Shane Victorino: The Ryan Braun ban "very unfortunate for the game" according to ESPN

Over the All-Star Break, the MLB hinted that a major punishment in reaction to the Biogenesis scandal was coming.

Fact is after news was broken back in January, the names of nearly 2 dozen Major League Baseball players were linked to a list of PED clients of a closed down Miami anti ageing clinic.

As baseball struggled to recover from that major blow in the field of Public Relations, they threatened to hand out mega suspensions for the two biggest stars involved in the scandal: Alex Rodriguez and Ryan Braun. At just after 12 noon yesterday they carried out at lest part of that threat by kicking Ryan Braun to the curb for the reminder of this 2013 season.

Former World Baseball Classic teammate of Braun: Shane Victorino was disgraced.

“It’s a very unfortunate situation. Speaking from a guy I know personally, been on two WBC teams with and played against him all those years, it’s very unfortunate. He stood up for it today, took the brunt of it. 

It’s a sad situation, I look at the game of baseball. Is there more, who knows? People talk about there’s more, more to come, but I worry about what I’ve got to worry about and not worry about what’s being said. Rumors are rumors until they’re solidified like today’s situation, we’ll worry about it then.

Braun was suspended for the remainder of the season, a total of 65 games, for 'violations of the Basic Agreement and its Joint Drug Prevention and Treatment Program,' 

If somebody’s cheating in your job, you’d probably feel the same way if they were succeeding and being considered the best at their job, not just baseball, any job,” he said. “And I think that’s where it gets unfortunate. As people say, you want everybody to be on a level playing field, but hey, individuals make choices to do things like that. 

It’s unfortunate for the game. Very unfortunate for the game of baseball.”