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Baseball Fans Wonder Who Will Be Suspended Next

Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun in the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Milwaukee. (Morry Gash/AP)
Milwaukee Brewers' Ryan Braun in the dugout during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Cincinnati Reds Wednesday, July 10, 2013, in Milwaukee. (Morry Gash/AP)

Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun is out of the game. Braun has accepted a season ending 65-game suspension for “violations” of baseball’s drug program.

He’ll sit out the rest of the season without pay, losing about $3.4 million. He’ll be able to come back next year and the $117 million he’s still owed through 2020 won’t be affected.

“I wish to apologize to anyone I may have disappointed,” Braun wrote in a statement. “All of the baseball fans especially those in Milwaukee, the great Brewers organization, and my teammates. I am glad to have this matter behind me once and for all, and I cannot wait to get back to the game I love.”

Braun is one of about 20 Major League Baseball players whose names appear on a list tying them to the now-shuttered Miami anti-aging clinic, Biogenesis, which has long been suspected of providing performance-enhancing drugs to baseball players.

The clinic’s founder, Anthony Bosch, began working with MLB officials in early June, with the hope that they would help him with legal problems of his own.

So what does Braun’s suspension mean for the other players on the list? And will it have any lasting impact on the use of performance-enhancing drugs in baseball?

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