Ryan Braun Tested Positive For PEDs  —  Reigning NL MVP Ryan Braun has tested positive for a performance-enchancing drug, reports Mark Fainaru-Wada and T.J. Quinn of ESPN.  YokalSports.com was the first to report the news (on Twitter).  Braun is facing a 50-game suspension and is disputing the positive test through arbitration.

I'm positive: MLB will never be clean  —  Here we go again.  —  A bombshell revelation about a major leaguer testing positive for performance-enhancing drugs.  The player disputing the result through arbitration.  A spokesperson for the player saying, “There was absolutely no intentional violation of the (drug-testing) program.”

Braun deserves the benefit of the doubt  —  Reigning NL MVP denies using performance-enhancing drugs  —  Ryan Braun deserves the benefit of the doubt.  There, I said it.  That is not a popular position on steroids, is it?  —  We want to hang 'em high and sort out the facts later.

Ryan Braun's test would be severe blow to Milwaukee area and baseball, if it's true  —  MILWAUKEE — I'm not sure what it was like around here when Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was traded years ago, but at least there were early distant warning signs that howitzer blast of a news item would occur.

The purse strings get a bit tighter over at Fenway  —  The bottom line is this: You must have a good closer to win the American League East and make it deep into the playoffs.  —  The Red Sox lost Jonathan Papelbon, one of the best closers in baseball, and have yet to replace him.