Ryan Braun suspended by MLB for juicing ... finally
- 11 years ago
Milwaukee Brewers star Ryan Braun has been suspended without pay by Major League Baseball for the rest of the 2013 season for his connection to performance-enhancing drugs, a penalty that covers 65 games.
Braun did not appeal the suspension and will begin serving it immediately. MLB commissioner Bud Selig took into account Braun's ties to Biogenesis and his failed 2011 drug test during the postseason. The 65-game suspension is 15 more games than the penalty for first-time offenders of the Joint Drug Agreement.
"As I have acknowledged in the past, I am not perfect," Braun said in a statement. "I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions." What a load of bull.
In 2011, Braun's pee tested positive, but rather than man up, he pulled a Lance Armstrong and blamed the sample's handler, Dino Laurenzi Jr. He got off on a technicality, and the MLB fired Laurenzi.
Braun is pulling in $9.61 million this season, so the suspension will cost him $3.85 million. He is signed through 2020 after signing a five-year, $105 million extension in April 2011.
No doubt all the other juiceheads linked to Biogenesis including Nelson Cruz, Bartolo Colon, and A-Rod are now waiting for their turn on the chopping block.
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Braun did not appeal the suspension and will begin serving it immediately. MLB commissioner Bud Selig took into account Braun's ties to Biogenesis and his failed 2011 drug test during the postseason. The 65-game suspension is 15 more games than the penalty for first-time offenders of the Joint Drug Agreement.
"As I have acknowledged in the past, I am not perfect," Braun said in a statement. "I realize now that I have made some mistakes. I am willing to accept the consequences of those actions." What a load of bull.
In 2011, Braun's pee tested positive, but rather than man up, he pulled a Lance Armstrong and blamed the sample's handler, Dino Laurenzi Jr. He got off on a technicality, and the MLB fired Laurenzi.
Braun is pulling in $9.61 million this season, so the suspension will cost him $3.85 million. He is signed through 2020 after signing a five-year, $105 million extension in April 2011.
No doubt all the other juiceheads linked to Biogenesis including Nelson Cruz, Bartolo Colon, and A-Rod are now waiting for their turn on the chopping block.
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