i really have to think that mlb was completely blindsided by this "taking the sample home and putting it in your fridge is unacceptable" argument. or the arbiter was a complete moron (very possible!), but you would think that presenting information on how this is standard operating procedure in this and other industries that do this sort of testing would be enough to stifle the argument. hopefully mlb just had no idea this was going to be something they had to discuss and was unprepared to talk about it. if that's not the case and the arbiter threw out the suspension in spite of the fact that mlb cogently argued that everyone involved did exactly what they were supposed to, that's a lot more frightening. Yeah either they were blindsided or this will be the seminal decision that will mean all future testing will be done early enough to get the samples to FedEx. It's really sort of scary that the guy followed protocol and they threw out the results. He followed protocol of CDT. Either the CBA didn't have a clear protocol, or CDT wasn't in line with said protocol. Or the arbiter was an idiot. ETA: None of this changes the fact that Braun was on something, unless you're Will Carroll and believe in spontaneous generation and Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame.