Braun press conference, including video / audio archive

[burnzy24]

Braun to answer questions from the media today. He will be a a Brewers charity event so who knows how much he is willing to say but it should still be interesting. JSOnline will have a live blog apparently.

[torts]

good to hear! he was probably waiting until after the arod hearing, and now that they've "rest their cases" he's willing to speak up

[torts]

he's speaking now, i cant stream it anywhere

[Patrick425]

Listening on the radio. As someone who has been critical of Braun, I will say that he is answering all the questions the way I hoped he would. Talking a lot about regret...regretful that he ever held that press conference. I was glad to hear him say that.

[Mass Haas]

Here's the archived audio of the full Braun presser via WSSP.

 

EDIT: Video archive now available as well

[torts]

sounds like a lot of people tried to ask questions but one guy was the only one to actually getting thru

[burnzy24]

sounds like a lot of people tried to ask questions but one guy was the only one to actually getting thru

 

 

That sounded like Mike Jacobs from TMJ4. He asked the dumbest question of the conference when he asked if Braun would renegotiate his contract.

 

It was interesting to learn that he had dinner with the Dino last night.

[torts]

sounds like a lot of people tried to ask questions but one guy was the only one to actually getting thru

 

 

That sounded like Mike Jacobs from TMJ4. He asked the dumbest question of the conference when he asked if Braun would renegotiate his contract.

 

It was interesting to learn that he had dinner with the Dino last night.

 

that was the exact moment I had to ask this question, heh! glad to know he met with dino too.

[WV Brew]

I was listening on Charlie Sykes show and I think he got one thing wrong. Sykes claims Braun said that his wedding is more stressful than the steroid issue but I think he's got the wrong take on this. The question asked about his relationship with his fiancee and friends over the steroid issue and that's when Ryan said the wedding was more stressful. Slightly different context there. Nobody would think a wedding is more stressful.

 

From the callers, it doesn't seem as if the press conference was "successful". Most are still wanted him traded, etc. Nothing he says will make a difference.

[Patrick425]

I was listening to that as well WV. Most callers were critical of Braun.

[torts]

why didnt braun tell us what Dino and his family served for dinner?

[jjgott]

why didnt braun tell us what Dino and his family served for dinner?

 

Wonder if Braun took a tour of the basement?

[3and2Fastball]

I'm still glad Ryan Braun is a Brewer and I'll be rooting for him.

 

Reporter: "So you are OK with moving to right field if it helps the team?"

 

Braun: "yeah, I'll play wherever they want, except 3rd base, that didn't go well...."

 

(!)

[fondybrewfan]

Braun didn't really say a whole lot other othan apologizing over and over again. If people didn't forgive him over his last apology this presser won't make any difference. If he is a 900+ OPS guy on the field again in 2014 the whole state (or atleast a majority) will forget or choose to ignore his past issues.

[3and2Fastball]

If people didn't forgive him over his last apology this presser won't make any difference. If he is a 900+ OPS guy on the field again in 2014 the whole state (or atleast a majority) will forget or choose to ignore his past issues.

 

Most people are casual fans who aren't that knowledgeable about Baseball. He'll need 35+ HR's and 100+ RBI's.... if he has 28 HR's and a .289 BA but he walks a ton more and still has a .600 Slugging % to get him over a 1.000 OPS a lot of fans will say he sucks now or is overpaid or whatever... but yeah I get what you are saying. I'll be standing up and cheering for him on opening day.

[Warning Track Power]

Braun did some pretty bad things throughout the entire process. I get why some fans will not like him moving forward. I just don't get why people continue to dwell on this. Give the guy a chance to make amends moving forward. He can't satisfy all the things people want in one day, one month or one year. He plays hard, doesn't showboat, is a presence in the community and advocates against the usage of PEDs in the future and Braun can rehabilitate his image. To think he can answer questions in a press conference and become the Ryan Braun pre-2011 is absurd. Let's give him a chance and judge him 5 years from now.

[And That]

Reporter: "So you are OK with moving to right field if it helps the team?"

 

Braun: "yeah, I'll play wherever they want, except 3rd base, that didn't go well...."

 

(!)

 

That was a legitimate LOL moment when I read that.

 

Braun for catcher.

[3and2Fastball]

Braun did some pretty bad things throughout the entire process. I get why some fans will not like him moving forward. I just don't get why people continue to dwell on this. Give the guy a chance to make amends moving forward. He can't satisfy all the things people want in one day, one month or one year. He plays hard, doesn't showboat, is a presence in the community and advocates against the usage of PEDs in the future and Braun can rehabilitate his image. To think he can answer questions in a press conference and become the Ryan Braun pre-2011 is absurd. Let's give him a chance and judge him 5 years from now.

 

I think that will or at least can happen long term. There is a long history in America of heroes being vilified and then celebrated a few years later in their "resurrection". That is one of the games the Major Media plays in this Country and a way they make money. Braun is still going through the vilification phase and that may continue for some time. I'm certain that his lawyers and agent understand this process of the media in manipulating public taste much better than I do and have explained it all thoroughly to him.

 

Eventually over the course of time (3-5 years from now) there will be heartfelt stories in Sports Illustrated and on ESPN about how much work Braun does for charity and looks out for younger teammates or whatever and then his resurrection will begin. It is part of the process many celebrities go through in America

[sargennm]

Everything he's said indicates he wants to make amends and stay in Milwaukee. As long as he lives up to that promise (and doesn't get suspended again) I have no problem with him staying in Milwaukee and starting to wear my Braun shir-sey again some day.

[3and2Fastball]

I'm a Little League Baseball coach, and I have to admit that I don't wear my Braun jersey to practices like I did pre-suspension. Unfortunately it may be a long time before I can do that. I'll wear my #8 to games though!

[brewmann04]

Yes it will be 2015 before i wear my #8 shirt let him prove that he not a liar and wants to make things right.

[Patrick425]

Braun did some pretty bad things throughout the entire process. I get why some fans will not like him moving forward. I just don't get why people continue to dwell on this. Give the guy a chance to make amends moving forward. He can't satisfy all the things people want in one day, one month or one year. He plays hard, doesn't showboat, is a presence in the community and advocates against the usage of PEDs in the future and Braun can rehabilitate his image. To think he can answer questions in a press conference and become the Ryan Braun pre-2011 is absurd. Let's give him a chance and judge him 5 years from now.

 

I think that will or at least can happen long term. There is a long history in America of heroes being vilified and then celebrated a few years later in their "resurrection". That is one of the games the Major Media plays in this Country and a way they make money. Braun is still going through the vilification phase and that may continue for some time. I'm certain that his lawyers and agent understand this process of the media in manipulating public taste much better than I do and have explained it all thoroughly to him.

 

Eventually over the course of time (3-5 years from now) there will be heartfelt stories in Sports Illustrated and on ESPN about how much work Braun does for charity and looks out for younger teammates or whatever and then his resurrection will begin. It is part of the process many celebrities go through in America

 

Well there is an easy way to not get "vilified" by the media. How about just living an honest and fairly straight forward life? I have a hard time labeling people who get paid millions of dollars in the entertainment business (sports, movies, whatever?) and then get in trouble by breaking the law, lying, cheating, etc as victims of the media.

[BradWI]

why didnt braun tell us what Dino and his family served for dinner?

Because he's not really going to get into specifics and hopes he can just move forward...

[KCBrewerfan34]

IMO Braun used these drugs to recover from an injury, not hit the ball better. The guy has all intentions to stay in Milwaukee long term, the one thing I would say is Braun has a long term deal with us and he has to produce like pre-PED or this contract will absolutely cripple the franchise.

 

I'm over the disgust, lets start playing again!!!!

[burnzy24]

why didnt braun tell us what Dino and his family served for dinner?

 

Was it crow?