Not sure where Conte is getting his info. 20-1 80-1
I'm only basing it on what Braun has said which is: The test came back 3X higher than any test test ever conducted.
I guess Conte's seen 80-1 in test results. The 20-1 which he said was Braun's I can't verify where he got the info. The 3x comment are Braun's words. In essence, we have nothing from MLB so it all needs to be taken with a grain of salt.
Given what's on the line, you would think MLB would have some mechanism for verifying that players accused of violating rules really did violate the rules.
They do. The players get tested by one of the best labs in the country and they have extremely strict collecton procedures. Braun even states it in he press conference that you posted.
The truth is that lab technicians make mistakes - which is why doctors often call for a second battery of tests to verify results (in the lay-world)[/color]
Has anyone, including the Braun camp, said the lab made a mistake?
You'd think that a multi-billion dollar industry would have a more reliable way of processing drug tests than allowing some guy named Dino to stash samples in their home for days before sending them to the lab. Just saying ...
Please read the attached and let me know what you think that "Dino" did that was wrong and what impact it had on the test results:
On October 1, 2011, I collected samples from Mr. Braun and two other players. The CDT collection team for that day, in addition to me, included three chaperones and a CDT coordinator. One of the chaperones was my son, Anthony. Chaperones do not have any role in the actual collection process, but rather escort the player to the collection area.
I followed the same procedure in collecting Mr. Braun’s sample as I did in the hundreds of other samples I collected under the Program. I sealed the bottles containing Mr. Braun’s A and B samples with specially-numbered, tamper-resistant seals, and Mr. Braun signed a form certifying, among other things, that the specimens were capped and sealed in his presence and that the specimen identification numbers on the top of the form matched those on the seals.
I placed the two bottles containing Mr. Braun’s samples in a plastic bag and sealed the bag. I then placed the sealed bag in a standard cardboard Specimen Box which I also sealed with a tamper-resistant, correspondingly-numbered seal placed over the box opening. I then placed Mr. Braun’s Specimen Box, and the Specimen Boxes containing the samples of the two other players, in a Federal Express Clinic Pack. None of the sealed Specimen Boxes identified the players. I completed my collections at Miller Park at approximately 5:00 p.m. Given the lateness of the hour that I completed my collections, there was no FedEx office located within 50 miles of Miller Park that would ship packages that day or Sunday.
Therefore, the earliest that the specimens could be shipped was Monday, October 3. In that circumstance, CDT has instructed collectors since I began in 2005 that they should safeguard the samples in their homes until FedEx is able to immediately ship the sample to the laboratory, rather than having the samples sit for one day or more at a local FedEx office. The protocol has been in place since 2005 when I started with CDT and there have been other occasions when I have had to store samples in my home for at least one day, all without incident.
The FedEx Clinic Pack containing Mr. Braun’s samples never left my custody. Consistent with CDT’s instructions, I brought the FedEx Clinic Pack containing the samples to my home. Immediately upon arriving home, I placed the FedEx Clinic Pack in a Rubbermaid container in my office which is located in my basement. My basement office is sufficiently cool to store urine samples. No one other than my wife was in my home during the period in which the samples were stored. The sealed Specimen Boxes were not removed from the FedEx Clinic Pack during the entire period in which they were in my home. On Monday, October 3, I delivered the FedEx Clinic Pack containing Mr. Braun’s Specimen Box to a FedEx office for delivery to the laboratory on Tuesday, October 4. At no point did I tamper in any way with the samples. It is my understanding that the samples were received at the laboratory with all tamper-resistant seals intact.
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Anyway, having listened and watched Braun's press conference in its entirety, I tend to believe him, especially since I'm not as convinced as others that labs never make mistakes.[/color]
Press conference transcript
I don't think anyone's said labs never make mistakes. I just don't see anyone saying it here. All we've seen is Braun getting his case over turned because of a technicality.