Comments on: We may never hear Shyam Das’ explanation for overturning Ryan Braun’s suspension

By: thefreaksfg

thefreaksfg — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:52:42 +0000

It’s my embarrassing mistake. I’ve actually followed this closely and have debated multiple people about it. Didn’t mean to say HGH.. honest mistake.

By: thefreaksfg

thefreaksfg — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 22:50:03 +0000

Honest mistake: meant to say testosterone, not HGH.

By: Gamera the Brave

Gamera the Brave — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 18:37:39 +0000

Dumbass. Ignorant dumbass…

By: nightman13

nightman13 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:56:33 +0000

According to who?

By: blabidibla

blabidibla — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:53:40 +0000

The *SEALS* on the cups are signed and verified by both parties.

By: lanflfan

lanflfan — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 16:01:45 +0000

Unacceptable. I can forgive delaying the release while the respective talking heads do their thing, but both sides have a lot to lose by not releasing the opinion.

Braun continues to be absolutely guilty in my eyes. I’ve seen no evidence to adequately explain the excessive test results, and a whiny cryptic answer doesn’t cut it. Only a silly policy on sample collection got him off (on a technicality).

MLB also needs to be clear with us, the fans. One side of their mouth says “we want MLB drug free”, but the other side says something totally different when it is a major star.

If all parties want us, the fans, to take the steroid policy seriously, and believe that it will work, they need to come 100% clean on this case.

By: nightman13

nightman13 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:54:24 +0000

The container was not signed, the paperwork with it was signed. The collectors have access to hundreds of sample cups, those that believe that something happened to the sample believe that it wasn’t even Braun’s urine that was submitted.

That’s why Braun offered to have DNA testing done to prove the sample wasn’t even his.

By: nightman13

nightman13 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:50:09 +0000

Actually they weren’t. They were significantly higher than any previously recorded test. So obviously that shouldn’t raise a red flag because clearly he’s gained a ton of body mass, saw a huge spike in performance and has a history of positive tests.

Wait, what? He’s been the same size his whole career, performed at consistently high levels and his performance has been very consistent his whole career? So shouldn’t that be considered kind of odd that all of the sudden he tests ridiculously high despite showing no signs of a PED user?

Well, why let logic and objectivity get in the way of a good ol’ fashioned witch hunt and stoning!!!

By: saints97

saints97 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:41:00 +0000

And, by the way, 80:1 ratio would still not be “never seen before” or “unprecedented” as the Braun camp had indicated early on. There have been lab workers on record as saying they have seen over 100:1.

By: saints97

saints97 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:37:36 +0000

Brewcrew, Braun is the first to be public knowledge, but more than one player, including Jimmy Rollins, have stated that they know for a fact that others have won appeals.

By: saints97

saints97 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:35:48 +0000

Musky, that was an early report that was never corroborated. All later reports had his levels between 20:1 and 30:1, with the vast majority saying 20:1.

By: stlouis1baseball

stlouis1baseball — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:30:07 +0000

“If you’re not cheating you’re not trying.”

Respectfully,
Pete Rose

By: rmalmstrom

rmalmstrom — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:46:05 +0000

I confused Shyam Das with M Night Shyamalan. That would be a cool response though.

By: muskyhunter2542

muskyhunter2542 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:42:36 +0000

His testosterone was at an 80-1 when most of us men are at a 4-1 level.

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/david_epstein/12/12/ryan.braun.test/index.html

By: bravojawja

bravojawja — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:13:10 +0000

More importantly, what happened to whoever leaked the results? Isn’t this whole process supposed to be confidential?

By: mrznyc

mrznyc — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 11:59:03 +0000

Synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic, synthetic!

By: brewcrewfan54

brewcrewfan54 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 10:58:42 +0000

Braun is the first Major Leaguer to win his appeal amd that’s the only case I’m talking about. Besides, I don’t believe minor leaguers are part of the union so I don’t know who their representation is in their appeals process.

By: stercuilus65

stercuilus65 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 09:39:13 +0000

lardin – Apr 23, 2012 at 8:40 PM

“The magic bullet theory, Aliens live among us, Armstrong never landed on the moon, and the most recent but definately (sic) not last or least, MLB is covering up for their golden boy, who plays for the Commissioners former team..”

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Actually you left out the best magic bullet theories…

A) A sample taker with years and hundreds of successful complaint free samples taken was out to get Braun because he was a Cubs fan and he or his 15 year old son managed to break the tamper proof seals to inject synthetic testosterone into Braun’s sample and then replaced them with identical perfectly forged seals. Devious I tell you!

Or…

B) The properly stored sample which showed no signs of degradation at the laboratory somehow, without precedent, spontaneously generated synthetic testosterone by itself in a Braun signed sealed container. Adding to the miracle is the fact that the longer a sample sits the testosterone level decreases! Hand of God stuff here I tell you what with Ryan the innocent victim.

And finally the biggest BS story..

C) Braun is a stand up guy! After all part of being a stand up guy is throwing innocent workingman sample takers under the bus with sleazy innuendo at a press conference in a desperate attempt to avoid responsibility for his own actions. Yep, Ryan Braun, stand up guy!

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:53:53 +0000

Since just before he took that fateful leak.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:52:15 +0000

Not only bigoted and crazy, but stupid too. Shayam Das is an Indian-American.

Oh, right, let’s not forget what a moron we’re dealing with here – that’s Indian as in from India.

By: Old Gator

Old Gator — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:43:14 +0000

…which indicates to me that he was doing steroids after all. No one can jump that far on vitamins alone.

By: Walk

Walk — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:13:35 +0000

Seems to me if no explanation is offered because of changes in policy then those very changes are reason for the ruling. Of course we may be lead to believe that in order for them to keep from issuing a statement not based in fact. I prefer the former but latter is a possibility not just because of the pending nondisclosure agreement which seems a touch revisionist since it is being applied after the fact.

By: cur68

cur68 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 04:12:00 +0000

César Millán Favela lives among you and, until he became a dog whisperer, was an illegal alien, so yeah, aliens…

By: churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged

churchoftheperpetuallyoutraged — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:54:22 +0000

So not just batshit insane, but a bigot to boot! I bet the ladies are just beating down your door aren’t they?

By: micker716

micker716 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:35:35 +0000

Just piling on; You are indeed an idiot.

By: saints97

saints97 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:25:06 +0000

The arbitrator has ruled in favor of the players before this. Braun was not the first to win his appeal.

By: ditto65

ditto65 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:23:02 +0000

Lance Armstrong landed on the moon?

By: brewcrewfan54

brewcrewfan54 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:19:08 +0000

To say the MLBpA had mich to do with the not fuilty result is silly.
Did you read about the process at all? Do you know how it works? There’s 3 parties at the end of these appeals that decide the end. One is the MLBPA rep who has always voted for not guilty. The 2nd is the MLB rep who has always voted guilty and then there’s the independant arbitrator who up until this time always ruled in favor of MLB. So it seems the MLBPA has very little power in the appeals process.

By: jimbo1949

jimbo1949 — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 02:00:55 +0000

spoil sport

By: djpostl

djpostl — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 01:57:29 +0000

Are you an idiot? Where did HGH come from? Has not one damn thing to do with this case lol.