Braun, the NL MVP, said shortly after the drug test that, "The test results are B.S." according to USA Today back in December. The positive result, according to ESPN was triggered by elevated levels of Testosterone in Braun's system that was not natural.
So you're telling me this guy got pinned for PED's because he's more of a man than anyone else in the game right now? Yeah sounds like a crime to me. But the MLB has a set of rules and standards and they have to treat everyone the same, fine I can accept that.
Anyway, fast forward to yesterday, four months or so later, and the suspension was overturned.
"I truly believe in my heart, and I would bet my life, that this substance never entered my body at any point," Braun said during his official statement yesterday. He goes on to explain how he basically had to sit back and watch as his name, and everything he has ever worked for has been dragged through the mud. For legal reasons he couldn't speak up about it and had said in that matter, he put what was best for MLB ahead of himself.
What a classy dude, really. All the commotion with performance enhancing drugs these days, especially baseball has really gotten out of hand. To see an MVP player such as Braun get hit with this is a pretty big deal, but I think he handled it all very well. I do believe he is telling the truth and apparently the MLB now does too.
"We won because the truth was on my side, the truth was relevant and the truth prevailed" Braun said.
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