reason, bottom of the 8th bases loaded down by 1, and you choose to leave Pujols on the bench because you only want to use him in the 9th because the 9th is more important (and you told him before the game you would use him in the 9th so he might get nervous and under perform if he was used at any other time). So you let the current batter hit and use Pujols to lead off the 9th inning no matter who is due up in the 9th even if it is your 2nd best hitter (just like a manager will pull the 8th inning man even if he strikes out the side and bring in his closer even if he is struggling lately). Very frustrating to watch your best arm sitting in the pen not facing the best hitter with men on base in the 8th inning. Axford>>>KRod, Axford is an elite relief pitcher, possibly the best in the majors, at least based on last season. There is no reason Axford could not pitch more than 1 inning every once in a while.
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What do we still need to address?
topper09er replied to RobDeer 45's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Not for this year but I really hope we extend Greinke this offseason. -
Nyjer Morgan avoids arbitration (1 year, $2.35 million)
topper09er replied to dlk9s's topic in Milwaukee Brewers Talk
Here is the Gomez + Morgan line if you only use their better splits (CarGo vs LHP and Plush vs RHP) 477 PA, .308/.356/.464/.819 which would be good for about a 120 OPS+ plus the average to above average defense from Morgan and best defense in the league from Gomez. -
But 1998 was not an outlier season of prodigious offense feasting on expansion/Milwaukee pitching (in the NL)? Because of this baseball tried to adjust by using the humidor and enforcing a larger strike zone, etc. All the new band box stadiums that opened around that time aided the power boost as well. If McGwire started juicing in 1989 why did it take him until 1998 to hit 70 HRs? Because he was injured, I thought steroids made you heal from injuries faster?
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McGwire and Canseco stopped being teammates in 1993, why did Mac wait until 1998 to hit significantly more HRs than he did as a rookie? What was the biggest change for him in 1998? A new stadium that was much more hitter friendly compared to the Oakland Coliseum.
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Brady Anderson is far from the first guy to have a huge power season compared to the rest of his career. I guess Roger Maris was juicing in 1961 also. Palmeiro joined the O's in 1994, why did Brady Anderson wait until 1996 to have his breakout season? Did Rafy have him on the 2 year steroid plan?
