Two points.<br><br>First, I agree on Karen's reporting skills. Jeff ... get her to contribute to the magazine next year so we can seek "Karen's picks" and "Karen's pans." No way she'd have the gall to pan Jordan Walden. He's The Man!<br>
<br>Second, I'm putting everyone on notice that I plan to take Elijah Dukes in the rotation draft. Rich and Kerber mocked me when I took Josh Hamilton during his dark days. I was just ahead of my time!<br><br>That is all. For now.<br>
<br>-Andy<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 11:22 AM, Richard Robbins <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:rerobbins@itinker.net">rerobbins@itinker.net</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hey -- this thread was hijacked. I want an Elijah Dukes discussion!<div class="HOEnZb"><div class="h5"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Feb 24, 2012 at 9:50 AM, Jeffrey Winick <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:jhwinick@aol.com" target="_blank">jhwinick@aol.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">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.<br>
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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.<br>
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We can discuss this further at lunch.<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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No. Your wife is a GREAT writer. Now, what would it cost to get her to freelance the story?<br>
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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.<br>
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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.<br>
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On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 7:07 PM, <<a href="mailto:springkerb@aol.com" target="_blank">springkerb@aol.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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I think the joint tucked behind the ear was going to screw up the attempt to hide the evidence.<br>
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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.<br>
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Another incredible example of a waste of magnificent talent.<br>
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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:<br>
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<a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-appeal-50-game-suspension" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_<u></u>/id/7608360/ryan-braun-wins-<u></u>appeal-50-game-suspension</a><br>
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<a href="http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7608635/former-mlb-player-elijah-dukes-arrested-again-florida" target="_blank">http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_<u></u>/id/7608635/former-mlb-player-<u></u>elijah-dukes-arrested-again-<u></u>florida</a> <br>
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