Nothing but respect for Ryan Braun, truly a man of character. After watching the press conf, no doubt he is innocent in my mind. He came off as truly sincere. While one may not be able to take a man for his word or rhetoric, his words and emotions rang true. He is 100% adamant the drugs never entered his body, intentionally or not, for those who didn't see it.
There's also the validity of the test. No documentation showing weight gain, extra strength or speed, etc. Plus being reocrded at 3x the highest amount of testosterone levels ever seen by MLB drug testing. Combine that with improper delivery and his truly sincere words and emotions and disgust with the policy, I simply cannot believe he is anything more than a victim here. If all the facts he reported about the test were true, this test was definitely an anomaly to not be trusted.
I know you could say "well, thats what he would say if he DID do it intentionally"... I don't think thats the case here. Watch it for yourself and tell me if you think otherwise?
I had also heard reports he took 2 tests, the second right after the first test came back positive and the 2nd came back negative. Does anyone know if this is true or just a rumor?
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Basically based on the test not being trustworthy here, plus the matter of his character, which I always thought was very high, I do not believe he took them, intentionally. Probably unintentionally as well, but that part of it can only be reflected by the test results, obv has nothing to do with character.
Though we will never be able to truly "know", unless he admits to it.
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I just watched the press conference on Outside the Lines. Seemed good but he still got off on a technicality.
I had also heard reports he took 2 tests, the second right after the first test came back positive and the 2nd came back negative. Does anyone know if this is true or just a rumor?
Nope, both tests came back positive. Then the additional tests both said it was synthetic testosterone.
That said having the sample basically disappear for 2 days (officially sitting on the collectors desk at home) before testing really does eliminate the validity of the test. Whether or not he actually did it they shouldn't count this test.
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