February 8, 20206 yr https://sports.yahoo.com/explosive-new-details-emerge-about-the-astros-cheating-scandal-000636683.html
February 8, 20206 yr Luhnow looks worse and worse seemingly by the day. But I'm curious about Codebreaker... they had an algorithm and video to decode signs after the game? If it's the way I'm reading it, how is that illegal? Doesn't every team review video after the games to get prepared for the next game? I don't get how Codebreaker was applied in live games.
February 8, 20206 yr Because then the next time they play (probably next day), they know the signs and can prepare for what's coming. C'mon meow.
February 8, 20206 yr Because then the next time they play (probably next day), they know the signs and can prepare for what's coming. C'mon meow. Right but the codebreaker itself doesn't seem illegal and that article is making a big deal about codebreaker. Technically you can steal signs in baseball, it's the use of electronics and the live relaying of the signs to the batter that's the problem.
February 9, 20206 yr Author https://www.foxnews.com/sports/baseball-hall-of-famer-hank-aaron-houston-astros-banned-life-sign-stealing-scandal
February 12, 20206 yr https://www.mlbtraderumors.com/2020/02/latest-on-astros-sign-stealing-scandal.html “It was a big open secret, really big. Throughout baseball, throughout the scouting community, for several years, not just starting in 2017. I would say probably 2016, maybe earlier, through [2019], things were going on that were blatantly against the rules.” It's a team that we think would be a great model for our rebuilding…shouldn't the MLB punish the owner of this team !?
February 12, 20206 yr Author shouldn't the MLB punish the owner of this team !? They fined him the maximum amount allowed but yeah the penalties still do seem light.
February 12, 20206 yr Next team to break these rules will probably be punished on a reality TV show. "Ratings are down, what should we do this time?" "The next team that is caught cheating will require electroshock therapy!"
February 12, 20206 yr "Ratings are down, what should we do this time?" "The next team that is caught cheating will require electroshock therapy!" The Astros tried that too with the buzzers
February 12, 20206 yr The Astros tried that too with the buzzers 1 buzz for fastball, 2 for changeup, 999 if you miss the pitch anyways?
February 13, 20206 yr [MEDIA=twitter]1227976498314870784[/MEDIA] Interesting. But if so then they should be punished. Feels weird that they get nothing.
February 13, 20206 yr I just heard more of the apologies... they're all BS. I'm not buying any of them. Nobody said anything for over two years when this was going on and they all celebrated that championship loud and proud. Then when everything is revealed they only come out and apologize at a press conference the day after a team meeting? Obviously they had that meeting and agreed to apologize as a way to sweep this under the rug and move forward. None of these apologies are natural. They're all forced and they're all being done because the team is making them do it. It's like when a kid does something wrong to another kid and the adult says "Now say you're sorry." It's that same type of apology where you just do it because you have to do it.
February 13, 20206 yr I just heard more of the apologies... they're all BS. I'm not buying any of them. Nobody said anything for over two years when this was going on and they all celebrated that championship loud and proud. Then when everything is revealed they only come out and apologize at a press conference the day after a team meeting? Obviously they had that meeting and agreed to apologize as a way to sweep this under the rug and move forward. None of these apologies are natural. They're all forced and they're all being done because the team is making them do it. It's like when a kid does something wrong to another kid and the adult says "Now say you're sorry." It's that same type of apology where you just do it because you have to do it. Spot on, Silver Bullet. They reminded me of my daughter apologizing to her sister for hitting her, but only because she got caught.
February 13, 20206 yr Spot on, Silver Bullet. They reminded me of my daughter apologizing to her sister for hitting her, but only because she got caught. Agreed... although I do have to say that they still had to do this. They needed some kind of formal public apology from individual players and it's the best thing for the organization because they do need to move forward. Good for their fans too. The only thing better would have been each player apologizing on their own right after the investigation results were revealed but that is pretty unrealistic.
February 16, 20206 yr Ah, Manfred is just an absolute joke. Shame he's in charge of things right now. "I wanted to punish the players but I already gave them immunity, so, oh well."
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