The Astros need the Kennesaw Mountain solution. Manfred is spouting about respecting precedent. Respect the Black Sox ruling - ban them all from baseball. Shoeless Joe did less and got banned.
He’s in the wrong sport for that. He should try hockey.
The Astros were cheating.
Every single person associated with the team was aware of it.
They all knew they were cheating, every man Jack of them.
They got caught, but when the cheating was exposed, all they got
was a trivial slap on the wrist by Major League Baseball.
Commissioner Rob Manfred (@11 million$/year) needs to be replaced.
All that takes is a majority vote by the owners.
Watching the World Series, I remember being so impressed by the clutch hitting of Carlos Beltran.
Little did I know what a FAKE he was.
But somehow betting on your own team to win is worse than actually cheating at the game. Sorry. No sale.
He belongs to the union that would fight tooth and nail for the Astros players! It’s not all on MLB, the MLBPA is a huge part of why the Astro players got no punishment and Markakis belongs to that union. Which never made sense to me, because pitchers are part of the union too and they are the ones that had their stats, $$$ and careers affected by the cheatin ‘stros.
Freegards
I think opposing teams should have “Garbage Can Night” when the Astros come to town.
Everyone involved should be suspended for a year
“Those guys still get to play.”
Interesting. Seems the Markakis guy doesn’t like the Astros and how they steal signs. Funny how he pretends to have never enjoyed the activity of stealing signs in baseball. It is part of the fun. Like teasing opposing pitchers, telling tall stories, and plowing through a box of gum.
Manfred is making a “mountain out of a mole hill.” Stealing signs in baseball: that’s it. All teams do it from Little League to MLB.
Astros are innocent. And people who criticize the Astros are playing the game of “I know better than you.” Dusty Baker said, “Please. No one through bean balls at Astros.” Oh, ok, dad. Dusty has no moral authority and helped Barry Bonds score steroids.
Astros stole signs better than anyone last year. Just try to steal theirs. It is easy.
Gaylord Perry wrote a fun book about how he sneaked spit balls past the umpires for many years.
Dodgers have Betts and the Astros have Verlander. I’m ready for the World Series.
I found it interesting that these cheaters lost all four home games in the WS. Almost as if they knew something was up.
I should have bot trash can stocks!!!