really? Braun settled a deal with the commish's office to just get suspended for the season. They likely could have pushed for a 100 game suspension instead.
As much as I am convinced Braun used ped's and was continuing to use ped's after he beat the rap, I think what Selig did was bull. I also think that eventually the courts or arbitration will be decided in Brauns favor. There is no real evidence against him this time and Selig is doing this because he knows he is leaving as commissioner and wants to look tough before he goes. The next commish is going to be left with the fallout.
really? Braun settled a deal with the commish's office to just get suspended for the season. They likely could have pushed for a 100 game suspension instead.
Why post about something when you're ignorant about the situation?I didn't know he agreed to it.
I don't know what they have on him, but from what I have read they just have players name on a list or that they visited the clinic which wasn't against the rules at the time.
Fuck Ryan Braun. He beat his last test on a technicality and dragged a bunch of people through the mud with him. I can appreciate a standard of proof, but he went above and beyond in smearing the guy who handled his sample in the media. You know, the guy that probably needs the paycheck and probably didn't do anything wrong. He got off easy, suspended the remainder of the season on a team that wasn't winning anything this year. It'd be a better sport if him and everyone like him never got to play again.
"I can't stand it," Schumaker said. "It needs to be eliminated from the game. I have an autographed Braun jersey I'm going to take down. I don't want my son associating that with what I've worked so hard to do to get to here, and have him compare Braun to me.
"My opinion, it should be one strike and you're out. It's ridiculous they're still doing it one of the main guys, the face of the franchise, the face of baseball, and maybe he's been caught twice. It's ridiculous. He lied. I was convinced he didn't do it. He should hand his MVP to [Dodgers outfielder] Matt Kemp.
"Suspend them all. We need to get it out of baseball."
Good job baseball, keep protecting your stars, show kids that you can cheat and basically get a slap on the wrist. Let's ban someone for doing something AFTER they played the game but let people keep playing that cheating WHILE playing the game.
This would be great for baseball. Look at ARod's numbers with Texas when he admitted to being roided up. It's insane.
Yup, and that's what the fans wanted. Look at the contracts these guys generated for themselves.
Oh yeah, it's only baseball that has this problem btw. All those 6' 6" 240 lb. NBA guys that run around like jack rabbits? Totally natural. :whiste:
Why do we only care when it's baseball or cycling?
Because MLB is much more popular than the NBA.
I'm watching Tim Lincecum pitch for the first time since he fell off of the cliff baseball-wise, and there's no longer a doubt in my mind: The guy was juicing big-time.
I don't know for sure, of course.
But he still has that same delivery that he always did. The only difference is that he throws 5-7 mph slower than he did before. And what's the gain in velocity for a pitcher on PEDs, according to baseball insiders? You guessed it: 5-7 mph.
The fact that his velocity drop occurred almost overnight is also a suspicious factor imo.
I'm an A's fan, but what about Bartolo Colon. Only 40 years old, already suspended 2 years ago, on the Biogenesis investigation list, and currently tied for the league lead in W's. Still plenty of games left to be played, but the A's are looking solid to repeat as division champs partly on the back of a known PEDs user pitching as well as he's pitched in nearly a decade? Hmmmm.I'm watching Tim Lincecum pitch for the first time since he fell off of the cliff baseball-wise, and there's no longer a doubt in my mind: The guy was juicing big-time.
I'm an A's fan, but what about Bartolo Colon. Only 40 years old, already suspended 2 years ago, on the Biogenesis investigation list, and currently tied for the league lead in W's. Still plenty of games left to be played, but the A's are looking solid to repeat as division champs partly on the back of a known PEDs user pitching as well as he's pitched in nearly a decade? Hmmmm.
Having said that, I'm not quite as annoyed as some of you at these offenders. I'm glad some are getting caught and punished, but unfortunately it seems to be a never-ending battle of keeping up with the Joneses (cheaters). I don't mean to imply let them cheat; but rather the Yankees were stupid enough to give A-Rod the huge lifetime extension. A lifetime ban would mostly mean MLB letting the Yankees off the hook more than anything else. A-Rod is financially set whether he gets the rest of his contract and it's pretty clear his baseball career is near rock-bottom, suspension or not.
Note I don't hate the Yankees, but they should live with their decisions. Same as the Rangers overpaying A-Rod by 8 figures, then paying the Yanks to take him off their hands. At this point, a lifetime ban for A-Fraud is essentially a bail-out for the Yankees.
He's had a gradual velocity decrease since his rookie season when he threw in teh mid 90s, and he was dominating the league even throwing in the low 90s in his 2nd Cy Young campaign.
The more obvious answer would be that his motion requires incredible flexibility, and as you age, that's one of the first things to go. So no, you don't really have any idea what you're talking about.