Ryan Braun’s urine sample collector Dino Laurenzi speaks out in attempt to defend honor

Get over it people, innocent is the verdict, By all rights none of us should have known anything about this case. Overzealous media is to blame for all this. I don't feel sorry for the pee pee courier either, MLB to blame for that one. Storing the sample at someones house is ridiculous....Selig must go!!!!!!!!

Braun got off on the equivalent technicality of not reading a criminal their miranda rights.He still did it. The test was still positive. He's still had it in his system. Proved his innocence my #$%$

Obviously Braun has been tested dozens of times in his life with no positive tests, and we all know he knew he'd be tested during playoffs. So, think about this honestly, does it make sense to anyone that his urine sample tested higher than any other sample ever tested in Montreal, all being the integrity of the sample is in question. Just saying, we will never know the truth because the integrity of the sampling process was breached. Maybe this guy did his job correctly, but some how, some way it is evident Braun's sample was tampered with and nothing adds up for a case legitimate case against him.

The FedEx stores may be open but that does not mean they are shipping....An example is that U S Post offices may have one set of their doors open so that people may get to their post office mail boxes at hours that the doors to the counters are closed. So all of you saying that there are FedExs in the area that are open doesn't mean that all business offered are all open at that time. You people are only doing half the research or are hearing and reading only what you want to. Another example is that some taverns and bars that serve food close their kitchens but are still open thus one service is offered while another is closed. Just because a place of business is open does not mean that all services they have are open. So reading statements from both sides...clearly Braun has only giving half statements while the collector was telling the truth. And why would the collector tamper with a sample he had to keep in his home knowing he would get the blame thus putting his career and reputation in jeopardy???? This collector has 2 masters degrees and heads up a medical facility....HE IS NOT STUPID AND WOULD NOT PUT HIMSELF AT RISK IN SUCH AN EASY MANNER TO BE CAUGHT. If he were to tamper with a sample, with his education within this field, he would have made the level in the sample believable not skyrocketed to levels that have never been found in a ballplayers sample before. If their was any tampering at all it was not by this guy. Not saying that Braun is guilty but why was he so quick to blame the collector and make false and half statements. Guilty or not Braun through his own actions have made himself look suspicious!!!

OJ thinks Braun is 100% innocent.

Braun is not innocent. He's just not guilty because of MLB protocol. It doesn't make him an innocent man though. It just means he doesn't have to serve the 50 game punishment. Braun is still a cheater in my eyes.

Hey author Mr. Brown. You're full of crap. The courier's actions do NOT conflict with the drug testing rules for MLB. Have you read them? Obviously you haven't, or if you have, you've failed to understand them. Tell us SPECIFICALLY where Laurenzi's actions break the rules. Here’s a link to MLB drug testing document and procedures. Why didn't you provide that for your readers? http://mlbplayers.mlb.com/pa/pdf/jda.pdf Take a look at these:
Page 37, sections “U” and “V.7″.
Page 38, section “D.3″
Page 39. section “E” and “F”
"Absent unusual circumstances", the specimen sample "should" be sent via FedEx on the day of collection. Not "MUST", it's "should". No FedEx offices being open obviously qualify as "unusual circumstances". In that case, the protocol allows for the courier to safeguard and store the specimen in a cool place until it can be shipped via FedEx. Page 39, E and F. Laurenzi said he followed the rules under the circumstances, and from I read, he did -- he kept the sample in his house in the refrigerator. He says he's done this many times before with other athletes' samples, with no issue. Importantly, he said he did not tamper with the sample, which Braun recklessly and clearly hinted that he might have done, if you look at Braun's video statement the other day. Braun took pains to say FedEx places were still open that Sat night. I’ve read other things today saying there were NO FedEx service centers open in Milwaukee that night after the game, and that's what Laurenzi says. If only box drop locations were open, that is NOT OK for a courier to use, under “F” on page 39 -- so Laurenzi was obligated to wait and secure the sample until a service center opened up on the following Monday. That's exactly what he did. We need the arbitrator’s written decision to see what he’s using as support to toss the procedure Laurenzi used. Until then, you and other media doofuses are just flapping your gums....

Guess what, I'm your average baseball fan and Braun's "exoneration" has no effect on what I think of him when the proof is there that he doped. He may have gotten out of his suspension but I guarantee you he hasn't (and won't) get a similar pass from baseball fans.

Mr. Laurenzi should be #$%$ offf.

There is a difference between not following protocol and not having protocol. There was no specific protocol set up by baseball, therefore he did not "break" protocol. You can't "break" what does not exist. In absence of specific BASEBALL protocol he followed COMPANY protocol.

Braun = OJ (guilty, but got away with it due to technicality)
Aaron Rodgers = all the African American/Black people that celabrated OJ's not guuilty verdict

All the white people ridiculed the blacks for their support of a OJ, a guilty man, so Aaron Rodgers is doing the same thing! supporting a guilty man....

Come on Braun!..take the DNA test to prove the sample's not yours! if not your a coward and guilty! I hope the collector files suit for slander and the his attorneys get a subpoena to force Braun to take a DNA to prove the same "came from his body"! The let's Braun & Rodgers...do the double check!

What exactly was the 'substance' found? I can't see why he would take something, being locked into a lucrative contract & all. Anyone know?

I think Braun got off on a technicality. I think MLB will be using corporate jets to fly the collectors back to the drug labs so this doesn't happen. :)

Only a Tribal member could ever get off in that slippery fashion on such a lock charge. And I don't mean a Cleveland Indian or an Atlanta Brave.

Don't drink the lemonade in this guys fridge.

Braun is a fraud and his #'s will show this ,this year , as they are on to him. Down they go, just like Manny's.

I still can't get over Braun claiming innocence due to a technicality. There are still alot of unanswered questions that need to be brought to light. Brauns numbers will be terrible this year with Prince moving on, and his having to stay clean. He should & probably will be tested quite often this season.

In all reality do you think the commisioner of baseball and his daughter who still have part ownership in the Milwauke Brewers had anything to do with the outcome in this decision.

Let me preface that I agree with the ruling. The players are held to almost strict liability-like standards with regards to positive tests. The system should be held to similarly exacting standards as well. The MLB testing rules did not carve out ironclad rules for reasonable and normal delays such as this and therefore chain of custody was technically broken.

The collector followed procedure with CDT (the science supports that since the sample was not tampered with or degraded). However, that procedure isn't MLB's. There was a gap in the system and that's MLB's fault. The ruling was just.

That being said, Braun didn't even go near attacking the integrity of the sample until his snarky press conference. He knew (or more likely he was probably advised by his attorneys) the science and the evidence were damning. The foremost expert on testing vouched for the integrity of the sample. If he had tried to attack it at the hearing, he'd lose. They stayed on task and it was overturned. That being said, don't expect me to believe any after-the-fact chest pumping on his innocence.

he is a cheat