Braun Suspended for Balance of the 2013 Season

kmac32 · #1 07-23-2013, 12:22 PM

Did some reading and Braun's first red flag in 2011 was due to an elevated testosterone level found upon testing. That alone is highly suggestive of PED use even if the sample was not handled according to the MLB guidelines. Too bad MLB didn't get on top of things and due further testing to confirm the suspicion back in 2011. His current admission indicates the initial testing was accurate.

cubsfan-budman · #2 07-23-2013, 12:32 PM

He can't say that he used PEDs because many of them are not just banned by baseball, but they're illegal...meaning if he admitted he used them, he could go to jail.

You won't hear what he did until his memoirs come out in 30 years.

ScottFandango · #3 07-23-2013, 12:48 PM

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Originally Posted by cubsfan-budman

He can't say that he used PEDs because many of them are not just banned by baseball, but they're illegal...meaning if he admitted he used them, he could go to jail.

You won't hear what he did until his memoirs come out in 30 years.

I just can't wait......

Maybe the Feds will go after him for transporting illegal substances across state borders and make him the next BONDZ...That would make a good read

drcy · #4 07-23-2013, 12:50 PM

A lot of players get in trouble for illegally taking prescription medicine-- meaning taking it without a doctor's prescription. Steroids and HGH are legal if and only if prescribed by a physician. And, in fact, MLB does on rare occasion allow players to take steroids or HGH if they have legitimate, physician identified medical reason that requires the treatment. In recent years one actively playing MLB player was allowed to use HGH because he had a genetic medical condition.

Duly note that federal law states that steroids cannot be prescribed for athletic performance reasons.

ScottFandango · #5 07-23-2013, 12:52 PM

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Originally Posted by drcy

A lot of players get in trouble for illegally taking prescription medicine-- meaning taking it without a doctor's prescription. Steroids and HGH are legal IF prescribed by an physician. And, in fact, MLB has allowed at least one player to take HGH, because he had a legitimate medical reason.

Prescription pain killers are taken legally in the US everyday. But normal citizens do go to jail for forging prescriptions to get them.

Lastly, federal law states tat steroids cannot be prescribed for athletic performance. Any use of them for athletic performance is by definition against the law.

My point exactly.....

ScottFandango · #6 07-23-2013, 02:10 PM

He was known to be taking steroids (special testosterone blend) from tony Bosch..this is fact according to reporters following this for tears

END OF STORY. PED USER CAUGHT AFTER DENYING AND THROWING PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS WHO WERE INNOCENT

the 'stache · #7 07-23-2013, 02:59 PM

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Originally Posted by ScottFandango

He was known to be taking steroids (special testosterone blend) from tony Bosch..this is fact according to reporters following this for tears

END OF STORY. PED USER CAUGHT AFTER DENYING AND THROWING PEOPLE UNDER THE BUS WHO WERE INNOCENT

Show me a story where these reporters have stated factually that Braun was using some special blend of testosterone from Tony Bosch. Because when I Google Ryan Braun Tony Bosch and special blend, the only result I see that has a "special blend", or a "special testosterone blend" is your post. I don't see one more article anywhere in the first three pages. If this were a fact, this would be all over the internet.

So, please, link me to even one story where a reporter has gone on the record stating "it is fact that Bosh supplied Braun with a special blend of testosterone".

drcy · #8 07-23-2013, 03:05 PM

I think it was a special blend of Kool Aid. Only sold in Wisconsin.

ScottFandango · #9 07-23-2013, 03:30 PM

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Originally Posted by the 'stache

Show me a story where these reporters have stated factually that Braun was using some special blend of testosterone from Tony Bosch. Because when I Google Ryan Braun Tony Bosch and special blend, the only result I see that has a "special blend", or a "special testosterone blend" is your post. I don't see one more article anywhere in the first three pages. If this were a fact, this would be all over the internet.

So, please, link me to even one story where a reporter has gone on the record stating "it is fact that Bosh supplied Braun with a special blend of testosterone".

Check out TJ QUINN'S podcast with mike and mike...I think you will find its eye opening Bill.....TJ is an investigative reporter who has been following Braun for a year or so...he said they uncovered an EXTENSIVE DOPING PROGRAM by BRAUN mainly involving a special testosterone blend made by Bosch ...the evidence was so overwhelming that Braun ran away yesterday without one public appearance....

the 'stache · #10 07-23-2013, 02:54 PM

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Originally Posted by kmac32

Did some reading and Braun's first red flag in 2011 was due to an elevated testosterone level found upon testing. That alone is highly suggestive of PED use even if the sample was not handled according to the MLB guidelines. Too bad MLB didn't get on top of things and due further testing to confirm the suspicion back in 2011. His current admission indicates the initial testing was accurate.

Elevated testosterone alone is not an indication of drug use. Some people have medical conditions that naturally produce high levels of testosterone. Hyperthyroidism, for one. Now of course, if an athlete has one of these conditions, you'd think they would report it to MLB. Failing to do so would not be a sufficient reason for having a suspension overturned.

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