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Chronicle hires Altuve-hater as Astros beat writer

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by chrish23, Dec 13, 2023.

  1. BlindHog

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    A few of the people on this forum are ass-holes. Does that make you an ass-hole by association? Of course not, and Altuve is not a cheater by association. There is no such thing, either you are a cheater or you are not. Do not try pulling that non absolute bullsh*t.
     
  2. BlindHog

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    Sorry, double post.
     
  3. IdStrosfan

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    Not even remotely the same thing. I will never meet any of you and we certainly aren't working together as a team.

    We just need to agree to disagree and keep rooting for the Astros.
     
  4. chrish23

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    I just think we all need to come together and make sure Leah never covers the Astros.
     
  5. REEKO_HTOWN

    REEKO_HTOWN I'm Rich Biiiiaaatch!

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    Any Saudi Prince interested in buying the Astros?

    Offer Crane $4 Billion and I’m sure he’ll sell or at least his partners will force him too.

    This is the EPL in slow motion
     
  6. Buck Turgidson

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    NO
    and No. And more NO
     
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  7. Dgn1

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    I can just imagine a Saudi and Chinese led fallout. We just thought the Morey and NBA vs PRC was a pain in the a*s. I'll personally pass on this.
     
  8. The Real Shady

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    Astros should bring back Brandon Taubman to shout at this new reporter in the locker room.
     
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  9. Fyreball

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    The irony (or maybe not irony) of that is I doubt you could convince any Saudi Prince to buy the Astros right now. The business model and projections for baseball are pretty abysmal, and Manfred only makes it worse with his inability to bring younger viewers into the fold.

    Also this is not the EPL. If anything, it's La Liga where you have 2 teams that matter, and everyone else is viewed at as a nuisance in the way.
     
  10. The Beard

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    If the Saudi's were interested, they would want to buy MLB, not just the one most dominant franchise in MLB
     
  11. cheke64

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    Too long to read. So did she apologize?
     
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  12. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    She's back on Twitter.
     
  13. GOATuve

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    Who cares? Don't give her anymore attention. Let her fade into obscurity where she belongs
     
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  14. solid

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    Won't be the first WRONG DECISION the Houston Chronicle has made. Most News Paper columns have become unreadable. Not an ounce of objective balance left. If she doesn't know that Altuve did not participate in the "sign stealing" scandal (I still say all teams do this), then she doesn't need to be in sports journalism.
     
  15. raining threes

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    Shocking said nobody.

    She's a proven liar doing what liars do.
     
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  16. The Beard

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    This

    F her
     
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  17. Jake Tower

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    I would also like to point out that Altuve never defended himself from these accusations because he would have to indirectly throw his teammates under the bus.

    So he just takes the criticism in silence.
     
  18. Pistol Pete

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    I really don't have sympathy for her. Her take was a heat magnet. She had to know as a reporter it would piss off the Astros fan base. She came here knowing those comments could come back to bite her and they did.
     
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  19. Rock Block

    Rock Block Sorta here sometimes
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    It was reported that Altuve was extremly pissed off that the guys in the dugout would bang when he was AB, he NEVER wanted it, hence why he had only 24 known bangs that entire season at home. For me that's not guilt by association but I understand why he kept quiet.
     
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  20. scott_summers

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    Same. Some of the stuff they said about her was out of line. At the end of the day I dont really care. You don't insult a Houston Legend and then not expect some type of heat. It's like u wouldn't hire a reporter who insulted Ichiro to cover the Mariners.
    And not only did Altuve not defend himself. When a reporter offered words in his defense. Just like the G he is. He politely declined and said "we are on the same team". Something like that.
     
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