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Collector Of Braun's Sample Says He Followed Protocol
In an e-mail sent Tuesday, Dino Laurenzi Jr. said he issued the statement "to set the record straight" about his role in testing Braun, whose 50-game suspension under baseball's drug policy was overturned last week. "This situation has caused great emotional distress for me and my family. I have worked hard my entire life, have performed my job duties with integrity and professionalism, and have done so with respect to this matter and all other collections in which I have participated," Laurenzi said. Braun tested positive in October for elevated testosterone. His case marked the first time a baseball player has successfully challenged a drug-related penalty in a grievance. Friday, Braun proclaimed his innocence. He said the collector had kept the samples for 44 hours in his home, believing that the FedEx office he was to use to ship the samples for testing was closed. Braun said because of the delay, the testing was "fatally flawed." Milwaukee Brewers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Brewers To Extend Doug Melvin's ContractWith the Ryan Braun saga behind them, the Brewers are now focused on extending the contract of Doug Melvin. Milwaukee's general manager, along with manager Ron Roenicke, are both in the final guaranteed years of their contracts. After locking up Melvin, the Brewers will look to do the same with Roenicke. "That's on our agenda," owner Mark Attanasio said. "For Doug, it was business as usual. He said to me he didn't want to get into any other conversations until we got to spring training and knew exactly where we were. "He didn't think it was appropriate to distract us. He didn't want to get into either his contract or Ron's contract until we broke camp. Those are two topics I will be addressing with him before opening day." Via Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Milwaukee Brewers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Braun Speaks Out, Says 'Truth Prevailed'
Braun tested positive for a high testosterone levels after his National League MVP season in 2011. "Today is for everybody who has ever been wrongly accused," he said at a news conference at Milwaukee's training facility in Maryvale, Ariz. "The simple truth is that I'm innocent," the outfielder said. "The truth is always relevant and the truth prevailed." Braun tested positive in October for elevated testosterone. His case marks the first time a baseball player has successfully challenged a drug-related penalty in a grievance. Milwaukee Brewers Read the Full Story Discuss Send Feedback Buy Tickets Brewers Feb 2012 Archive
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A man that claims he is the collector who took Ryan Braun's urine samples last fall says he followed the same protocol with the slugger as he had with hundreds of previous samples.