"Well sure, someone must have put testosterone in my test sample, it happens all of the time"
February 25, 2012
      It was announced Thurday that Brewers RF Ryan Braun beat his arbritration case and avoided a 50 game suspension that might have doomed the Brewers in the NL Central and buried Braun and any accolades he already had or will recieve. I was furious at first, being a Cardinals fan, that the cocky, shirt untucking Brewers star got off. I mean, honestly, whether proper protocal was follwed or not during the process, he DID fail a test. I watched his press conference, and he arrogantly blasted a "fatally flawed" testing system. I bet the MLB Labor dept. loved that. Yet, he still failed a test. His points about gaining weight, increasing speed and performance seem accurate, and his numbers are consistent. All good arguements. But the fact that someone would take a urine sample, taint it with testosterone, and submit it, is utterly assanine. I bet Manny Ramirez's agent is on the phone with Braun's agent as we speak. He should be. But before I end this rant with all negative dialogue, Braun made one good point. If you failed a drug test at a job your family depends on, and you found a person took your sample home for 48 hours before submitting it to a lab, wouldn't you try to make a case for yourself? I guess, if you think your innocent. Or would you make a case if you knew you cheated the system but knew you could get off by challenging a "fatally flawed" system? Ahh, the million dollar question. Thanks for reading-Joe