Ryan Braun Wins Appeal

[TallTitan34]

Won't be suspended.

Complete joke.  I wouldn't mind if it was reduced but dropped?

So it is acceptable to have 4 times the normal amount of testosterone because you have an STD.

[dwaderoy2004]

apparently they won on a technicality.  They didn't dispute the result of the test, just that the process is flawed in some way.  BS.

[TallTitan34]

A dangerous precedent has been set.

[Mu2323]

Will not be suspended 50-games

[SaveOD238]

+1000000

[TallTitan34]

MLB released a statement where they "strongly disagree" with the third party's decision to overturn it. 

[Warriors10]

A dangerous precedent has been set.

No such thing as precedent in arbitration cases.

[jaybilaswho?]

Manny Ramirez is now rushing to MLB offices to appeal his suspension.

[TallTitan34]

Don't put that in teal.  Why wouldn't he appeal?  I'm sure he could find a technicality as well.

[Abode4life]

Have they said what the technicality is?

[cheebs09]

Have they said what the technicality is?

According to national writers on twitter, the defense centered around the chain of custody being broken for 2 days and left unprotected. With the rumor that there were two other Brewers who had very high levels, but were thrown out, it could be fairly reasonable to assume someone tampered with it.

Now ESPN is saying that the courier was supposed to take it to FedEx on Saturday, but was not sure it was open, so took it home and sent it out Monday.

[monkeyman34]

It's BS he isn't suspended because MLB didn't know where his test sample was for 2 whole days? Give me a break. MLB and ESPN are the idiots right now, not Braun. He passed 3 other tests during the year, and failed one, which was "missing" for 2 days.

[Benny B]

Won't be suspended.

Complete joke.  I wouldn't mind if it was reduced but dropped?

So it is acceptable to have 4 times the normal amount of testosterone because you have an STD.

If the testosterone trigger was the result of a prescription medication he is on, Braun would probably be happy with any STD rather than what he actually may have.

There are certain illnesses you don't make fun of or take joy when your enemy is stricken with it... cancer, AIDS, Alzheimers, etc.  I would highly suggest anyone wanting to toss the "herpes" thing around wait to see what it is they actually may be reveling about --- unless you don't believe in karma.

[SacWarrior]

Brewers fans will see it as vindication.

Cubs fans will see it as a miscarriage of justice.

Well I'm a happy man today at least. Come see me at the bar tonight Cubs fans, we can both get drunk for opposite reasons

[mu03eng]

According to national writers on twitter, the defense centered around the chain of custody being broken for 2 days and left unprotected. With the rumor that there were two other Brewers who had very high levels, but were thrown out, it could be fairly reasonable to assume someone tampered with it.

Now ESPN is saying that the courier was supposed to take it to FedEx on Saturday, but was not sure it was open, so took it home and sent it out Monday.

If I'm Braun I sue ESPN.  If they don't leak the report on the  test and everything happens normally, no one knows about this.  The difficult part would be proving how much earning power he has lost as a result for the damages part.  How this isn't a HIPPA violation to report it is a mystery to me, but then again I've never stayed in a Holiday Inn Express

[TallTitan34]

If I'm Braun I sue ESPN.  If they don't leak the report on the  test and everything happens normally, no one knows about this.  The difficult part would be proving how much earning power he has lost as a result for the damages part.  How this isn't a HIPPA violation to report it is a mystery to me, but then again I've never stayed in a Holiday Inn Express

They didn't report anything that wasnt true.  What would you sue for?

[BlindboyPatSmith]

If I'm Braun I sue ESPN.  If they don't leak the report on the  test and everything happens normally, no one knows about this.  The difficult part would be proving how much earning power he has lost as a result for the damages part.  How this isn't a HIPPA violation to report it is a mystery to me, but then again I've never stayed in a Holiday Inn Express

+1

Why sue?  because his rights were violated per the collective bargaining agreement with MLB and the union.  In addition this has got to be a HIPPA violation

[mu03eng]

They didn't report anything that wasnt true.  What would you sue for?

The HIPPA violation because those are protected medical tests....again thats what as a loyal Law and Order viewer knowledge says.  I could be wildly wrong.  Additionally, they reported no one had appealed successfully a test, which is also not true.

[TallTitan34]

Jeff Passan twitter:

Sources: Braun sample sat over the weekend in FedEx shop. Wasn't delivered until Monday. Chain-of-custody argument from lawyers won case.

[dwaderoy2004]

Actually that is true.  No mlber has successfully appealed before braun.  See the JS article.

[TallTitan34]

Brewers fans will see it as vindication.

Cubs fans will see it as a miscarriage of justice.

Well I'm a happy man today at least. Come see me at the bar tonight Cubs fans, we can both get drunk for opposite reasons

Vindication for what?  He didn't win the case because he is clean.  He won because the sample sat at FedEx and wasn't shipped until Monday.

[TallTitan34]

I don't think HIPAA covers steroid testing by an employee's employeer.  If it did MLB wouldn't be able to announce that players were suspended for failing.

[in_lazar_we_trust]

The result of the test was that he had twice as much testosterone in his sample than any player in MLB history.  You can't change the result in arbitration, it is the result.  You can only challenge how the test was done and argue that something must have gone wrong, and point out any flaws in the process, the test, the chain of custody (possibility for mix-up, tampering, or contamination), etc.

[mu03eng]

I don't think HIPAA covers steroid testing by an employee's employeer.  If it did MLB wouldn't be able to announce that players were suspended for failing.

Players sign a waiver of HIPAA in those instances, there is an agreement in place is my understanding....different for a new organization to report on it.

[4everwarriors]

Just like O.J.'s trial. When ya got the facts on your side, argue da facts. When ya got the law on your side, argue the law. When you got neither, muddy the waters. That, my friends, is Law 101.