Joe Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Next year is going to be hilarious either way. If the Astros get off to a hot start, hilarious. If they struggle, hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 I look forward to seeing trash cans in the stands Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 Bregman is a perfect example of a player you absolutely hate when he’s on a team you don’t root for. Such a clown, but he’s our clown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 4 hours ago, Jose said: Next year is going to be hilarious either way. If the Asrros get off to a hot start, hilarious. If they struggle, hilarious. A local sports talk guy asked on Twitter if Astros fans would be happier about the 2017 title or a 2020 “go to hell” title. The response was overwhelmingly that Houston fans want to see the meltdown of an Astros WS title this season because our favorite team has made the full on heel turn #StealItBack Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amazatron Posted January 19, 2020 Share Posted January 19, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Manfred: “STFU about stripping Houston. It ain’t happening. Dodgers would have lost regardless.” Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AbsolutSurgen Posted January 22, 2020 Author Share Posted January 22, 2020 I think MLB is underestimating fan's reactions to this cheating. They're hoping it will just go away, and I'm not sure it will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 2 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: I think MLB is underestimating fan's reactions to this cheating. They're hoping it will just go away, and I'm not sure it will. What? The MLB not understanding its fans? That's inconceivable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iculus Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: I think MLB is underestimating fan's reactions to this cheating. They're hoping it will just go away, and I'm not sure it will. Do a majority of fans care, or even know that this happened, though? I'm probably an outlier, but I couldn't possibly give less of a shit about this, or steroids for that matter. The game would probably be more interesting if they just let every team/player do whatever the hell they wanted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kal-El814 Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 3 hours ago, AbsolutSurgen said: I think MLB is underestimating fan's reactions to this cheating. They're hoping it will just go away, and I'm not sure it will. Fans got over steroids. This is nothing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 22, 2020 Share Posted January 22, 2020 Got my opening day tickets and my Orbit (Astros mascot) as Oscar the Grouch shirt ready to go. I embrace Houston’s role as the bad guys Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
69los Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 '94 strike was really bad for attendance. I don't think this scandal will touch that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 22 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: Manfred: “STFU about stripping Houston. It ain’t happening. Dodgers would have lost regardless.” Stripping Houston makes 0 sense. What about all the teams in the AL. How can we not know one of them would not have made it to the WS instead and beat the Dodgers instead? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 25 minutes ago, Jose said: Stripping Houston makes 0 sense. What about all the teams in the AL. How can we not know one of them would not have made it to the WS instead and beat the Dodgers instead? I think the 17 Yankees were better than the 17 Dodgers! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 People just mad Astros were the best cheaters Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iculus Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 33 minutes ago, sblfilms said: People just mad Astros were the best cheaters Yep. The outrage is beyond ridiculous. They cheated, were caught, and punished. Welcome to every level of sports. It's time to move on. At least McCann and Gattis got rings (along with any other former Braves I'm excluding) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 23, 2020 Share Posted January 23, 2020 3 hours ago, sblfilms said: People just mad Astros were the best cheaters This whole thing has been so weird and unsatisfying. I thought we were going to take down the smartest organization in sports who happened to be cheating! Well that kind of happened, but it turns out the smart people had nothing to do with it. Now Luhnow is out of a job and maybe baseball permanently (according to Keith Law) and he had nothing to do with it?! Meanwhile, most of the cheaters are still with the club and face no punishment? If this was a movie, I'd ask for my money back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28556285/dallas-keuchel-apologizes-sign-stealing-says-ex-teammates-well Keuchel says that Astros should apologize Says their sign stealing doesn’t help their pitchers but also maybe adds a couple of runs per game (LOL, run support doesn’t matter apparently) Says the Astros didn’t do it every game Suggests that illegal sign stealing was so prevalent that at least 6 of the 8 playoff teams were constantly changing signs even without runners on 2nd Thinks Mike Fiers is a rat without explicitly stating it Yeah, maybe it is best for the players to keep quiet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Why should the players keep quiet? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 43 minutes ago, johnny said: Why should the players keep quiet? Because they can’t help but say dumb things besides what they should say, which is “we are sorry we cheated”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnny Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 25 minutes ago, sblfilms said: Because they can’t help but say dumb things besides what they should say, which is “we are sorry we cheated”. Ah, well in that case I agree :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 Fiers with no apology for being on the cheating team Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghost_MH Posted January 25, 2020 Share Posted January 25, 2020 On 1/23/2020 at 3:17 PM, sblfilms said: People just mad Astros were the best cheaters Let's just talk about how the the system the Astros used was more primitive than that of the 1900 Phillies. https://www.inquirer.com/phillies/phillies-baseball-steal-signs-houston-astros-20200124.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0101 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0101 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Just now, rc0101 said: Nightengale says it’s prefect.. so it was the wrong choice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 Booo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rc0101 Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 31 minutes ago, sblfilms said: Booo Astros finally received their punishment 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 18 minutes ago, rc0101 said: Astros finally received their punishment Okay that was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 LOL so good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 When the list of candidates first dropped, Dusty was the only one I definitely didn’t want. So of course that’s who they hire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeneticBlueprint Posted January 28, 2020 Share Posted January 28, 2020 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 29, 2020 Share Posted January 29, 2020 http://signstealingscandal.com This is pretty neat. You can actually look player by player to see how many trash can bangs there were in each game. Pretty clear who the players were who were most involved in the scheme. Also backs up what I’ve thought for a long time: Jose Altuve doesn’t regularly utilize sign stealing because he has the absolute worst plate discipline in the world. Guy swings at everything, he just has an amazing ability to make good contact outside the zone. Josh Reddick also rarely utilized it, but probably should have due to his also terrible plate discipline but amazing inability to make contact outside the zone Also interesting that after Danny Farquhar figures out the banging, the Astros stopped it for the balance of the regular season. That actually plays in to the narrative that they switched to another relay system, like the fabled buzzers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 Bergman, that absolute piece of shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted January 30, 2020 Share Posted January 30, 2020 https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28600880/sources-red-sox-talk-mookie-betts-trade-dodgers Betts to Dodgers @rc0101 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodger Posted January 31, 2020 Share Posted January 31, 2020 17 hours ago, ManUtdRedDevils said: https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/28600880/sources-red-sox-talk-mookie-betts-trade-dodgers Betts to Dodgers @rc0101 How the fuck do I not get an @ on that? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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