The Scoundrel HOF

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Braun wasn't looking to become a better player, but he was looking to become as close as possible to the player he'd always been.

Oddly, when he quit using banned substances he became a lesser player. How does that work?

Originally Posted by the 'stache

Braun cheated, but lied about it, but people need to understand why he did. The Brewers are a small market team, and we haven't been to the World Series since 1982. Long before this whole mess started, Braun made a commitment to the Brewers, and the people of Wisconsin, that he wanted to bring them a World Series. He has done a lot of good for the people in southeast Wisconsin, and he's invested a lot of his own time, and money, to help improve the city, and help the people that live there.

Well, if it's a small market team and Braun made a commitment, then I totally get it. We should all pitch in and buy him some more 'healing cream'. It's only right.

Originally Posted by the 'stache

All you have to do is look at the numbers he put up against the Diamondbacks to see that the rehabilitation regiment, combined with the substances he took, did help him heal up. That is why he did what he did, and that is what he said when he admitted fault.

So I guess his 2014 numbers were because the world traumatized the guy so much that he couldn't be expected to perform as he had in 'the cream' days?

Originally Posted by the 'stache

I am far from perfect, so I'm not going to sit here in judgement over another human being that has admitted the error of their ways. Braun has suffered enough. And as a Brewer fan, I think I have, too.

So as long as a liar admits he lied AFTER he is caught, then it's okay? Even ARod managed to do that.