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Mike Lupica / NY Daily News:
Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun is acquitted, not exonerated over testosterone test — Commissioner's connection to Brewers raises questions — Ryan Braun gets off with no penalty after failing a test for performance-enhancing drugs. — Ryan Braun says he is innocent and that he is clean, that he never used synthetic testosterone.
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Why did MLB case vs. Braun fall apart? — I know what some of you are thinking: — Ryan Braun got off on a technicality. Baseball cut him a break. Braun should have been suspended 50 games for his positive drug test — period. — Here's what I say:
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Associated Press:
Ryan Braun wins appeal of suspension — NEW YORK — National League MVP Ryan Braun's 50-game suspension has been overturned by baseball arbitrator Shyam Das. — The decision was announced Thursday by the Major League Baseball Players Association. — An outfielder for Milwaukee …
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Mike Axisa / MLB Rumors:
Ryan Braun Wins Appeal, Will Not Be Suspended — Ryan Braun has won the appeal of his failed banned substance test and will not be suspended for the first 50 games of the season, reports Tom Haudricourt of The Journal Sentinel. The union officially announced the win, saying both parties agreed …
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Tom Haudricourt / JSOnline:
Ryan Braun wins appeal of positive drug test
Ryan Braun wins appeal of positive drug test
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Craig Calcaterra / HardballTalk:
Ryan Braun wins the appeal of his drug suspension
Ryan Braun wins the appeal of his drug suspension
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Tim Brown / Yahoo! Sports:
NL MVP Ryan Braun wins appeal of drug test
NL MVP Ryan Braun wins appeal of drug test
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Adam McCalvy / MLB.com:
Braun wins appeal of 50-game suspension
Braun wins appeal of 50-game suspension
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Bill Shaikin / Los Angeles Times:
Rick Caruso, Joe Torre withdraw bid to buy Dodgers — Caruso and Torre say in a letter to Major League Baseball that they are withdrawing their bid because of Frank McCourt's refusal to include the Dodger Stadium parking lots in the deal. — Rick Caruso, Joe Torre (Los Angeles Times)
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Dan Shaughnessy / Boston Globe:
Pedroia still smarting from failures of 2011 — FORT MYERS, Fla. - He can laugh about it now, but it wasn't funny the night it happened. Dustin Pedroia was sitting at a table alongside Jacoby Ellsbury, preparing to be honored at the Gold Glove awards dinner in New York in November …
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Peter Abraham / Boston Globe:
The harrowing tale of Bobby Jenks
The harrowing tale of Bobby Jenks
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Jon Krawczynski / Globe and Mail:
Justin Morneau hopeful concussion issues are behind him — Justin Morneau arrived at spring training for the Minnesota Twins hopeful that his concussion issues are finally behind him. However, the former AL MVP isn't making any guarantees because he knows he doesn't have many more treatment and recovery periods left in him.
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Brittany Ghiroli / MLB.com:
Orioles add sports psychologist to staff — SARASOTA, Fla. — Continuing an offseason of interesting front-office hires and inter-organization movement, Dan Duqette, the Orioles' executive vice president of baseball operations, has added sports psychologist Seth Kaplan to provide mental-performance services …
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Robert MacLeod / Globe and Mail:
Vizquel has the knowledge, Jays have the need — DUNEDIN, FLA.— From Friday's Globe and Mail — Strict attention is paid even to the smallest of details when it comes to baseball's spring training. — Arriving at 7:30 a.m. at Florida Auto Exchange Stadium on Thursday …
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Marc Topkin / The Heater Feed:
Zobrist: “We're planning on winning World Series” — Rays 2B/RF Ben Zobrist is about as earnest and honest as they come, and he made it clear how he feels about the season after reporting to camp on Friday morning: — “It's exciting, a new year, 2012. We're planning on winning the World Series this year.
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Max Marchi / Baseball Prospectus:
The Stats Go Marching In — While evaluating Jose Molina's defensive skills a couple weeks ago, we were able to assign a run value to four aspects of catcher defense: blocking errant pitches, preventing the opposing team from stealing bases, fielding short batted balls …
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Jim Souhan / Souhan on Sports:
Morneau speaks realistically about his future — Justin Morneau spoke on Friday morning in Fort Myers, and if you get past the usual optimism that every athlete offers when dealing with injuries, the news was not good. — Asked if he's contemplated his concussion symptoms ending his career, Morneau said:
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Marc Topkin / The Heater Feed:
Live from Port Charlotte: Zimmer meets bear — Friday morning at Rays camp started with an impromptu photo shoot. Also, 2B/RF Ben Zobrist reported to camp, which means all the rostered position players came in early. — But back to the event. Rays PR staff Andrew Heydt …
MLB.com:
Byrdak starting spring a little bit lower — PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — Tim Byrdak holds the distinction this spring of being the Mets' only left-handed reliever with a guaranteed job. His presence in Spring Training has thus far been notable for two other reasons.
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