Ryan Braun hears it from Giants fans...

[Upton]

Ryan Braun struck out in his only two at-bats in the Milwaukee Brewers' 1-all tie with a split squad of the San Francisco Giants on Sunday in the reigning NL MVP's first game since getting caught up in a drug case during the offseason.

Although the game was at Milwaukee's Maryvale Baseball Park, about half the crowd of 6,619 cheered for the Giants and they countered the Brewers' fans standing ovation with catcalls when Braun went to the plate in the first inning.

They serenaded the Brewers slugger with chants of "Ur-ine Sam-ple!" before Braun struck out swinging against Madison Bumgarner. His second time up, Braun was greeted with chants of "Cheater!" before looking at strike three.

http://scores.espn.go.com/mlb/recap?gameId=320304108&teams=san-francisco-giants-vs-milwaukee-brewers

I suggest Braun and the Brewers get used to it..

[Kingofalldems]

1. Braun skated big time on this one

It'll be interesting to see his numbers this year.

[ScreamingMeemie]

10. They'll be the same as they ever were.

As it's been stated, his numbers never jumped. Ever.

[joeybee12]

2. Wow, what classless buffoons...especially

considering they're still worshipping at the altar of the biggest fraud in the history of the sport: Barroid Bonds.

[Upton]

3. He's going to be hearing from fans everywhere he goes...

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the polls I've seen show most MLB fans think Braun cheated and got off on a technicality..Even some of the players question the decision..

Buster Olney:

After a week of talking with players around baseball on background, and the agents and executives and managers who speak with them, this fact is evident: There are a lot of players who are furious about last week's decision. "It's a joke," said one longtime National Leaguer. "This really hurts," said one pitcher.

They are not mad at the fact that they are subject to drug testing. They aren't complaining about Big Brother. They aren't mad at Major League Baseball.

They are furious that a player who tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs won by challenging the administration of his test rather than contesting the presence of synthetic testosterone in the urine.
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But if this recent straw poll of players is a proper reflection of the union as a whole, there has been a dramatic shift of thought among the brethren. I'm guessing 80 to 90 percent of the players I spoke with expressed dissatisfaction with the outcome of last week's case, in varying degrees. Some agents and executives say they've drawn the same responses in their conversations with players.

For a lot of the players most of whom have been subject to testing since they first played in professional baseball the peers who choose to take performance-enhancing drugs are viewed as a significant threat.

http://insider.espn.go.com/mlb/blog?name=olney_buster&id=7633132&_slug_=ryan-braun-successful-appeal-highlighted-change-how-players-view-baseball-drug-testing-policies-mlb&action=login&appRedirect=http%3a%2f%2finsider.espn.go.com%2fmlb%2fblog%3fname%3dolney_buster%26id%3d7633132%26_slug_%3dryan-braun-successful-appeal-highlighted-change-how-players-view-baseball-drug-testing-policies-mlb

Oh, and btw, Bonds hasn't been a member of the Giants since 2007....isn't it about time you and the rest of the Giants haters found something else to ride?

[trumad]

4. That's rich coming from Giants fans

They are the classic look the other way fans when it comes to this shit.

Hell--- we have a couple here in this forum---one long tombstoned---that could never ever admit St. Barry was a juicer.

[Upton]

5. Who cares if it seems hypocritical..

all part of being being a sports fan..Anyway, Brewers fans were some of the worst when it came to Bonds. I don't remember if they threw syringes on the field like in SD and LA, but they sure let him hear it. Well, now the shoe is on the other foot..payback time. Braun and the Brewers have it coming..

[trumad]

6. Oh that's what it's all about?

Payback?

Dude you're so full of it.

Ahhh the days when you and your sidekick Cboy would defend BB and try and tell us ---hey, Barry is just lifting weights---Steroids---errrr no way.

It's a history that you try desperately to shove aside and pretend--never happened.

Oh lookie here---

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=215&topic_id=99932&mesg_id=99985

[ScreamingMeemie]

9. They're as classless as they ever were.

But look at who typically represents them around these parts.

[Auggie]

7. Wow. Not one mention of the 50 minute Bee Delay in the other SS game

A swarm of bees materialized in the outfield in the bottom of the second inning causing a delay of about 40 minutes during the Giants / D-Backs SS game yesterday. The swarm -- described as being in the thousands by play-by-play announcer Jon Miller -- forced the Giants to seek shelter in the locker room after descending on their dugout.

I was listening on radio in the car. The banter between announcers Miller, Duane Kuiper and Mike Krukow was one for the ages.

Link from the Huffington Post: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/03/05/giants-diamondbacks-swarm-of-bees-spring-training_n_1320529.html

[JonLP24]

8. It was all over the local news here

Funny story.

[Auggie]

11. I guess it's not that uncommon

It's events like that that make Spring Training so endearing. One of these days I'm going.

[JonLP24]

12. First time I heard of this sort of thing at a Spring Training game

I do recall this type of thing happening at the Padres ballpark a couple years ago.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20090701&content_id=5648144&vkey=news_sd&fext=.jsp

[Auggie]

13. They mentioned that game yesterday

If not bees it could have other insects Kuiper was alluding to.

There's always the infamous midge game at Jacobs' Field during the 2007 playoffs:

[hughee99]

14. Hy-poc-ri-sy

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Braun should, at the very least, expect to deal with this all season. The fact that it's coming from Giants fans, though, makes me laugh. Apparently, the problem some fans have with steroids isn't the cheating, it's just the uniform you wear when you do it.