Thoughts On Ryan Braun

In other sports news, Milwaukee Brewers slugger Ryan Braun recently won his appeal to overturn a 50-game suspension for a positive drug test, becoming the first major-leaguer to win such a test.

I'll ask you this:  is he not guilty because there truly was a mistake with the sample, or is he not guilty because he beat the system?

For more reading on how Braun won his appeal, you can go here.   I remain skeptical however.


Again, I'll ask you this:  how does one's testosterone level go up without the help of some sort of performance enhancing drug?  Doesn't seem logical, does it?


However, his career stats don't suggest he was a steroid/HGH user.  As you can see from the numbers, there isn't that typical spike from one year to the next.  Still though, it doesn't pas the smell test for me. Too many of these guys have lied in the past for me to give Braun the benefit of the doubt.  You be the judge.