Ryan Braun's appeal of his positive drug test began Thursday before baseball arbitrator Shyam Das. The start of the National League MVP's appeal, first reported by the New York Daily News, was confirmed by a person familiar with the session who spoke on condition of anonymity because the proceeding was not to be made public. Calls to Braun's agent, Nez Balelo, and Major League Baseball spokesman Pat Courtney were not returned. Read more: http://espn.go.com/mlb/story/_/id/7...ee-brewers-ryan-braun-begins-appeal-drug-test
