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[PBS Frontline] The Astros Edge

Discussion in 'Houston Astros' started by Commodore, Sep 23, 2023.

  1. PhiSlammaJamma

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    I've always said that MLB actually looked the other way on our scandal by giving the players immunity, soft-balling the report, and the Astros basically walked clean. That's the angle. Why didn't baseball do more. I can see no other angle after 5 years. The real focus here is likely to put a spotlight on MLB during the postseason, not the Astros, but that doesn't mean we aren't going to suffer from it. All Baseball will do is brush it aside saying they dealt with it already and talk about how they cleaned up the pitchers.
     
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  2. lnchan

    lnchan Sugar Land Leonard
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    So when is the Frontline on the following:
    • Coverup of video usage by the Red Sox.
    • The corporate espionage committed by the Cardinals.
    • Fentanyl and sticky tack from the Anaheim clubhouse.
    • Illegal signing of international players by the Braves.
    • Sexual abuse of minor leaguers in the Rangers system.
    • Sexual harassment and drug use by the Mets.
    • Goldilocks balls given to the Yankees?
     
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  3. Buck Turgidson

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    Frontline
    Daytripper
    ACL
    News Hour
    Texas Parks and Wildlife
    American Experience
    Nature
    [other stuff]
     
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  4. Commodore

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    Just the motivation we need for a playoff push
     
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    That's all I care about. I don't care if they continue talking about the Astros. All I care about is that cover other teams too. Yankees started it and red Sox won bc of it but the Astros took the punishment and the hate. They lost their gm and manager as well as picks that they would have turned into atleast 1 starter.

    Also on a personal note I wish they would tell.the truth about tuve
     
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  7. Commodore

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    Wow, Astros were doing something that's part of baseball..... Sign stealing!!! They even add high tension music to make it seem bad.
     
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  9. marks0223

    marks0223 2017 and 2022 World Series Champions
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    He got his 450K playoff share and now how much did he get for this interview?
     
  10. jjsmooth

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    Mad respect to the evil genius Jeff Luhnow
     
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  11. ktex

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    We hardly walked away clean.
     
  12. Radricky

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    #takeitback
     
  13. Commodore

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    I'm just starting this **** and they said a few months later thevarlatros won a world series while showing a picture of Presley.
     
  15. Radricky

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    It's a hit piece.
     
  16. dmoneybangbang

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    Astros f*cked up. The league f*cked us over.

    How many straight AL titles? I believe Correa, it wasn't as helpful as people make it out to be. Still great after getting caught and becoming the heels of the league..... ?
     
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  18. Buck Turgidson

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    Needed much more Verducci giving context, waaaaay much less Ben Reiter (waaaaaaay much less). Luhnow was great, shame but understandable that Hinch wouldn't talk to anybody.

    It was solid, nothing really new. Not a hit piece like so many of you expected, and not as in-depth as I had hoped.

    They did pretty much throw Beltran and Cora under the bus, though, deservedly.
     
  19. BMoney

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    No, it's not at all. It was fair and well made.
     
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    what’s the thing with the rangers and Mets? I don’t remember hearing about either of those
     

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