Ryan Braun is an a juicer. Confirmed and admitted. Yes, he failed a drug test last year, but he was able to lawyer his way out of that one. Not this time.
This time, he has no escape. His involvement with the known steroid providers at Biogenesis has done what a failed drug test was not able to do: suspend Braun for taking steroids. MLB has suspended him for the remainder of the season and rightfully so.
Normally, I would like to credit a man for admitting his mistake and owning up to it. I won’t do that with Braun. I can’t do that with Braun. This is a man who categorically denied taking steroids last year even though he only avoided suspension based on a technicality. He hasn’t been as vocal for as long as someone like Lance Armstrong, but that is the type of fiendish behavior that Braun is associated with.
When you defend yourself so stringently against steroid accusations only to come out after getting caught and say, ‘I now realize…’ you are a punk. You have no credibility. You are a joke. And although MLB will let him come back and play at some point next season, I would like to see him gone forever.
I can forgive a juicer. What I can’t forgive is a bold face lie. And Braun is a bold-faced liar. He is on the same level as Rafael Palmeiro who wagged his finger at Congress saying that he didn’t take steroids only to later test positive for PEDs.
I have more respect for a guy like Jose Conseco who has been open and honest about his drug use. Yes, Conseco has pulled a lot of crazy stuff to make a buck in retirement, but he has been a crusader against PED’s in baseball and honest about his past use.
Braun is simply a liar. A disingenuous, egotistical fraud. The official punishment from MLB is not enough. Because of the Collective Bargaining Agreement, it can’t be enough. Hopefully, however the media and the fans will engage in plenty of schadefreude to properly shame the Jewish Juicer.
Who Cares? 