2012 MLB Regular Season Running Thread

Shocking, given the source.

Typical of people like you who love tossing around steroid accusations whether you can back them up or not.

The guy got bigger. Must be cheating.

He cut down his strikeouts. Must be cheating.

He is too durable. Must be cheating

He gets hurt too much. Must be cheating.

He started slow after being accused of cheating. That proves he was cheating

He is having a huge first half after being accused of cheating. Oh, forget that sill slow start stuff. This just proves he's cheating again.

You don't care about evidence. You don't care about facts. You don't care about contradicting yourselves. You don't care about talking out of your ass.

And this is why I argue the point, even with somebody like Braun. I don't care about Ryan Braun one way or the other. Never been a big fan, though I appreciate his performance. There is certainly plenty of reason to suspect him of cheating. But that's the problem. The accusers around here and elsewhere keep presenting hints and opinions as fact. I'd like to think we could be better than that. My mistake.

 

He pissed into a cup and the piss had steroids in it. He must be cheating.

(I know this doesn't apply to you, but no rational human being can think Braun didn't have a dirty urine test.)

 

Ryan Braun blows goats. I have proof.

 

You mean the sample that was mishandled? The one an arbitrator ruled could not be used?

I get that it is incredibly unlikely that he was clean. I do. I'm just fed up with people who talk out of the wrong end of their anatomies on this subject. It tends to stink the place up when people do that.

 

Oswalt will debut with Rangers on Friday at home against the Rockies:

http://espn.go.com/dallas/mlb/story/_/id/8078334/roy-oswalt-make-debut-texas-rangers-friday

 

Tommy John surgery for Brandon Beachy:

http://m.sportingnews.com/mlb/story/2012-06-20/brandon-beachy-injury-update-tommy-john-surgery-atlanta-braves

 

It is not just "incredibly unlikely" that he was clean. It is impossible to any rational person. They have their rules and their incredibly poorly worded language that allowed him to skate. But it doesn't change the fact that he peed into a cup, the cup was sealed, the seal was unbroken until it got to the lab, and the pee had steroids.

 

The sample was mishandled. And you are very, very trusting.

 

What the hell does that mean?

The way I read it is they will have no idea how bad it is or how long he will be out until after the procedure.

 

Do you REALLY want to know? I don't even like reading the term groin surgery.

 

Why did the Yankees play the Braves twice and the Mets twice in interleague? Did any other team have that sort of schedule? Just curious. Seems strange.