Can't wait for the slap on the wrist.
How about some serious punishment, no draft picks at all in 2020, life time banishment for the manager, GM and team president, team forced to go back to wearing the rainbow uniforms from the 70's.
Can't wait for the slap on the wrist.
How about some serious punishment, no draft picks at all in 2020, life time banishment for the manager, GM and team president, team forced to go back to wearing the rainbow uniforms from the 70's.
Go Gators!
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*BaseClogger* (11-13-2019),Revering4Blue (11-13-2019)
It’s entirely possible they found a way to cheat on the road, too. Remember the dugout incident in Cleveland where an Astros employee got removed by security after pointing a smart phone into the Indians’ dugout and all we heard from MLB was “well we asked The Astros and they said they were just making sure The Indians weren’t cheating so move along, nothing to see here”.
The Astros are one shady organization.
Curious as to what punishment the Astros should get? Similar to the Braves in 2017? Harold Reynolds on MLB said they should lose draft picks and prospects acquired since 2017.
Last edited by DocRed; 11-13-2019 at 09:47 AM.
REDREAD (11-13-2019)
REDREAD (11-13-2019),Revering4Blue (11-13-2019)
I like this idea.
A side benefit of banning TVs is that we won't have a bench coach reviewing every close play on TV and letting the manager know whether to challenge it or not.. that slows down the game as well.. The instant replay reviews would actually be a little bit more exciting if the manager had to go by "gut feel". (I am sure most appeals would be lost though).
15Fan had a good idea about having a wireless communication device between pitcher and catcher, but the problem is that the Astros would find a way to eavesdrop on the wireless discussion..
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
Edd Roush (11-13-2019)
[Phil ] Castellini celebrated the team's farm system and noted the team had promising prospects who would one day be great Reds -- and then joke then they'd be ex-Reds, saying "of course we're going to lose them". #SellTheTeamBob
Nov. 13, 2007: One of the greatest days in Reds history: John Allen gets the boot!
North (11-13-2019)
I find it hard to believe they were calling out off speed pitches to hitters with a loud banging noise everyone near the field could hear. Opposing teams would pick up on that in a heart beat.
JFLegal (11-14-2019)
Another video of Astros stealing signs this time with a whistle and during the 2017 WS vs The Dodgers....
https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/co...tm_name=iossmf
Sound Familiar? Yup, the Yankees accused the Astros of using a whistle to steal signals this year in the ALCS.
https://mlb.nbcsports.com/2019/10/16...-by-whistling/
Last edited by DocRed; 11-13-2019 at 12:39 PM.
Edd Roush (11-13-2019),REDREAD (11-13-2019),wally post (11-13-2019)
The jomboy twitter feed is doing God’s work on this. He’s got audio with the video - you can hear the signaling from the dugout.
Well, that's what those words mean. He was here. If they don't keep him, he will have been lost/subtracted. I headed out the door today with two shoes on my feet. If I don't return with them, I have lost them. If I do return with them, I haven't added them. ---M2
Our planet is a lonely speck in the great enveloping cosmic dark. In our obscurity, in all this vastness, there is no hint that help will come from elsewhere to save us from ourselves. -- Carl Sagan (Pale Blue Dot)
cheating is an institution in baseball. It is the only sport as a child that you begin learning how to cheat or use trickery in the first week of practice. There is very little baseball can do even if they learn the Astros are guilty of this. They do not have the ability to vacate championships and they are unable to punish individual players. Sure they could hit them with draft picks or something....but nothing major. Finally if the Astros are doing this, other teams are doing this or something similar.
mth123 (11-13-2019)
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