Prior to the leak of the PED results, Braun was working to develop his own line of aluminum bats, and is developing his own t-shirt line with Affliction Clothing, a company owned by a pair of his friends.

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Ironically in the end, the man who fought ascending mountainous roads with his legs, and the man who fought cancer with all his heart and soul, decided not to wage further battle in a fight to clear his name against accusations of Performance Enhancing Drug (PED) use dating back to 1998.

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San Francisco Giants outfielder Melky Cabrera was having an MVP-caliber season prior to his 50-game suspension for PED use in August.

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But the public is exhausted by stories like this, worn down by baseball's lost PED era, comical obfuscations and investigations that fail to offer resolution.

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The contract clause forbidding use of PED (performance enhancing drugs) was violated too many times to count.

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Credit was given to spectacular exercise regimens and diets and other distracting nonsense, but the PED truth eventually revealed itself.

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This means that virtual items acquired within Entropia Universe have a real cash value, and a participant may, at any time, initiate a withdrawal of their accumulated PEDs back into real world currencies according to the fixed exchange rate, minus transaction fees, the minimum amount for a withdrawal is 1000 PED.

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