Astros punishments: suspensions, firings, team gets over, everyone is pissed.

[the dude abides]

8 minutes ago, Lou said:

I love it when someone learns a new word then uses it incorrectly.

He used it correctly.

@EnglishCop, ruling please?

 

[Lou]

3 minutes ago, the dude abides said:

He used it correctly.

@EnglishCop, ruling please?

 

There is no misfortune involved. The Astros deserve everything they're getting thrown at them. 

[Tank]

53 minutes ago, Lou said:

I love it when someone learns a new word then uses it incorrectly.

I absolutely apothecary what you’re saying.

[zenmaster]

Bregman has the most punchable face I've ever seen.

I love that the Astros hitters are going to be under such a microscope this year. Everyone is looking to see if their production drops. The instant any one of them has a slump, everyone is going to jump on them. I love the pressure it puts on these asshats. I'd love to see all their numbers plummet. 

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

 

[Ceramic]

On 1/19/2020 at 7:02 AM, zenmaster said:

Bregman has the most punchable face I've ever seen.

I love that the Astros hitters are going to be under such a microscope this year. Everyone is looking to see if their production drops. The instant any one of them has a slump, everyone is going to jump on them. I love the pressure it puts on these asshats. I'd love to see all their numbers plummet. 

I don't condone violence, but Bregman definately has a punchable face. It makes it worse since he's a cheater. I hope angels fans come out to the stadium and boos the astros.

[Ace-Of-Diamonds]

I wonder what the team record for HBP in a season is? The Astros maybe set to break it no matter what it is.

[PattyD22]

7 hours ago, Ceramic said:

 I hope angels fans come out to the stadium and boos the astros.

As an Angel fan, I plan to come out and boos the Astros, buddy.

[Lou]

Marcus Stroman on the Astros:

https://nypost.com/2020/01/20/video-sends-marcus-stroman-into-rage-over-carlos-beltrans-cheating-astros/amp/

 

“S–t makes sense now,” said Stroman, whom the Mets traded for last season. “I remember wondering how these guys were laying off some of my nasty pitches. Relaying all my signs in live speed to the batter. Ruining the integrity of the game. These dudes were all about the camera and social media. Now, they’re all quiet! Lol.”

[Lou]

3 hours ago, Ace-Of-Diamonds said:

I wonder what the team record for HBP in a season is? The Astros maybe set to break it no matter what it is.

That would be great.

"Coming to the plate is Jose Altuve. Altuve, who has been hit by pitches 89 times so far this season . . ."

[Tank]

3 hours ago, Lou said:

That would be great.

"Coming to the plate is Jose Altuve. Altuve, who has been hit by pitches 89 times so far this season . . ."

And  that’s just before the all star break.

[ScottT]

Another pitcher speaking out...

This season is gonna be interesting. 

Its gonna start in spring training.  Then. If you get suspended, you get it out of the way early 

[arch stanton]

I don't know that I would just throw at them for the sake of throwing at them but I'd damn sure let my catcher know that every 3rd curveball sign he put down would automatically be a fastball up and in

[T.G.]

This thing isn't going away any time soon... The way they've handled things (actually NOT handled it) just perpetuates the whole ugly thing.  I hope they get asked about it every time a writer or broadcaster approaches them. Every. Stinking. Time.

I hope it wears on them for the rest of their careers. I hope fans in every park let them have it. I hope bus drivers refuse to drive them and restaurant servers refuse to take their orders. I hope grandmas wave their index finger at them in disapproval and grandpas flip them off. I hope late night talk show hosts make them a part of their mono-logs every night. I hope their fans wear brown paper bags over their heads.

 

[yk9001]

I think it kind of slipped by here, but Major League Baseball was quick last week to squash the possibility of electronic devices being used to cheat.  Almost too quickly...

 

[ten ocho recon scout]

Watch dipoto trade for houstons next two draft picks.

[Angel Oracle]

18 hours ago, Lou said:

That would be great.

"Coming to the plate is Jose Altuve. Altuve, who has been hit by pitches 89 times so far this season . . ."

How many of those drilled him in the buzzer, err chest?

[Angel Oracle]

2 hours ago, True Grich said:

This thing isn't going away any time soon... The way they've handled things (actually NOT handled it) just perpetuates the whole ugly thing.  I hope they get asked about it every time a writer or broadcaster approaches them. Every. Stinking. Time.

I hope it wears on them for the rest of their careers. I hope fans in every park let them have it. I hope bus drivers refuse to drive them and restaurant servers refuse to take their orders. I hope grandmas wave their index finger at them in disapproval and grandpas flip them off. I hope late night talk show hosts make them a part of their mono-logs every night. I hope their fans wear brown paper bags over their heads.

 

And hat wearing women poke Asstros players with hat pins, ala what Freddie Blassie had to endure in the old wrasslin days.  

[the dude abides]

16 hours ago, yk9001 said:

I think it kind of slipped by here, but Major League Baseball was quick last week to squash the possibility of electronic devices being used to cheat.  Almost too quickly...

 

Yep.  They just want this thing to die.

It’ll take the Astros turning on one another to get more momentum on this.  They will eventually.

[floplag]

In reading a couple articles today im getting the Manfred basically gave the players full immunity to get the story, thinking he couldnt win going after them and would never get the truth. 
As if the truth wasnt already fully documented in video. 
If true, hes a gutless bureaucrat who doesnt deserve to be commissioner. 

[Angel Dog and Beer]

Yup, that's the reason no players were punished. 

https://www.barstoolsports.com/blog/1698826/major-league-baseball-gave-astros-players-full-immunity-in-exchange-for-the-full-story-of-the-cheating-scandal

Yes, "Barstool Sports" but it was in response to a WSJ article: https://www.wsj.com/articles/astros-players-cheated-baseball-wanted-answers-so-they-made-a-deal-11579694400

 

[T.G.]

The competition for these awards must have been fierce....

 

 

[Stradling]

22 hours ago, floplag said:

In reading a couple articles today im getting the Manfred basically gave the players full immunity to get the story, thinking he couldnt win going after them and would never get the truth. 
As if the truth wasnt already fully documented in video. 
If true, hes a gutless bureaucrat who doesnt deserve to be commissioner. 

The truth isn’t fully documented in video or else he would have used that and gone after the players.  I get that people want the players involved punished, but they will be, not just in the court of public opinion but in their legacy and in their free agency and in the fact that their team they are on will be losing draft picks, lost their GM that built the team and their manager who lead them to the post season for a few years in a row.  There will always be a player here or there that corks a bat, or scuffs a ball, baseball went after the only thing that makes sense, the leadership.  If a manager or GM see cheating on his team, he will put a stop to it one way or another.  It’s going to be a long time before Hinch and Lunrow have jobs in baseball again.  

[floplag]

17 minutes ago, Stradling said:

The truth isn’t fully documented in video or else he would have used that and gone after the players.  I get that people want the players involved punished, but they will be, not just in the court of public opinion but in their legacy and in their free agency and in the fact that their team they are on will be losing draft picks, lost their GM that built the team and their manager who lead them to the post season for a few years in a row.  There will always be a player here or there that corks a bat, or scuffs a ball, baseball went after the only thing that makes sense, the leadership.  If a manager or GM see cheating on his team, he will put a stop to it one way or another.  It’s going to be a long time before Hinch and Lunrow have jobs in baseball again.  

Im not sure i can agree, weve all seen the videos, people get convicted in court on less.
Its just my opinion but i think it has a lot more to do with upcoming CBA than what they can prove or not prove.

[the dude abides]

44 minutes ago, True Grich said:

The competition for these awards must have been fierce....

 

 

Runner up for "Moment of the year" was the Texans 30-23 preseason win vs. the Lions.