SAINTIN NEBR
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Couldn't have said it better!
LoL! There is no punishment to harsh for cheating....it's manipulating games....kinda like the ref's do!Yep. I think many teams do it. So therefore, yes.
First thing I thought when I heard this was that Crane will trade off assets to recoup draft picks and he will say he's going to build another champion the way he built the first one, while saving money along the way.It all seems bizarre to me and I don't see how the evidence here was any clearer than the bountygate "evidence".
You have one disgruntled released player, Mike Fiers, who absolutely couldn't hit the broadside of a barn in 2017 making the primary accusation. Then some weird accusation that involves a garbage can, a bat and a video camera (which sounds like the makings of a scooby doo trap).
No I don't buy it. I've been an astros fan since the 70s. I've followed this team. To know more I think I'd need the 50 thousand page report.
My first take is that Jim Crane is a cheapskate who rode the Stros to massive profits under Hinch and Ludnow and now wants to take his chips off the table. This is just an excuse for him to fold the team. It's a shame too because that 2017 WS team was dam good players.
And yes, great and crappy teams have "stolen signs" since the dawn of baseball, just like all football teams have informal incentives. Thier biggest mistake was beating MLB's beloved Yanqueens twice in a championship series.
Exactly what I was going to add. Seems like the sign steeling really did happen. I think the MLB has more evidence than a vague note handwritten on a napkin given to them by a disgruntled former employee.the difference between this and bountygate is that this actually happened.