Ryan Braun, you are a disappointment to every one of your Milwaukee Brewers fans, who faithfully followed you this entire season, as well as every year.
Ryan Braun, the left fielder for the baseball team from Wisconsin, the Milwaukee Brewers, recently tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug, and now faces a possible 50 game suspension from next year's season. Braun, who gave a urine sample before the playoffs this year, was notified in October that his tests came back positive. This was about a month before he was named the National League's MVP -- Most Valuable Player. The quesion, now, is whether or not he'll be stripped of his MVP title. So far, the Baseball Writers Association of America, who votes on the MVP award, has stated that they will NOT strip Braun of his title if he is suspended.
The Brewer's owner, Mark Attanasio stated "Ryan Braun has been a model citizen in every sense of the word, both in the Milwaukee community and for the Brewers. Since joining our organization in 2005, he has been a person of character and integrity." But my question, as well as many other baseball fans, is whether or not a person of "character and integrity" well....cheats. I love my Ryan Braun, and rooted for him all year as he made his slugging percentage .597, batting average of .332 , 33 home runs and 111 runs batted in. But now, I've lost all respect for the "MVP" of the National League. Braun lead the Brewers to their first division title in three decades, and as excited I was as an avid Brew-Crew fan, now I'm almost ashamed at the thought of Braun cheating. How can Braun be completely happy with himself at getting the title of MVP, or winning the division, if he cheated anyways? Braun, I am disappointed in you, as are the other 5,000 women who were hoping to become your future wife. MVP? More like MSP...Moste Shameful Player.
