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Minor League Players Need Not Follow Ryan Braun’s Example

Written by: Jessica Quiroli on 28th February 2012

Minor League Players Need Not Follow Ryan Braun's Example | read this item

Nothing to see here, young men.

Nothing but a mishandled test and an inexplicable substance found in the urine of the reigning National League MVP.

We can all just move along and pretend not to see the truth. And minor league players desperate to make it to the big leagues even just for a Crash Davis 21 days can continue to ‘play ‘em one day at a time’ and ‘help the ballclub.’

Baseball is busy lifting the curtain on players nasty habit of taking drugs to enhance their performance. Milwaukee Brewers Ryan Braun is the latest in a line of infamous incidents. For the best story on that and the whole Braun debacle, read Jeff Passan’s piece on Yahoo Sports.

The hope is that young players working their way up through the minors will learn what not to do. That they’ll see through to the bare facts. That no matter how much Braun insists that he was a victim of process, nothing can explain that test’s results. And no matter how much he insists he’s a victim of process, he’s hurt himself.

But there’s cause for concern. Too many players are failing to take responsibility. They could change everything. They could be brave and tell the next generation that they’ve gone wrong and don’t want them to do the same. The game of baseball is in their hands. But the only message they’re sending is that they’re more important than the game. The truth would hurt them. To hell with how it hurts the integrity of the game & how it speaks to young players.

Braun chose to blame the system. And a PR competition. He didn’t take any responsibility. The importance of accountability is a rule in baseball, but didn’t matter here.

Braun is right to point the finger at the flaws in the system. Mistakes were made. But calling a press conference and celebrating that mistake was going overboard. There’s no way to explain what was in that container. But he milked that for all it was worth.

Baseball, sports in general, are forgiving. There’s a human element that takes over and we understand athletes are people that make mistakes. Being overly judgmental or cruelly punishing with verbal, or signs in the stands, abuse isn’t necessary. But when players don’t stand up and take responsibility, when they try to fool themselves and cast stones on everyone around them, forgiveness and acceptance is impossible.

This is our time to love the game as purely as we can. A new era of baseball is rushing in. Young players are unable to get away with what players once could. They might be getting a conflicting message from Braun and Manny Ramirez, but they’re also getting a loud and clear one from MLB & many players willing to be embarrassingly honest.

By cleaning up the system, we can begin again to believe in the purity of talent. But there are players willing to stand in the way of that. They do nothing but ruin it for everyone else.

In baseball, talent matters, but as they say, luck helps. Ryan Braun’s talent is unquestionable. So is his luck.

Hopefully, the guys working through the bus leagues will value their talent and integrity above all else. The kind of luck they should want for is not the kind Braun has stumbled upon.

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