JackNicholson1974

The way Braun is acting you would think he was on the stuff for his entire adult life. If it was to come back from injury in 2011, make a statement, pull an Andy Pettitte and explain that you were injured, team was in a race, you wanted to get back. Havent taken since end of playoffs in 2011. This isnt that hard to come back from in a PR standpoint. The truth will set you free, and 99% of the public is ticked about being lied to and the 1% ticked about using are crotchety old sports writers.

So are you saying you still believe he didnt take something? If Braun were 100% guilty he would have continued to fight. As an attorney, when my clients are facing a large pile of evidence that shows they are guilty, I recommend we cut a deal to save time, money, expense and most importantly to mitigate their damages. Why would MLB conspire to have him fail a test, only to NOT conspire to have the arbitrator rule against him, and then reconspire to get Braun involved with Biogenesis and then have Braun give into a deal after he fought and won the first time? Time to accept the fact he did this. You know, I know and Yovani Gallardo should know it. EDIT - Also, you can be a juror in one of my cases any time.

I agree that the sensationalizing media can be ridiculous sometimes, but if Yo really believes this, I don't even know what to say anymore. Gallardo then went on to question the moon landing and insisted 9/11 was an inside job.

Paul Molitor using cocaine did not make him a better player than those who chose not to break the law (or the rules of baseball) by using cocaine. Cocaine could definitely help. It is a stimulant. It is moronic to use, it could kill you in one dose, but it could help.

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Too late.

Molitor was on coke in the 80s. I guarantee that helped him some days. What this shows, again, and if the PR people had half a brain they would figure this out, is that the cover up is ALWAYS worse then the crime. ALWAYS.

what the?

At long last baseball's national nightmare is over.

Honestly, if Illitch thinks K-Rod and Aoki would win him the WS this year, he'd trade any prospect.

Id rather get this Castellanos than another Zach Jackson. K-Rod and axford/henderson + the supp pick for Castellanos?

Are the Sox giving up on Middlebrooks and if so, could that be the return if we paid the rest of this years contract? I dont expect answers, just saying.

Lifetime Ban --> full rebuild this offseason, compete 2016.

So it will be this afternoon? Someone should tweet Haudricourt or McCalvy to see if they are on it. If I recall, there is a chance the Brewers will receive nothing.

I dont think they would. His 2013 salary is deferred, that means the Brewers owe it if he plays 2013 for Milwaukee. Deferring the salary doesnt mean it counts as future salary for performance at later date, it is salary for performance now, payable by the team that employs him now.

This could not be more true, as a side note, completely unrelated to Braun but completely related to the above quote, I have a (crazy) client who is accused of pointing a gun at another and pulling the trigger, amongst other things, but the gun did not fire. Anyway, he is charged with a bunch of stuff but it is all complete hearsay. Trial is set for next week on his demand (we could get longer if he wanted) but the gun has not been fingerprinted yet. Because the case is so flimsy the DA has agreed to dismiss charges if the gun comes back without his fingerprints. My client looks me in the eye and tells me he never touched the gun and his prints are not on it. I tell him great, then we adjourn until the gun is processed and the case will be dismissed against you. He says no, he doesnt want to wait, lets just go to trial without the evidence. He is either crazy (probably), mentally ill (definitely) or lying to me. Dont lie to me. I dont care what you did, I just want to defend you in your best interests.

Paraphrasing Buster Olney - "Players in other locker rooms want Braun out of the game for good, he is a stain on the game" Nice.

I don't understand this line of thinking. If you were forced to meet with people who knowingly paid for any info they could get their hands on to try and nail you and suspend you from your livelihood, would you be willing to cooperate with them, considering they aren't at all interested in your innocence; all they want you to do is admit your guilt? What could Braun possibly say to get them off of his back? If he maintains his innocence MLB will say "You're lying! We're suspending you 100 games!" If Braun implicates himself by admitting PED use, MLB will say "Thanks for being honest! We're suspending you 100 games!" Anyone who was expecting Braun to cooperate is naive because either way he's damned if he does and damned if he doesn't. Silence, on the other hand, cannot be quoted. If my professional and personal reputation were on the line--and if I were at risk of losing millions of dollars in salary--and if I was not guilty of violating a PED charge, I would answer all questions. Though Braun may be getting advice from his lawyers, his union, his agent and/or his family to not answer questions. There's too much that we don't know about this case to comment, including your speculation on the motives and actions of the investigators. I hate the be the bearer of bad news Jim, but in my line of work (criminal defense) often times their idea of "Cooperating" or "answering questions" means you admit what they allege. There is a very, very good chance that MLB came to Braun and said, "we have stuff against you, if you admit it we will suspend 50 games, if you deny 100" and in that instance Braun refused to confess to anything (because he is innocent) and MLB says he isnt Cooperating/answering questions. I see it quite a bit.

This team reminds me of many late 90s early 2000s teams. Core of good hitters, above average bullpen and ZERO starting pitchers.

I forgot what it is like to watch a pitcher who cant throw strikes. This guy is Jeff Juden.

retooling??!! I'll retool you! /Christmas Vacation

This team got old in a hurry. such is life in the new PED-free MLB.

I dont understand why Hellweg is getting the call, when typically developing pitchers takes more time, teams are more cautious, etc. But Hunter Morris and Sean Halton are ignored as fill ins for 1b. Just get rid of Morris and Halton if they are not MLB options.

Im hearing rumblings of August 1st for Hart. Any truth to that?

June 12th and not close to rehab assignment yet? are we talking July at this point?