Actually no I don't think it will affect them much. If the money is right any MLB player will come here don't be naive. It's gonna be an ugly year regardless this is the shiny item every writer can get clicks for writing. And the players deserve some **** but not all of the piling on. What do want public flogging?
I want to emphasize a point I made earlier about Jim Crane. The baseball world hates him for absolving his players for this and blaminghinch and luhnow and the Astros players publicly took responsibility. But you better be sure that the Astros players feel like their owner has their back. I'm guessing all of them feel some degree of culpability and remorse, but they also feel like they are being unfairly singled out when other teams were cheating. Crane having their backs and refusing to give an inch during the press conference could be the difference between resigning springer or not, or any number of things that could come up in the coming year or longer.
This is a joke, right? We played him one time. He gave up 4 ER. He started a total of 8 games after that time. He has got to be kidding... plenty of chances to show his value as a starter. Not our fault Mets staff saw him as a reliever. I'm so sure we held him back from greatness from that one time... give me a break
“I remember pitching really good the first half of the game, and then I don’t know why, they knocked me out of the game in one inning,” Lugo said. “I pitched that inning. I was making good pitches. And when you execute a pitch, you shouldn’t give up good hits. Maybe a little bloop or a ground ball up the middle or something. But their whole approach changed.” When you execute a pitch you shouldn’t give up good hits?????? Are you ****ing kidding me? An actual person felt ok saying that.
Did the Astros kill somebody?!?!?!? It seems like the team gets more flak than other teams like Patriots. If the MLB commissioner said the Stros would be stripped of the title. Guess what the Stros would of done, they would agree to the commish. But the commish didn't do that, what else can they say?!?!?!?!? These media people just wants the Stros to sit on their knees and say sorry. I hope we win every year and shut these bastards up.
This is what happens you create a generation of people that are unwilling to take responsibility for their own failures.
The response is fueled by the spin the media presents. No doubt of that. But I can imagine that if the Astros had lost to the Yankees in 2017 and they went on to win the WS, and they were the ones found cheating that year and afterwords, this board, this city, freaking baseball nation would be in at the least same level of uproar. It might even be worse for them since they have a long record of being hated already by many, especially Boston. At least the Astros were generally liked before all this.
The outrage seems overblown. I thought every team tried to get whatever advantage possible. Seems like watching film is akin to sign stealing. It just doesn't seem like the ultimate sin, more like part of the game.
Yep, players will come if the money is right Look at all the former Astros spread through the league, they were still wanted outside of a few loud mouths, players know this crap goes on in many places
Jesus these people are as stupid as a used rubber with a hole in it. Calling for players heads. It would have been difficult to work this case without the players testimony. So the only way they could get that done is give them immunity. How well would it look to Manfred if he pulled immunity right out from under the players. MLB would NEVER get cooperation from players again. It to mention if the mlb went back on their word lawsuits would fly and the union would revolt. NOBODY wins. So get this suspend players crap out of your head before you have a stroke. On second though go ahead and let your brain explode so we don’t have to hear any more whining. They apologized. Time to move forward. Jesus.
Codebreaking is WITHIN the rules and ALL TEAMS do it. What's OUTSIDE the rules is the PLAYERS using it live....and the friggin "hitting coach" is in Toronto now so how are the Astros supposed to discipline him now??? WTF
I wish I could support the Astros without supporting the MLB. "8 or 9 other teams did as much or more than the Astros." Yet here the Astros are being flogged as the sweep-it-under-the-rug, nothing-to-see-here scapegoat. Rob Manfred = Leslie Nielsen. Screw you, Manfred.
Lol the crazy thing is the Astros are going to make a lot of teams money this year. Fans from other cities are going to travel just to talk sh** and people are looking at the Mlb schedule to see when their team plays the Astros. Casual fans are going to be paying attention to this team... even if it’s for negative reasons. They said this is bad for baseball... but the Astros will be a cash cow this year for the MLB. More people will be paying attention to the sport this year.... and all eyes will be on us. I love it
