Del Preston
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Picture of Jose Altuve wearing buzzer device emerges
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Vamos Rafa
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Just like I'd avoid Minute Maid Park if the scandal was the other way around.
Quid Pro Clowe
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Tecumseh
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They should have at least put an asterisk next to their title. Roger Maris had one next to his record for decades and that was only because the commissioner at the time, Ford Frick, liked Babe Ruth so much that he thought he shouldn’t relinquish only one out of the dozens of records that he held at that time.
Terry Yake
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yeah that's what i've been saying too
but at this point i think stripping them of the title would be the most appropriate option. just leave it blank like 1994
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It just makes me feel for the 2017 Yankees. They dominated every home game and their pitchers were lights out on the road for the most part despite the cheating.
PG Canuck
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I guess this wire thing has been happening for a long time now.
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southsideIrish
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I don't trust them either, but when I first heard it I thought if MLB just did a 3-month investigation, something would have come up about this. Not necessarily from the Houston players testimony but from the many non-Houston players and former players they interviewed. I figured they'd have no problem spilling more on them at this point.
The buzzer thing seems to impractical to me as well. Sliding into bases, etc. you'd think it would be easy for something like that to be exposed. A jersey gets ripped, pulled, etc.
Terry Yake
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yeah i have zero faith in the "investigation" MLB conducted either
they have a lot to lose from doing damage to one of their golden franchises. as for the buzzer thing, i think its pretty damning when you watch the clip of altuve telling his teammates not to rip his jersey off and then blaming it on "being shy" when there are countless other instances where he had his jersey ripped off
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Some people claim that there's a woman to blame...
The buzzer things seems like the next logical step. The knock three times or two times or whatever kind of seemed like a Tony Orlando song:
My Best-Carey
My Best-Carey
southsideIrish
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Oh don't get me wrong, I agree with you. I've had zero faith in MLB since the strike and steroid era. But I think there were enough external (non-Astro) people interviewed where this would have come out. I think even if MLB buried this someone would have gone to the press.
I also am not sure Houston really is one of their golden franchises. Yes they've had a recent spike in "success". But for all intents and purposes they're still in the eyes of baseball a small market team. I mean who cares about the Astros outside of Texas? It's not like Boston or the NY or LA teams or the Cubs that have huge nationwide fan bases. I think MLB is trying very hard to keep this an Astros cheating scandal only. I guess they can't though with Boston already implicated but you get my meaning. With the McDowell revelations yesterday I think they'll run out of fingers to plug the holes in the dike on this if more stuff keeps coming out.
But yeah I wish MLB was more detailed in the report. I'd love to hear that x player did this or x play in the World Series was definitely off an illegally-stolen pitch. If they can identify and prove specific players did specific things I'm all for long suspensions like with the steroids, 60 games, etc. You're right though counting on MLB to do the right thing is a stretch these days.
Quid Pro Clowe
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No one outside of Houston believes a damn word any of them say.
With good reason. What a joke of a franchise right now.
Let's hope they play sub 500 baseball this year
LMAOO is it just me or was he about to say 'the Nationals won it fair and square', but smartly avoided it.
Dr Pepper
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One of the most enjoyable parts of this whole debacle, for me, is how silent Justin Verlander has been on social media.
Usually so quick to wag his finger from his ivory tower, isn't he? Any time another team did something slightly nefarious, he'd be the first and usually the loudest to cry about it.
Seems like he's got nothing to say these days.
Usually so quick to wag his finger from his ivory tower, isn't he? Any time another team did something slightly nefarious, he'd be the first and usually the loudest to cry about it.
Seems like he's got nothing to say these days.
