Thursday, February 23, 2012

Ryan Braun Sample, Refrigerator, FedEx

This is really weird.

I love Ryan Braun, but I wouldn't keep his urine in my refrigerator.

From the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel:

The Journal Sentinel has confirmed that MLB officials are upset because arbitrator Shyam Das did not rule in Braun's favor because he decided the positive test was wrong. He ruled in Braun's favor in essence because of a chain of custody dispute.

Apparently, and I see ESPN is reporting this, too, the official who collected the sample did not get it to FedEx in time to ship it in the prescribed manor to the MLB testing lab in Montreal. Instead, he took it home, put it in a refrigerator and sent it out the next day.

Apparently, Das ruled that the specimen should have been left at FedEx anyway. So, it all comes down to chain of custody and the proper delivery of the urine sample.

So, in essence, it was a tecnnicality that helped Braun get exonerated. But the result is still the one he and the Brewers wanted.

This still doesn't explain Braun's off the charts testosterone level.

The "custody" issue doesn't address that.

This is lame. A lot of questions remain unanswered.

Is it possible that MLB and Braun are caught up in a struggle that involves privacy violations?

I think Braun has a strong case against MLB. He should pursue that. Vehemently.

4 comments:

Tim said...

I guess it is a technicality, but I think it does reduce the credibility of the test.

Mary said...

It's a major screw-up.

Unknown said...

Y do u suppose a Business that Generates 4.7 billion annually would let Ryan Brauns Urine sample be in someones refrigerator

MLB makes 4.7 billion annually,yet somehow a Urine sample ended up in a
refrigerator of some random courier?
Selig wants 2 suspend AFTER the ALLSTAR game.Like the Pimp,having his"girls"arrested AFTER collecting their nights earnings!

The PED witchhunt is about$$$ and CONTROL.Bud Selig is a Pimp.He pretended NOT to know about SOSA/MAguire to get fans back and collect monies from viewership and fan attendance.
Now once again Fans attendance was DOWN and FANS were Apathetic,NOW SUDDENLY from a CUBAN Vegetable Patch springs
Yasui Puig.Who hits farther,throws farther runs faster than ANY HUMAN player in MLB. Now lets ALL grow up here: Whats more likely, Puig is on PED's and SELIG looks the OTHER way
to once again collect dollars from
growing fan attendance and viewership
or he was found in SMALLVILLE,Cuba the son of the cuban Martha and Jonathan KENT?

Maximus Aurelius said...

Bud Selig and the OWNERS of MLB wish with ALL their hearts that they could OWN thier PLAYERS the way the NFL does.Being able to sign partial guaranteed monies and having the ability to fire at will.
MLB and the SHADOWY,COMPROMISED,DEGENERATE overseer Bud Selig.Sit in a remote room and go over cost analysis.They are trying to MAXIMIZE fan dollars and fan attendance vs player salaries.Braun was "exonerated" and Puig has NOT been implicated because THESE players are not making MAJOR Money and yet they are CARRYING the SPORT.
I guarentee as soon as PUIG starts to ask for Major MONEY, he will Be implicated in a PED scandal.ANYONE who thinks PUIG is not sippin the "JUICE" cup, I would like to sell you 1,000 shares of New York Jets Stock