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.