Braun wins appeal

[Elliotte Friedman]

Tom Haudricourt just tweeted -- story to come

EDIT -- Here is his first blog:

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/140213003.html

 

[Dick Whitman]

Wow.

 

[Gutter]

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/140213003.html

 

[rmanfredi]

Wow. I guess that explains the delay. If they throw it out because he had a banned substance in his system but it was an "accident," this is going to open up a huge can of worms moving forward.

Subpoena from Congress arriving on Mr. Selig's doorstep in 3...2...1...

 

[YGBFKM]

Damn, Bubbler must be ecstatic. Gonna be a long night for an unfortunate deer. :D

 

[RickStain]

If you throw enough crap at a wall, a bit of it is bound to stick.

 

[Boom_70]

No doubt the back story will be the most interesting part of outcome.

 

[YGBFKM]

If you throw enough crap at a wall, a bit of it is bound to stick.

Are you giving away your posting secret?

 

[Dick Whitman]

The one appeal I remember working was Diana Taurasi's in Turkey, and that was because there were due process concerns with the lab protocol.

 

[MightyMouse]

AP just moved an alert that says the suspension was upheld.

 

[RickStain]

Or did he?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/national-league-mvp-ryan-brauns-50-game-suspension-upheld-by-arbitrator/2012/02/23/gIQAHOILWR_story.html

Make up your mind, internets.

 

[Gutter]

Damn, Bubbler must be ecstatic. Gonna be a long night for an unfortunate deer. :D

I've got my supplies.

 

[Uncle.Ruckus]

Before the board's Brewers fans start sucking each other's dicks, did any of you read the story?

He won the appeal 2-1 on a technicality.

"Someone familiar with the decision said the appeal went Braun's way not so much on contesting the result of the test but the testing process itself, some kind of technicality. And it was arbitrator Shyam Das who decided to rule in favor on that technicality, making it a 2-1 decision by the three-man panel."

Congratulations. He skated on a technicality. He's probably about as innocent as OJ.

 

[Gutter]

Or did he?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/national-league-mvp-ryan-brauns-50-game-suspension-upheld-by-arbitrator/2012/02/23/gIQAHOILWR_story.html

Make up your mind, internets.

AP has already said it ****ed up.

 

[old_tony]

For reasons I do not understand, his appeal working will **** off a lot of SJ posters.

 

[Dick Whitman]

Before the board's Brewers fans start sucking each other's dicks, did any of you read the story?

He won the appeal 2-1 on a technicality.

"Someone familiar with the decision said the appeal went Braun's way not so much on contesting the result of the test but the testing process itself, some kind of technicality. And it was arbitrator Shyam Das who decided to rule in favor on that technicality, making it a 2-1 decision by the three-man panel."

Congratulations. He skated on a technicality. He's probably about as innocent as OJ.

So a lot like Taurasi then.

That's embarrassing. They need to shore this **** up. Let USADA do it.

 

[RickStain]

Well, good for him. Everyone else is getting away with it, no reason he should be singled out.

 

[MightyMouse]

Overturned? Upheld? Who knew they had different meanings?

 

[Dick Whitman]

For reasons I do not understand, his appeal working will **** off a lot of SJ posters.

Here's why it pisses me off: Because it makes MLB look like a Mickey Mouse operation that can't run a testing program.

 

[LongTimeListener]

Or did he?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/nationals/national-league-mvp-ryan-brauns-50-game-suspension-upheld-by-arbitrator/2012/02/23/gIQAHOILWR_story.html

Make up your mind, internets.

I'm reminded of the scene in "The Office" where Michael was mortified that Kevin's cancer test came back negative.

Anyway, you said it, Rick -- ****, wall, etc.