What no one seems to mentioning is just how dumb are catchers and pitchers?
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Just to ‘prove’ that all bad news isn’t all that bad,
Just how brilliant are/were the Nationals this year, going 4-0 in the ‘den of iniquity’?
Reading about how ‘nasty’ the Astros are/have been recently and threatening to strip them of titles, firing managers and other managers who may have KNOWN about it, just proves that the Washington National feat has to be one of the greatest in sports history.
Like ‘we’ say about steroids...
Steroids may give one more power and/or upper body strength but if you don’t have the hand-eye coordination and know how to swing, the steroids just bulk one up.
Food for thought???
Bo Porter the current pre/post game announcer for the Nationals was Houston Mgr 2013-14 and was Nationals 3rd base coach prior to that..
Washington & Houston share the same spring training facilities.
Might make one wonder if Washington hadn’t heard of or even ‘known’ of the scandal and used it to their advantage in the World Series?
The Nats handled the cheatin’ ‘stros like champs. I think Strasburg was actually tipping at one point and fixed it when he was told, smooth sailing after that. If the Astros were cheating with technology in the World Series it was much more advanced than banging on trashcans, clapping or whistling.
What a weird series and season. 2019 Nats will go down as truly one of the greatest and weirdest runs ever. That Astros team was already a juggernaut, those players will always have some stink from this on them.
Freegards
I wonder, could the Nationals have done so well due to the Yankees calling this out in the ALCS? About the time that Hinch was poo pooing the Yankees for calling out the cheating, it was leaked out that the Sporting News was interviewing Friers.
Yeah, the panic in the Astro organization must have started right about as the WS hit.
Good on the Nationals for beating these cheaters.