[net-gold] SPORTS MEDICINE : SPORTS: DRUG AND SUBSTANCE USE AND ABUSE : SPORTS: BASEBALL: PROFESSIONAL: Braun Declares Victory
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SPORTS: BASEBALL: PROFESSIONAL:
Braun Declares Victory
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Braun Declares Victory
Published: February 24, 2012 7:48 PM
Newsday
http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/braun-declares-victory-1.3555920
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PHOENIX -- Ryan Braun stood a few feet from the batter's box and hit back
at those he believes tarnished his name and image. The 2011 NL MVP
insisted Friday that he always believed his 50-game suspension for a
positive drug test would be overturned. "We won," he said with conviction,
"because the truth is on my side. The truth is always relevant, and at the
end of the day, the truth prevailed."
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Braun's suspension was overturned Thursday by an arbitrator. He is the
first major-leaguer to successfully challenge a drug-related penalty in a
grievance.
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"There were a lot of times where I wanted to come out and tell the entire
story, attack everybody as I've been attacked, as my name has been dragged
through the mud, as everything in my entire life has been called into
question," Braun said.
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Braun, 28, expressed disappointment that the confidentiality of his urine
test was broken. ESPN first reported his failed test for a high
testosterone level in October. Braun, who batted .332 with 33 homers and
111 RBIs last year, learned Oct. 19 that his sample tested "three times"
the level of any previous specimen, a fact that he said both startled and
confused him. He said he began "a humanistic" defense by showing
documentation that he never gained a pound, his running times did not
improve and he didn't get any stronger.
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"I truly believe in my heart and I would bet my life that this substance
never entered my body at any point," he said.
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Braun Says Mishandled Drug Sample Led to Overturned Ban
February 24, 2012, 5:59 PM EST
By Eben Novy-Williams
Bloomberg
Business Week
http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-02-24/
braun-says-mishandled-drug-sample-led-to-overturned-ban.html
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/86tt84e
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Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Ryan Braun said mistakes in handling his urine
sample, not something he put in his body, led to the failed drug test that
had threatened to ban the reigning National League Most Valuable Player
for the first 50 games this season.
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Braun said today during a televised news conference at the Milwaukee
Brewers spring-training facility in Phoenix that he was confident the
failed test didnt result from his actions. He declined to go into detail,
citing the best interests of baseball and possible legal action he is
considering.
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An arbitration panel yesterday voted 2-1 to overturn the 50-game ban Braun
faced for the failed test during last years playoffs. Braun, 28, is the
first Major League Baseball player to successfully appeal a drug
suspension.
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If I had done this intentionally, or unintentionally, I would be the first
one to step up and say I did it, Braun said. At the end of the day, the
truth prevailed. I am a victim of a process that completely broke down,
and failed in the way that it was applied to me.
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Braun was found with a performance-enhancing substance in his system last
year as he was leading the Brewers to the National League Championship
Series. He declared his innocence and appealed to the three-member panel
under baseballs drug rules.
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Brauns lawyers focused their appeal on whether the players sample was
delivered promptly to a testing laboratory, he said. Collectors are
instructed to deliver samples to a FedEx shipping center on the day of the
test to preserve anonymity and ensure that the urine isnt contaminated or
misplaced.
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Playoff Testing
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The drug test was given on Saturday, Oct. 1, during the playoffs and then
delivered to a FedEx shipping center on the afternoon of Oct. 3, Braun
said. He added that there were a number of FedEx centers open late on
Saturday evening near both the Brewers Miller Park and the collectors
house, and that he had no idea where the sample was or how it was treated
during the 44-hour window before it was mailed.
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There were a lot of things we learned about the collector, the collection
process, about the way the entire thing worked that made us very concerned
and very suspicious, he said.
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Ryan Braun: 'The truth prevailed'
TOM WITHERS
PHOENIX The Associated Press
Published Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 2:13PM EST
Last updated Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 8:23PM EST
The Globe and Mail
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/
braun-the-truth-prevailed/article2349228/?utm_medium=
Feeds%3A%20RSS%2FAtom&utm_source=Home&utm_content=2349228
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http://tinyurl.com/75l9xrt
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As players, we're held to a standard of 100 per cent perfection regarding
the program, and everybody else associated with that program should be
held to the same standard, he said. We're a part of a process where you're
100 per cent guilty until proven innocent. It's the opposite of the
American judicial system.
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This is my livelihood. This is my integrity. This is my character. This is
everything I have ever worked for in my life being called into question.
We need to make sure we get it right. If you're going to be in a position
where you're 100 per cent guilty until innocent, you can't mess up.
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Soon after Braun's news conference, MLB and the players' association each
released statements defending the testing program. And the head of the
World Anti-Doping Agency, David Howman, said that under his agency's
rules, Braun still would have had to show that the departure from the
rules was related to the test result.
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Our program is not `fatally flawed, MLB executive vice president Rob
Manfred said. Changes will be made promptly to clarify the instructions
provided to collectors regarding when samples should be delivered to FedEx
based on the arbitrator's decision. Neither Mr. Braun nor the MLBPA
contended in the grievance that his sample had been tampered with or
produced any evidence of tampering.
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Arbitrator Shyam Das threw out Braun's ban on Thursday. Das, who has been
baseball's independent arbitrator since 2000, informed the sides of his
decision but did not give them a written opinion. He has 30 days to do so.
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Braun arrived at Milwaukee's facility Friday morning, walking through the
complex's glass front doors to avoid reporters and camera crews waiting
for him around back at the clubhouse entrance. Braun kissed his
girlfriend, Larisa Fraser, before seeing his teammates for the first time
this spring.
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Braun first met with manager Ron Roenicke, who suggested that the star
outfielder also meet privately with Milwaukee's players. The team meeting
was emotional, Braun said.
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Moments before Braun publicly addressed his situation, Roenicke, general
manager Doug Melvin and 16 players took seats behind the first-base dugout
to show their support.
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Outfielder Corey Hart said Braun's case should be a signal for baseball to
fix the testing process.
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Jays' rep agrees with Braun decision
By Ken Fidlin
Toronto Sun
First posted: Friday, February 24, 2012 08:02 PM EST
Updated: Friday, February 24, 2012 08:09 PM EST
http://www.torontosun.com/2012/02/24/jays-rep-agrees-with-braun-decision
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In fact, the process worked exactly as it was designed. Okay, not exactly.
There is the matter of the leak last November that brought Brauns positive
drug test into the public domain before the appeal process had run its
course.
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But aside from that disclosure, the protections worked. The case hinged on
the fact that the guy who tested Braun on a Saturday during the first
round of the playoffs stored the sample at his home until Monday before
sending it to the testing agency in Montreal, against protocol. Did Braun
get off on a technicality? Maybe. But without a pristine chain of custody
of his drug sample, how can anyone be sure?
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Had the leak not happened, the test and the appeal would have been held
secretly. In a perfect world, Braun would have been charged, then would
have won his appeal, shown up at spring training just like hundreds of
other players with nobody the wiser. While MLB might have fumed bitterly
in private, as they are doing now quite publicly, they would not have been
able to betray that trust.
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Now Braun must live with the fact that the vast majority of fans believe
that he cheated, but was able to beat the system.
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Villanueva is troubled about the leak.
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That information should never have been out, he said. We shouldnt even be
talking about this right now. It was supposed to be confidential.
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Baseball takes a hit in Braun case as system's flaws are revealed
Posted: Friday February 24, 2012 10:54AM ;
Updated: Friday February 24, 2012 5:43PM
Tom Verducci
THREE STRIKES
SI.com
CNN
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/
tom_verducci/02/24/ryan.braun.ryan.zimmerman/?xid=cnnbin
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A shorter URL for the above link:
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http://tinyurl.com/7jw9ed4
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Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun, the National League MVP and
favorite son of Selig's hometown, won his appeal of what stood to be a
50-game suspension for a positive drug sample. He was not, despite the
reportage of Aaron (Edward R.) Rodgers, "exonerated." Braun apparently won
his appeal by successfully challenging the sample's chain of custody, not
its elevated level of synthetic testosterone.
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Barring more transparency from Braun, and however unfairly it seems, his
reputation may not be entirely restored. Braun seemed to understand this
reality by referring to the ruling only as "the first step" toward
clearing his name.
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Worse, though, is the hit taken by baseball's drug program, and the suits
realized that immediately, based on the reaction from labor chief Rob
Manfred. The expected reaction would have been to express disappointment
at the ruling by arbitrator Shyam Das, but respect for an important part
of the drug policy, the appeal process. But no, Manfred's statement said
baseball "vehemently disagrees" with Das.
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Baseball's drug policy is, in fact, an industry leader in many ways. But
Selig and Manfred know that in the theatre of drug testing -- and yes,
like airport screening, the theatre of the process is integral to its
effectiveness -- the policy took a broadside hit. The public sentiment is
either that a player can do an end-run around the system if he lawyers up
well enough or that even 10 years after the owners and players agreed to
drug testing they can't even get the collection part of it right.
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The entire drug policy and all past suspensions, despite the knee-jerk
hysteria, are not blown to bits by this ruling. This was one case, argued
very narrowly. Braun found the smallest of loopholes and slipped through
it.
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The idea that the sample, under seal, was tainted with synthetic
testosterone in the 48 hours it was in the custody of the sample collector
does require some mental gymnastics to be made plausible. But if Das
thought it was even possible, he must have felt compelled to rule in
Braun's favor.
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Baseball's drug policy does allow for interim storing of samples ("in a
cool and secure location") before they are shipped to the lab in Montreal
for analysis. But Das must have determined that something about this
interim custody -- how the sample was stored or marked -- at the very
least raised legitimate questions about the sample's integrity.
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