Bud Selig & Co will do
everything possible to make sure that Braun doesn’t get off on a technicality
this time, the way he did after testing positive for a banned substance but
having the results thrown out because of a supposed procedural error. Braun is
on defense already and we should soon expect a press conference where the
Milwaukee Brewers outfielder tap dances his way into implying Anthony Bosch
somehow was tampering with his records without directly accusing him of doing
so, the way he once accused a lowly test taker of tampering with his sample.
It is astonishing that Braun
is using his previous battle against the positive test to insulate himself from
these latest allegations by claiming his contact with the Florida clinic was
part of his fight to clear his name. It seems pretty convenient to me. And if
Braun was successful in having the test thrown out, why didn’t he just pay the man
who supposedly helped him? I bet Braun now wishes he had paid the amount quoted
by Bosch just so he wouldn’t have to deal with this latest mess (and look like
an ungrateful deadbeat).
It is even more amazing to me
that this latest nightmare comes to light just weeks before Braun is set to represent Team USA in the World Baseball Classic. Didn’t Selig & Co have a way to keep
him off the team? Now these allegations are going to follow Braun and the USA
team through what should have been a terrific baseball tournament. But Braun’s
participation is not going to keep MLB from trying to take him down, if they
get the chance.
Thanks to Steve Paluch via Wikimedia Commons for the Braun photo.
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