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Answering key questions in wake of Ryan Braun suspension

Former NL MVP Ryan Braun won't wear a Brewers uniform again until next season.

Former NL MVP Ryan Braun won't wear a Brewers uniform again until next season.

Alex Rodriguez faces an even longer ban than the 65 games Ryan Braun got.

Alex Rodriguez faces an even longer ban than the 65 games Ryan Braun got.

A: You have to go back to the 2007 Mitchell Report, of which one of the recommendations was the establishment of a Department of Investigations. Drug testing isn't enough to deter the cheats, who will continue to work with chemists to devise work-arounds to the latest tests to stay one step ahead. The tests must be supplemented by people dedicated to enforcing the JDP. You now see the importance of such enforcement. A former MVP and the face of a franchise was thrown out of baseball for 65 games -- without a fight and without a positive test. And the players association was right there, cheering him out the door for doing the right thing.