HOT STOVE, COOL SAND

the rays just signed matt moore to a 5 yr, 14m contract o________________________________________O

i didn't know he was a two-sport athlete!

wow. how do the Rays keep getting away with this

no idea

cubs traded tyler colvin and dj lamahieu to the rockies for ian stewart and casey weathers

p good trade for the cubs -- both those guys are bad, stewart kinda sucks too but he could prob platoon vs righties

colvin was decent his rookie year but yeah sucked pretty hard last year, sounds like he and stewart are both question marks

Was reading this morning how that might open up a Martin Prado for Seth Smith(+) trade, but it's pure guesswork at this point.

5yr/$14m is less than the average mlb salary!

i also heard reported they have (multiple?) club options after the 5 yrs

the a's are trading trevor cahill, for some reason

to the d-backs

what's the median salary these days?

it apparently was $1m three years ago, dunno about now

still in shock about this Pujols deal and than the Lakers stole the thunder for about a half an hour

i currently live in Anaheim

i need a new team, the Giants did nothing to improve the offence and won't sign Beltran (and now looks like he could be had fairly cheaply)

Beltran for Wheeler, why? will be Brian Sabean's worst trade

Reigning NL MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for a performance-enchancing drug: http://espn.go.com/espn/otl/story/_/id/7338271/ryan-braun-milwaukee-brewers-tests-positive-performance-enhancing-drug

Braun busted for PEDs!

knew, even though i dislike the Dodgers, that Matt Kemp was the real winner of the NL MVP last year

Awful. Regardless of how seriously you take the issue--just bad for the game.

bee did you always live in anaheim?

nope, i lived in San Francisco when i first heard about ilx

We're 100% certain that Ryan Braun cheated and Matt Kemp did not, huh?

keithlaw keithlaw
Ryan Braun's ISO in 2011 was .018 above his ISO over the prior four years, when he would have tested negative for PEDs at least six times.

i don't think any of that changes that he's still a total idiot for taking them, or taking whatever he was taking that elevated his testosterone

Positive tests for sanctimony upcoming

Interesting point, improbably, from Olney:

Braun is the 2011 NL MVP and there is no precedent for that to be altered, even if he's suspended. The Baseball Writers Association of America has never stripped a winner of an award, including Alex Rodriguez, who has acknowledged using performance-enhancing drugs in 2003, when he won the AL MVP.

But that's a stance completely at odds with the writers' collective stance in the Hall of Fame balloting, in which voters have treated the history of Mark McGwire, Rafael Palmeiro, et al, as if it doesn't exist; they've stripped those players of the accomplishments of their entire careers -- and sometimes based on mere suspicion, as in the case of Jeff Bagwell.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Ken Rosenthal
Source: Braun tested positive for a prohibited substance, not a performance-enhancing drug. More coming on FOXSports.com.

hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

STONER

http://larrybrownsports.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/ryan-braun.jpg

totes

go listen to your workingman's dead someone where else, ryan braun - this is a family friendly town and we want nothing to do with your likes

I hope that's the extent of it.

Olney is conflating a vote that's already happened, MVP, with one that hasn't, HOF. No HOF player has ever been removed from the Hall, and if a prospective MVP tested positive in late August or September, I think it's safe to say he would not go on to win the award. I don't see a parallel there. (And, as I've always said, I think caution in HOF voting--where there is ample time to revisit a player's candidacy--is sensible.)

But my source -- and again, this is from Braun's end and not MLB -- familiar with the test's findings says the "prohibited substance" was not a performance-enhancing drug or steroid of any kind. And the source says there has "never" been a result like this in the history of the MLB testing program.

The source said MLB "knows that Ryan is telling the truth) and firmly believes the postive test will be overturned. Pretty amazing stuff, huh?

http://www.jsonline.com/blogs/sports/135405518.html

"never"

damn, i was hoping JS was, like, "jewish sentinel" or something

elevated levels of gefilte fish

trace amts of blood in his LSD stream

i thought there was no way i could like braun more (of course, that affection nosedived when i heard he was using PEDs) but if it turns out he's a stoner... <3

y'all it's not gonna be a recreational drug

what's it going to be?

"the test's findings says the "prohibited substance" was not a performance-enhancing drug or steroid of any kind"

i guess it could be some kind of medically treatment?

well idk i guess either report could be wrong at this point

i mean mlb hasn't actually said anything -- from what i can tell we just have dueling reports b/w espn & rosenthal

it would be an unusual turn of events tho -- my guess is that it will be some sort of "supplement" or something that's ambiguous enough for braun to escape heavy public scrutiny but not enough to get his appeal overturned

if he's a stoner he's off my must-fuck list

plus if "there has 'never' been a result like this in the history of the MLB testing program" it sure the hell ain't pot etc.

# joe_sheehan
All this discussion of false positives and unfair leaks reminds of when A-Rod's anonymous test result came out. Only the exact opposite.

i read that more as never before has a result like this been treated like this, but if you're right that it means never before has a test result ever been like this than i'd guess it's something medical related showing up

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