Dan Patrick citing source Ryan Braun may be exonerated in drug test by MLB. Says it was not a personal reason for positive test.
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Not holding my breath, but it sure would be great.
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by DEUCE SLUICE on Jan 23, 2012 9:34 AM CST reply actions 1 recs
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DP says he source said that the other two players tested at the same time as Braun showed elevated levels of testosterone.
If there’s enough doubt about the handling of the samples that really, truly could win the appeal.
Still with Deuce on this one. It would be great if this comes out as true. Almost, though not quite as good, would be the outspoken “writers” eating crow afterwards.
by ecocd on Jan 23, 2012 11:44 AM CST up reply actions 2 recs
So agree on the "writers"...
Their holier than thou attitude and unilateral and absolute condemnation has been particularly annoying. I’m sure if this pans out and the ban is lifted they’ll pretend they never took these stances.
Given that they took the stance in the first place
there’s a fair chance they’ll defend them, anyway. They did write them under the assumption of guilty before proven innocent. With some twisted, torture logic, it’s a viable defense.
They'll say the league buried the test results of its MVP.
"fortunate, but also lucky"
by Ted Simmons Speed Camp on Jan 23, 2012 11:10 PM CST up reply actions
Huh.
I wish I knew more about the science behind the testosterone/epitestosterone ratio and what qualifies as an extraordinarily elevated level of testosterone.
It’s like if an OWI defendant was alleged to have blown some ungodly number on the Breathilyzer, like a 0.45 or something — that’d raise an eyebrow and I’d know I’d have something to talk about in court.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
Especially if two other people that night blew .25s on the same machine
when they had passed the field sobriety tests.
hopefully his "source" is more reliable than the guy who said Prince and the Nats was a done deal
and thanks Jim Bowden for starting that frenzy.
"That's not a weird stat. Rickie is a run-scorer," Yost said. "It doesn't matter. It doesn't matter," Yost told reporters. "See, you guys have no concept. He's a run-scorer. So there's nothing weird about it. That's what he does."
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I called the dentist for my wife to cancel an appointment for her because she has the flu. The receptionist said I was not allowed to cancel the appointment because of HIPPA. Shouldnt Brauns elevated results have been protected by HIPPA as well? How can OTL not have any consequences for reporting this story before all the facts have been gathered? Even if Brauns name is cleared he will be guilty to many in the court of public opinion. I am hoping this resolved soon and he can start rebuilding his image.
by TexTexington on Jan 23, 2012 1:23 PM CST via mobile reply actions
If someone was in violation of HIPAA, it is the person who leaked the story to OTL.
I hate Yuni.
by BrewCrewBrian on Jan 23, 2012 1:43 PM CST up reply actions
This.
That dog just won't hunt.
by Bush League All Star on Jan 23, 2012 2:16 PM CST up reply actions
if Braun is cleared, he could press charges for defamation of character against OTL and the person who leaked the test results. It is a clear violation of HIPPA, and OTL could be forced to say who the source is with the lawsuit, and that person would lose their job. Though, I dont know how that could rebuild his image, I think Braun’s best move is to just move forward regardless of what the arbitrator decides.
A defamation suit against OTL would be very difficult to win.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
Filing it at all is the point
It’s all about PR and simply filing the suit and then quietly dropping it a while later would make the point. As long as the claims aren’t entirely baseless (and it wouldn’t be entirely), it should’ve have any countersuit legal repercussions. ESPN would just want it to go away.
Yeah, maybe.
But people said the same thing about Clemens suing McNamara — i.e., it’s enough to file it with little or no hope of winning, etc. — and people still think Clemens is full of shit. I dunno, I just don’t see much benefit to it.
We pull our pants up and do our jobs here.
Two other teammates tested with him?
Theory: Tony Plush secretes some type of flubber-like substances that messed up all the tests.
If Plush had to pick Wearwolf or Vampire, I'm a Wearwolf!
by SRB on Jan 23, 2012 5:03 PM CST reply actions 2 recs
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