Ryan Braun: NL MVP Doesn't Deserve to Be Off the Hook for Failed Drug Test on day true story
Ryan Braun's victory in court was a great moment for him, but it does not end the saga of his failed drug test.
The 2011 National League MVP had his 50-game suspension overturned by an arbitration panel last week, but there are still plenty of questions that have to be answered.
Dino Laurenzi Jr., the sample collector who handled Braun's test, has been under heavy fire due to his role in getting the suspension overturned. He was supposed to deliver the sample to the laboratory to be evaluated, but was unable to immediately do so because FedEx offices within 50 miles of Miller Park would not ship on Saturday or Sunday.
He released a statement, speaking out against anyone who thinks that he did anything wrong with the sample while it was in his possession.
"I followed the same procedure in collecting Mr. Braun's sample as I did in the hundreds of other samples. At no point did I tamper in any way with the samples. This situation has caused great emotional distress for me and my family."
"It is my understanding that the samples were received at the laboratory with all tamper resistant seals intact."
Braun may have found a way to get off on a technicality, but the more information that comes out, the more questions you have about what really happened.
According to reports (here from the Los Angeles Times), Braun's test had the highest levels of testosterone ever seen in the history of baseball's drug-testing program.
Has your opinion of Ryan Braun changed in the last week?
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Yes, in a positive way
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Yes, in a negative way
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No
Has your opinion of Ryan Braun changed in the last week?
While the 44- to 48-hour gap between Braun's test and the lab getting the sample was the defense he used to get off, no one who has handled the test said anything about it being tampered with.
Surely, if there was some reasonable doubt about the authenticity of the test, a doctor would have said something.
Braun said at his press conference last week that he had "learned about the collector, collection process, about the entire thing that made us very concerned and very suspicious about what could have actually happened."
Perhaps there are legal reasons preventing Braun from saying exactly what those details are, but his vague responses and lack of hard information about why he failed a drug test leaves a lot of unanswered questions.
Major League Baseball has maintained that the sample came from Braun and has been given no reason to think that it was tampered with.
Nothing that Braun has said or done over the last week has provided thorough answers for why he failed the test. That is the most important issue here, and until answers come out, doubts will always be there.
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