Ryan Braun Named NL MVP

[Bobbob1313]

"How dare you not give this athlete the benefit of the doubt?!?! HE'S AN ATHLETE!"

[MiamiHomer]

He's a close friend of Braun. Not saying he's right but I'm sure there is more of an emotional sentiment fueling that statement.

[Bobbob1313]

It still doesn't make the "MLB/ESPN CONSPIRING AGAINST BRAUN" thing any dumber.

[MiamiHomer]

People say irrational things when it affects someone they are close to sometimes. That's all I'm saying.

[Bobbob1313]

Who is disagreeing?

[MiamiHomer]

I know one thing a lot of people are upset about is that the information about him failing the drug test was leaked before the whole process went through. Definitely affects his image around baseball and even with the results of him being exonerated it doesn't reverse what's already been done.

[Bobbob1313]

I know one thing a lot of people are upset about is that the information about him failing the drug test was leaked before the whole process went through. Definitely affects his image around baseball and even with the results of him being exonerated it doesn't reverse what's already been done.

I wonder if those same people were upset when same names on the list of 104 players who supposedly failed tests in 2003 was leaked. Those players were supposed to have taken the tests anonymously as well.

[MiamiHomer]

I wonder if those same people were upset when same names on the list of 104 players who supposedly failed tests in 2003 was leaked. Those players were supposed to have taken the tests anonymously as well.

But were those leaked before their appeal hearing were completed?

[Bobbob1313]

They were supposed to not even be labeled by player. That, to me, was a much larger miscarriage of justice than this.

[Madman81]

I agree, seriously, with the sentiment that this happened because he's white. It's the same as how nobody gave a flying fuck when Carlos Santana got steamrolled at home plate and then everyone shit in their pants when Cousins injured Posey, talking about changing rules about running into catchers and all kind of shit.

[Fritz]

I think that had more to do with Posey being a star than race. This Ryan Braun thing is mostly about race though, IMO.

[Beef]

It still doesn't make the "MLB/ESPN CONSPIRING AGAINST BRAUN" thing any dumber.

It's like Braun is his Miami Heat thread

[MiamiHomer]

They were supposed to not even be labeled by player. That, to me, was a much larger miscarriage of justice than this.

I think it's a pretty big injustice leaking a report that someone failed a drug test that is later disproved. I'm not saying the comparison you are making isn't injustice but I think the factor that the whole process wasn't completed before word came out is a big deal.

[Madman81]

I think that had more to do with Posey being a star than race. This Ryan Braun thing is mostly about race though, IMO.

I disagree. I think the most important aspect was that he was a white star.

[Bobbob1313]

I think it's a pretty big injustice leaking a report that someone failed a drug test that is later disproved. I'm not saying the comparison you are making isn't injustice but I think the factor that the whole process wasn't completed before word came out is a big deal.

I'm not saying one is any more or less an injustice. I'm saying that people pick and choose which sorts of injustices they want to get angry about.

Joe Sheehan conveniently tweeted as I was writing this, so I'll let him take it:

This, by the way, is how it's supposed to work. If the penalty is 50 games and millions of $, the process better be PRISTINE.

But you know what? So should the anonymous testing process of 2003. Care about all processes, don't pick and choose based on the narrative.