MLB Off-Topic

[DamnYanks2]

CBS Sports (@CBSSports) Tweeted:
"Our opinion is that this didn't impact the game." - Jim Crane

"I didn't say it didn't impact the game." - Jim Crane 55 seconds later https://t.co/MnpPeeTUPL https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status...793774082?s=20

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[Caulfield]

I wonder if Sports Illustrated saw this coming for Houston too, back in 2014.

I read Houstons books ''Astroball'' and ''Hurricane Season'' last spring. I thought at the time they were both really good reads, but now I wish I could get that time back that I spent reading garbage. I was (at the time) really impressed with the Beltran chapter and parts and thought ''this guy is a future HoF manager'', when instead he was just a future former manager.

[jeebs9]

Quote: Originally Posted by DamnYanks2

CBS Sports (@CBSSports) Tweeted: "Our opinion is that this didn't impact the game." - Jim Crane "I didn't say it didn't impact the game." - Jim Crane 55 seconds later https://t.co/MnpPeeTUPL https://twitter.com/CBSSports/status...793774082?s=20 " Sent from my SM-G975U using Tapatalk

This is why before this even happen. I said this was going to be garbage.

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[Mabster]

Quote: Originally Posted by countryboy

In other news....Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire was arrested for "exposure of sexual organs" while inside a parked car at a retail store.

Aka Car Jacking. Courtesy of the Toronto Sun.

[Rocket32]

Kurt Suzuki confirms the Astros were still cheating in this WS: https://www.cbssports.com/mlb/news/n...-world-series/


Most of the focus seems to be on 2017 and a bit less on 2018 as well but the punishment was really light when you think about the fact they’ve been doing it for at least 3 years. Just because it didn’t quite get them a championship again as other teams and players really started catching on to it doesn’t make it any better.

And I love how players keep talking about it and answering the media about it as Manfred is desperately trying to sweep it under the rug.

[Speedy]

I find it baffling teams knew about this but nothing was done or said about it.

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[Master Live 013]

NL MVP Cody Bellinger says Astros' Jose Altuve stole 2017 AL MVP from Aaron Judge.

Quote:

"I thought the apologies were whatever," Bellinger said, referencing the Astros' public apologies Thursday from their spring training site. "I thought [owner] Jim Crane's was weak. I thought [commissioner Rob] Manfred's punishment was weak, giving [the players] immunity. Those guys were cheating for three years. I think what people don't realize is [Jose] Altuve stole an MVP from [Aaron] Judge in '17. Everyone knows they stole the ring from us. But it's over."

[kehlis]

Quote: Originally Posted by Speedy

I find it baffling teams knew about this but nothing was done or said about it. Sent from my SM-G950U using Operation Sports mobile app

The A’s went to the league about it and reported it in 2017.