Kemp: Ryan Braun should lose MVP

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Max Scherzer: Ryan Braun's PEDs punishment not tough enough​

By Tom Gage, The Detroit News | July 23, 2013 at 7:07 pm​

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Tigers pitcher Max Scherzer says Ryan Braun's suspension for his involvement in performance-enhancing drugs 'doesn't fit the ​

crime yet.' Scherzer says Braun, banned for 65 games, should have drawn a longer suspension. (Robin Buckson/Detroit News)​

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Chicago — Max Scherzer is glad Ryan Braun “got caught.”​

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And, he’s glad Braun got suspended for his involvement with performance-enhancing drugs.​

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What he’s not happy about, though, is Braun wasn’t suspended long enough.​

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“When you intentionally cheat this game by using PEDs, the punishment doesn’t fit the crime yet. I don’t think 50 games is enough,” the Tigers pitcher said of Braun, who was suspended 65 games Monday by Major League Baseball after admitting he “realizes now that I have made some mistakes” after insisting he was innocent.​

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“You can still benefit financially from doing it. Until we get rid of that incentive, it won’t be the day we get rid of PEDs.”​

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Scherzer, who is 14-1, said that as a player, he wants to believe the system works.​

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“But obviously, he found a way around it and he never came clean,” Scherzer said. “He got caught red-handed, though, but when he got caught, he tried to question the ability of the (sample) collector.​

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“Because of how brash he was against MLB, that’s why there is so much player outrage toward him. I’m glad he got caught.”​

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So, what kind of penalties does Scherzer endorse?​

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“Obviously we thought we were doing well when we thought we were going to clean the game with 50- and 100-game suspensions,” Scherzer said. “As players, we are fed up with that. That’s why we want to see either longer suspensions or a way to take the financial incentive away from players. That’s why you are seeing more players jump on board about the punishment not fitting the crime yet.​

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“For me, it’s just not long enough. For somebody who cheated the game as badly as he did, it doesn’t seem right. For people who intentionally cheat, I have no sympathy.”​

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Scherzer, an alternate player rep for the Tigers, said he’s also bothered by Braun’s claims he was innocent.​

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“If MLB wants to pursue a double offense on that,” Scherzer said, “I’m with you.”​

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