I've waited...I've let multiple reports come through, read many opinions, listened to many opinions from the TV and Radio talking heads, looked at this from both sides...And now I'm ready to spew my pissed off, I'm smarter than arrogant opinion....
Early on, I was of the mindset that 'there's always been cheating in Baseball'...Sign stealing has been going on since the beginning of time...Gaylord Perry, famous for doctoring the ball is in the Hall Of Fame...And the Steroids...Cheating and Baseball go hand in hand together....
But that doesn't make it right...
The degree to which the Astros cheated was too far...Clearly MLB thought so with the suspensions they threw down, which lead to 3 managers and 1 GM getting fired...A loss of multiple first and second round draft picks...Oh and a 5 million dollar fine...Not that the fine hurt the multi-billion dollar franchise...Fuck they made 5 million dollars in the first couple days of selling Word Series Championship gear...
But the punishment stopped there...No players received any punishment...The players who benefitted most from the video sign stealing, garbage can banging, maybe even buzzer wearing cheating...And when you look at the Astros hitters home stats compared to their away stats, its clear as fuck these guys had help...
In typical Baseball fashion, they screwed up and the media is following suit...When Baseball was full of steroid users, half of them were vilified, and half got a free pass...The fact that MLB had clear proof of the cheating and didn't hold those who benefitted from it the most, accountable...
And now a new can of worms is opened...Pitchers are going to take discipline into their own hands...Many pitchers are making it clear they are pissed, and some have even made it clear they are going to throw hard AT Astros hitters...So how is MLB going to handle it when Altuve and company start catching fastballs in the ribs...They're going to look bad suspending guys for drilling a proven cheater that got no punishment....
Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger has been outspoken, and hear him out...His points are valid, and his anger is real and justified...
Dude makes some solid points...Sitting there getting another tattoo and spewing his rage...
After a full investigation, MLB lays it all out there to the point where 3 Managers and a GM get fired after they are handed Huge suspensions and none of them have fought it or filed a grievance...And what do the Astros players do...They deny wrong-doing...They continue to act cocky and arrogant...
What should the punishment be...I don't agree with the LA crybabies saying they should just be handed the 2017 and 2018 titles...That's lame...Especially since the word on the street is the Dodgers have done some of their own shady things...
But what should happen to these fuckers...All their home batting stats should be wiped out...They should get suspended 25-50 games...If the stories of being wired up with buzzers are true, to me that should be a lifetime suspension...
Listen, I think steroid punishments should have been tougher, so I think these guys should get fucked harder...
I find it disgusting that Pete Rose is banned from baseball and can't get into the Hall Of Fame...The guy every father told their sons, 'That's how you play the game'...is banned for gambling, but these guys didn't even get a slap on the wrist...These fucking Astros by cheating the way they did, impacted the contracts and careers of numerous pitchers....Yeah, even if you know what pitch is coming, you still have to actually hit the ball...But if you know what fucking pitch is coming, your odds just went way the fuck up...
Fucking Astros!
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