ESPN News - Sources: NL MVP Ryan Braun facing 50-game suspension after testing positive for PEDs
I received that in my email.
ESPN News - Sources: NL MVP Ryan Braun facing 50-game suspension after testing positive for PEDs
I received that in my email.
False negatives are as real as positives, not all drug tests are perfect.
Would it be possible for him to learn the results immediately? And, if so, would he simply have taken the test again on the same day? It that's the case, and the second one was negative, he might actually have a chance at a successful appeal.
“Every level he goes to, he is going to compete. They will know who he is at every level he goes to.” -- ED on EDLC
No mention yet on mlb.com (despite Braun releasing a statement), don't want to damage the product.
He deserves the benefit of the doubt.
"This isn’t stats vs scouts - this is stats and scouts working together, building an organization that blends the best of both worlds. This is the blueprint for how a baseball organization should be run. And, whether the baseball men of the 20th century like it or not, this is where baseball is going."---Dave Cameron, U.S.S. Mariner
Most damming part of it. The test was done twice on the same first sample.
Braun, 28, was tested during the playoffs and notified of the positive result in late-October. Elevated levels of testosterone in Braun's system triggered the positive test, which prompted MLB to ask the testing agency to perform a second test. The second test determined that the testosterone was synthetic, meaning it was produced outside of Braun's body.
Hoping to change my username to 75769024
Yeah 75, thats the part that makes it hard to wriggle off the hook. There is a vial of blood or urine sample drawn from his body that contains synthetic testosterone.
"Braun asked to be retested"
To me that means another blood draw/urine sample/whatever.
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