Braun should be Gone

Ok Ok Ok, so I'm biased because I am a Cubs fan, but honestly think about this story. The story being that the NL 2011 season reigning MVP, Ryan Braun, was tested (as most players are)at the end of the season and showed heightened testosterone levels caused by performance enhancing drugs. He was given a 50-day suspension for when the upcoming 2012 season was going to kick off, he fought the suspension and now won it. How is that just?

Now we have seen this story since the whole Jose Canseco deal, and the Barry Bonds, and the Rodger Clemens, and the Mark McGwire, and the A-Rod, and the Manny, and so on and so fourth. Anyways The whole deal is obviously steroids are the dark part of Baseball and the league if they want to keep an image and a joy of "clean" baseball, then just make it a taboo.

That's right I think Ryan Braun should just get booted, I mean even if it was a situation of "He took something that changed his biology." or "He had a cold." or "He got tampered with". It was negligent, if you are a high profile player like Braun is, develop a better surrounding, don't rely on others ,or just start to use your own judgement. If you can't do that then you should be punished. It works in society the same way, in my view if you don't make a sacrifice and face problems the "right" way you will end up punished (i.e. you're addicted to drugs, you drop out of school, you can make money selling drugs, but eventually your going to get caught, or die, not that you want to but its inevitable.)

Braun took the easy way out hypothetically, whether he took it to cure his personal problems (which aren't that pretty of a subject either), or he took it to be able to do more in his workouts (which is not building muscle in a sense since you'd be pushing your limits), or he took it to do better (which in the long run is the wrong way of playing in the MLB). If Braun isn't kicked out and made example of even if he isn't "guilty", then all that is going to happen is more and more baseball players are going to set *records* and get caught eventually with their pants down.


Do the right thing MLB, whether that is kick Braun out or continue to just have frauds run the League. It's your league Bud, it's a league made up of clubs, last time I checked clubs can all have their own independent rules but have to follow their leaders rules. For instance the ancient Greek polis, they were independent Greek islands, that had their own customs and traditions, but all had a Greek way of life. Bud Selig owns the MLB and enforces that his poleis have to follow those "MLB rules" one of which is "DON'T DO ROIDS", I mean if that isthe rule then submit and follow. If you're going to have someone not follow, then chastise them and BAN THEM, just like the substance.