Can someone explain to me why he tested positive? He won his appeal by challenging the chain of custody of his urine sample, not the actual test results. According to a report I read, the courier charged with getting the sample the FedEx office on a Saturday instead stored the sample in his refrigerator for an extra day. I agree that was a botched job. That tells me you have some incompetent people running this testing procedure. That being the case, does it change the fact that the test was positive? Why was it positive? Did someone tamper with the test? Moving forward these questions need to be answered for the integrity of the complete testing procedure. Who is to say other tests were not bungled as well? Braun is the only guy to successfully appeal a drug test.
Let compare this one to J.C. Romero, Romero tested positive in 2009 for a banned substance. Romero appealed the decision and MLB acknowledged the supplement he was using was improperly labeled. They had hard proof that is was labeled wrong. But MLB said tough shit. It did not matter that the label listed all substances that were approved. They suspended him anyway. Why the difference? IMO, all this does is make you wonder of the credibility of all the past results.