tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post7840228629211106779..comments2024-03-02T09:21:12.880-05:00Comments on Tyler's Think Tank: Why I think Ryan Braun is InnocentTyler Maherhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11438482483164686481noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post-17769947651316722312013-07-23T19:00:50.747-04:002013-07-23T19:00:50.747-04:00Earth to whoever wrote this.. "Why Ryan Braun...Earth to whoever wrote this.. "Why Ryan Braun is Innocent":<br />Stop talking about things you either aren't willing to learn about or don't understand. The well-respected man he tried to destroy in 2012, Dino Laurenzi, has now been vindicated. If you even read a fraction of Braun's allegations against Laurenzi, you would have known they couldn't have been true. Laurenzi would have had to have contaminated them on his own. Why? And a cursory review of a book here and there would tell you that PEDs have been around for 45+ years in the US (read "Steroid Nation"). You say he was a great player prior to the majors? Hello! Canseco was playing in the late 80s and he was juicing absolutely in the 90s. Braun had access to all of those drugs for years. You act as if you never knew they existed until now.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post-84119974933782713632012-03-09T22:23:45.783-05:002012-03-09T22:23:45.783-05:00I know a player can use steroids and not be muscul...I know a player can use steroids and not be muscular, but many prominent players who used them (McGwire, Rodriguez, Bonds) were. I'm always surprised by how skinny Braun looks given his big time power numbers. I'm just saying he doesn't have the "look" of a roider.<br /><br />And I guess you could call Braun's 2010 (let's not forget that was the Year of the Pitcher) a letdown the way people said A-Rod had "down" years in 2004 and 2006. Sure, Braun had career lows in home runs and OPS, but still won a Silver Slugger, scored and drove in more than 100 runs, batted .304, set a career high with 45 doubles and posted a 131 OPS+. I'll take those numbers every day of the week and twice on Sunday. He's money in the bank. Period.Tyler Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438482483164686481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post-4364867226808481202012-03-05T23:29:54.018-05:002012-03-05T23:29:54.018-05:00"He's not a muscular guy" doesn'..."He's not a muscular guy" doesn't fly at all. Think back. Nor does every guy who juices get a lot bigger, quickly. Or bloom late. Comes down to your consistency argument, and wouldn't you call 2010 a letdown?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post-43671054626568629652012-03-05T21:22:38.194-05:002012-03-05T21:22:38.194-05:00He's obviously NOT innocent. He was guilty of ...He's obviously NOT innocent. He was guilty of having excess testosterone in his system. He got off on a technicality, but there is still no explaining the testosterone (and no, it can't be caused by improper storing of urine, sorry). Plus, your reasons all lack merit. Many guys have been busted for PEDS that didn't have big muscles (Rafael Palmeiro comes to mind, for ex.). And the consistency and/or body change argument doesn't hold because he could have been taking them since high school for all we know. Good guy? That one is just silly. Not a hater just wanting to set the record straight.Bobnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post-37886086295531991862012-03-03T22:15:02.040-05:002012-03-03T22:15:02.040-05:00Just a very weird situation. Hopefully we will kn...Just a very weird situation. Hopefully we will know more soon and I'm sure some day the truth will be revealed, but for now the whole thing is pretty sketchy.Tyler Maherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11438482483164686481noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post-15412738515767038382012-03-03T21:26:07.898-05:002012-03-03T21:26:07.898-05:00He's guilty. Nobody's even tried to explai...He's guilty. Nobody's even tried to explain the reading or the synthetic stuff because they can't, and no one, even Braun himself,claimed tampering. I hope the collector sues him for slander for questioning his integrity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8805246453926595119.post-53103684535810024532012-03-01T15:58:15.176-05:002012-03-01T15:58:15.176-05:00I'm also a Braun fan and I think he's inno...I'm also a Braun fan and I think he's innocent as well. I just want to hear some more information. The only reason I think he's innocent is that he's passed 25+ drug tests before and can't possibly be that stupid! It can't be ignored however that the failed test was during the playoffs (wouldn't inflate season #'s). I think that because the levels were the HIGHEST ever seen that something fishy went on. If he was doing something illegal wouldn't his have fallen in the ideal dosage range?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06221470579839000693noreply@blogger.com