[USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story

Fri Feb 24 11:22:08 EST 2012

Hey -- this thread was hijacked.  I want an Elijah Dukes discussion!

On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Winick <jhwinick at aol.com> wrote:

> Now, Mr. B., you know better.  The proceeding was to establish whether he
> would be suspended.  Not whether he was guilty or innocent.  As a skilled
> litigator, surely you recognize that the sole objective of his counsel was
> to "win", i.e. avoid the suspension.  They won on a technicality that was
> brilliantly raised.  They also raised questions about whether a
> testosterone level that was 20 times average and at an almost unprecedented
> level bolstered their claim that the sample had been altered.  They also
> noted raised the fact that a subsequent test taken immediately after the
> "positive" came back negative.  Add to that the fact that the drug in
> question wasn't steroids and I think you owe Mr. Braun the benefit of the
> doubt.
>
> Most importantly, though, the results were supposed to be confidential.
>  MLB sucks for leaking the result.  MLB also sucks for making a statement
> after the results of the appeal.  Total BS.
>
> We can discuss this further at lunch.
>
> Jeff
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Blocker, Mark B. <mblocker at Sidley.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Fri, Feb 24, 2012 9:10 am
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
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>
> Oh, I believe he is innocent, sure.  As I understand the facts, his
> defense was that yeah, he was using steroids, but that the mlb guy should
> have hurried to get his sample to fed-ex on Saturday, and when he didn’t,
> end of story.  That’s convincing to me.  Plus, while not much has been
> reported about this, I heard that during the arbitration, he was asked to
> try on Prince Fielder’s batting glove, and it did not fit, and well, you
> know the legal rule concerning ill fitting gloves.  Count me among the
> skeptical for now.
>
>
> From: announce-bounces at usml.net [mailto:announce-bounces at usml.**net<announce-bounces at usml.net>]
> On Behalf Of springkerb at aol.com
> Sent: Thursday, February 23, 2012 9:47 PM
> To: announce at usml.net
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
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>
> Good writer, great reporter. And this story begs for reporting (beyond
> Braun's people saying he's been vindicated and the anti-doping folks saying
> he's getting a free pass). But unfortunately, she's busy (and she's not a
> sportswriter). I hope somebody will do the story right, but I'm not going
> to hold my breath waiting for it.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Winick <jhwinick at aol.com>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 8:33 pm
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
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> No. Your wife is a GREAT writer. Now, what would it cost to get her to
> freelance the story?
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>
> On Feb 23, 2012, at 8:04 PM, springkerb at aol.com wrote:
>
> I actually wasn't kidding about the "if I could put Karen on it" part. My
> wife is a really good reporter and most sports writers aren't.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dadams17 at gmail.com
> To: USML Announcements
> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 2:13 pm
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
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> In all seriousness, a friend of mine from Milwaukee told me 2 weeks ago he
> heard a story about how Braun had herpes and was taking some sort of
> medication for that which had a steroid in it.  Given the secrecy
> surrounding the situation, I would not be surprised if that's true.
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:07 PM, <springkerb at aol.com> wrote:
>
> I think the joint tucked behind the ear was going to screw up the attempt
> to hide the evidence.
>
>
>
> However, when I saw the re line on your e-mail, I thought you would be
> asking about Ryan Braun beating the MLB on his positive.  Now there's an
> interesting story.  I haven't seen any quality reporting on it yet, though,
> so I don't know what to think.  If I could put Karen on it for about 24
> hours, I'd know the real deal on that one.
>
>
>
> Mark
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>
> To: USML Announcements <announce at usml.net>
> Sent: Thu, Feb 23, 2012 6:14 pm
> Subject: Re: [USML Announce] Anyone Surprised About This Story
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> Another incredible example of a waste of magnificent talent.
>
> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:11 PM, Dennis Adams <dadams17 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The only thing surprising is that nothing was actually lit, just tucked
> everywhere on his body (his lap, behind his ear, etc).  This is more
> surprising:
>
>
>
> http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_**/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-**
> appeal-50-game-suspension<http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-appeal-50-game-suspension>
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> On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 6:09 PM, Richard Robbins <rerobbins at itinker.net>
> wrote:
> http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_**/id/7608635/former-mlb-player-**
> elijah-dukes-arrested-again-**florida<http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608635/former-mlb-player-elijah-dukes-arrested-again-florida>
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