Quotes from around MLB on Ryan Braun

This was some of the reaction from around baseball after the Brewers' Ryan Braun was suspended last Monday without pay for the rest of the season for violating league policy on performance-enhancing drugs:

"For these guys still to be involved with this stuff just baffles me. The education's there and everybody knows what you can and can't take. It baffles me that this continues to be a black cloud over the game. I know Major League Baseball's done a great job of cleaning up the game and the testing policy and all that. And it's working. But at the same time, too, it seems like we'll go through a lull and then, bam, here comes another guy that gets suspended. It's got to stop."

— Marlins manager Mike Redmond

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"In my opinion, he should be suspended, lifetime ban. One strike you're out. It's enough. It's ridiculous. You're still doing this? This guy is one of the main guys that are the face of the franchise and the face of baseball. For him to do this and maybe get caught twice already is ridiculous."

— Dodgers utility man Skip Schumaker

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— Angels pitcher C.J. Wilson

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"I talked to a lot of the guys and we think the penalties aren't harsh enough, really. They should step up the penalties even more. That will really set the telltale sign that if you cheat and do get caught, you're going to lose a lot of money. Braun's deal that he made or whatever, it's going to last 65 games. To me, it's not enough. Next year he's making even more money. I think it should have been a year's suspension, at least."