Ryan Braun fails PED test. Faces 50-game suspension.

Maybe they can sign Manny Ramirez. I hear he's available.

 

I have not heard that analogy since I was a kid and it was my father's favorite. Excellent.

And: count me among those who finds this hilarious. I always enjoy when cheaters get caught, and Major League Baseball just can't get out of its own way.

But the fact is, no matter what MLB does to shoot itself in the foot, fans continue to support it in droves. So really, this is only interesting as a story, and to hear Dodgers fans say "See!!!! Kemp should have won the MVP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

 

Interesting audio interview with a minor leaguer who failed a steroid test but won his appeal.

http://siriusxmsports.posterous.com/brendan-katin-brewers-minor-leaguer-who-succe

He says he thinks that he had a few drinks the night before the test, and that somehow messed up his testosterone levels.

 

If you test 500 people a year and your test has a 0.1% chance of having a false positive, there's a 40% chance you'll return at least 1 false positive that year.
That kid could have just been the unlucky false positive.

 

I'm trying to think of the ways synthetic testosterone could get into the body without a person knowing it.

 

Braun was probably home-schooled[/crossthread]

 

If you pass out in Vegas and wake up in a bathtub full of ice with the words "Call a doctor" scrawled on the mirror in blood, it means an international trafficking ring has injected you with synthetic testosterone.

 

Or given you a Prince Albert.

 

Nah, I'm thnking gay sex with a really upscale blow-up doll.

 

The only thing I can come up with is somebody puts it on his skin.

 

It rubs the lotion on its skin. It does this whenever it is told.

 

Wonder how long it would take to rub on enough of it to spike his testosterone to twice the normal level.