February 27, 201214 yr Certainly doesn't look like anyone I've ever seen on roids. He's skinny! Hal Morris, Benito Santiago?
February 27, 201214 yr Author Hal Morris, Benito Santiago? Bret Boone, Palmeiro, Andy Pettitte, Rick Ankiel, Ron Villone, Edinson Volquez.
February 27, 201214 yr Baseball more than any other sport is a huge numbers (stats) game. The money has gotten so big that these guys will juice to get these huge contracts (Giambi). It's really simple. Just look at contract years, watch stats closely year over year and it's really easy to see who the cheaters are, i.e. McGwire, Bonds, Sosa, Braun, Giambi, Rodriguez, Boone, Palmero.............I could go on and on.................it's all about the "Kwan". What's funny is Braun wouldn't have been included had this not just happened. Meaning you don't have a clue who is doing it for sure until they admit it or they test positive. McGwire and Bonds were both fairly obvious because of their size but to say it's easy to see is simply not true. Braun's numbers have been pretty consistent and he's not a huge guy.
February 27, 201214 yr What's funny is Braun wouldn't have been included had this not just happened. Meaning you don't have a clue who is doing it for sure until they admit it or they test positive. McGwire and Bonds were both fairly obvious because of their size but to say it's easy to see is simply not true. Braun's numbers have been pretty consistent and he's not a huge guy. And that is why Braun would tick me off more than any other user revealed to date if I were a pro baseball player. I agree that I didn't suspect Braun of using banned substances. But it didn't surprise me. No one surprises me any more. And at this point I just consider them all users. That is why any player who doesn't use should be mad and blowing the whistle on users. The users are costing the non users money and harming their reputations.
February 28, 201214 yr Author I have been a drug collector for Comprehensive Drug Testing since 2005 and have been performing collections for Major League Baseball’s Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program since that time. I have performed over 600 collections for MLB and also have performed collections for other professional sports leagues. I have performed post-season collections for MLB in four separate seasons involving five different clubs. On October 1, 2011, I collected samples from Mr. Braun and two other players. The CDT collection team for that day, in addition to me, included three chaperones and a CDT coordinator. One of the chaperones was my son, Anthony. Chaperones do not have any role in the actual collection process, but rather escort the player to the collection area. I followed the same procedure in collecting Mr. Braun’s sample as I did in the hundreds of other samples I collected under the Program. I sealed the bottles containing Mr. Braun’s A and B samples with specially-numbered, tamper-resistant seals, and Mr. Braun signed a form certifying, among other things, that the specimens were capped and sealed in his presence and that the specimen identification numbers on the top of the form matched those on the seals. I placed the two bottles containing Mr. Braun’s samples in a plastic bag and sealed the bag. I then placed the sealed bag in a standard cardboard Specimen Box which I also sealed with a tamper-resistant, correspondingly-numbered seal placed over the box opening. I then placed Mr. Braun’s Specimen Box, and the Specimen Boxes containing the samples of the two other players, in a Federal Express Clinic Pack. None of the sealed Specimen Boxes identified the players. I completed my collections at Miller Park at approximately 5:00 p.m. Given the lateness of the hour that I completed my collections, there was no FedEx office located within 50 miles of Miller Park that would ship packages that day or Sunday. Therefore, the earliest that the specimens could be shipped was Monday, October 3. In that circumstance, CDT has instructed collectors since I began in 2005 that they should safeguard the samples in their homes until FedEx is able to immediately ship the sample to the laboratory, rather than having the samples sit for one day or more at a local FedEx office. The protocol has been in place since 2005 when I started with CDT and there have been other occasions when I have had to store samples in my home for at least one day, all without incident. The FedEx Clinic Pack containing Mr. Braun’s samples never left my custody. Consistent with CDT’s instructions, I brought the FedEx Clinic Pack containing the samples to my home. Immediately upon arriving home, I placed the FedEx Clinic Pack in a Rubbermaid container in my office which is located in my basement. My basement office is sufficiently cool to store urine samples. No one other than my wife was in my home during the period in which the samples were stored. The sealed Specimen Boxes were not removed from the FedEx Clinic Pack during the entire period in which they were in my home. On Monday, October 3, I delivered the FedEx Clinic Pack containing Mr. Braun’s Specimen Box to a FedEx office for delivery to the laboratory on Tuesday, October 4. At no point did I tamper in any way with the samples. It is my understanding that the samples were received at the laboratory with all tamper-resistant seals intact. Read more: Sample Collector In Braun Case Releases Statement - BIG 12 Sports News Story - WISN Milwaukee
February 28, 201214 yr Braun got lucky. End of story.Because the collector said he did his job? What were you expecting him to say?
February 28, 201214 yr Braun got lucky. End of story. No doubt. Him not being suspended doesn't change the fact that he's a cheat and will forever be tainted by testing positive.
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