flavum Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Listening to Kris Bryant go off on the Astros. Pretty impressive dude. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-Gun Pete Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) Shit, if Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson are still banned, WTF aren't the Houston players also banned for life? (Yes, I get the players union angle, but why aren't the players union also sticking up for players that may have been wrongly punished in the past?) Otherwise, why aren't Weaver/Jackson made eligible for reinstatement, and thus, enshrinement in Cooperstown? This is some high bullshit, IMO. Edited February 15, 2020 by Two-Gun Pete 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smellysox Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, soxfan2014 said: Do they play each other this year? AL Central is playing the NL West this year. Yes, you're right. My bad. Probably for the best with things as heated as they are this season. The best we could hope for is a rematch in the world series. Now that would be interesting! I do think the Dodgers will be representing national league. Edited February 15, 2020 by smellysox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bob Sacamano Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, smellysox said: Yes, you're right. My bad. Probably for the best with things as heated as they are this season. The best we could hope for is a rematch in the world series. Now that would be interesting! I do think the Dodgers will be representing national league. Would be awesome to see Bauer face them but I'm pretty sure AL West is facing NL East (haven't checked). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NCsoxfan Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Wow Correa and the Astros still won’t shut tf up. Endless digging. Unreal. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 hours ago, smellysox said: Anybody else looking forward to the first time the Dodgers and Astros face each other this season? Those should be some very interesting games with some of the things the Dodgers have been saying. Yankees vs. Astros should be another one. at some point in MLB, someone is going to press charges against a pitcher for throwing at a batter. It meets all legal definitions of assault. I wonder if this could be the year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 7 minutes ago, NCsoxfan said: Wow Correa and the Astros still won’t shut tf up. Endless digging. Unreal. He's looking right in the camera and lying. If they really want to give a sincere apology, send the trophy to Cooperstown where they can keep it in storage for a few decades, take down any signage regarding the 2017 Championship, donate the amount all of the playoff share money from 2017 to charity, and no future team sponsored celebrations of the 2017 season. If they want to keep their rings they won unfairly, they can do it, but nobody really thinks they earned it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 This is the most convincing bit suggesting that Altuve probably was wearing something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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pcq Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Correa says the Dodgers made mistakes suggesting they lost for other reasons I guess. Defending Altuve as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) The players on the Astros aren't being punished but the new manager wants opposing players punished for throwing at the unpunished cheaters? Do I have that right? Edited February 15, 2020 by soxfan49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balta1701 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 8 minutes ago, soxfan49 said: The players on the Astros aren't being punished by the new manager wants opposing players punished for throwing at the unpunished cheaters? Do I have that right? No you missed not autocorrect error, otherwise you’re on track. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 44 minutes ago, Balta1701 said: No you missed not autocorrect error, otherwise you’re on track. What? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chitownsportsfan Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 This is the best thing to happen to baseball perhaps in my lifetime. Baseball is lead news on every sports talk program in the country right now instead of the NBA or NFL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quin Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 Yes, I'd be thinking of a bad tattoo. GTFO Correa. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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lostfan Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 8 hours ago, Balta1701 said: at some point in MLB, someone is going to press charges against a pitcher for throwing at a batter. It meets all legal definitions of assault. I wonder if this could be the year. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoxAce Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 1 hour ago, Balta1701 said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptatc Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 12 hours ago, Two-Gun Pete said: Shit, if Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson are still banned, WTF aren't the Houston players also banned for life? (Yes, I get the players union angle, but why aren't the players union also sticking up for players that may have been wrongly punished in the past?) Otherwise, why aren't Weaver/Jackson made eligible for reinstatement, and thus, enshrinement in Cooperstown? This is some high bullshit, IMO. Gambling is still the biggest no no in the game. That's the difference. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hamhock Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Disclaimer: completely insane, impractical idea The players from the 29 other teams could force additional punishment by announcing their intent to refuse to travel to Houston during the 2020 season. It's not a strike - you're allowed to forfeit games by not showing up. The Astros would hemorrhage money - 81 forfeited home game "victories" with zero attendance, angry season ticket holders/luxury suite buyers demanding refunds, an apoplectic RSN with nothing to televise and total loss of ad revenue. How many weeks would it take? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bmags Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 5 minutes ago, Hamhock said: Disclaimer: completely insane, impractical idea The players from the 29 other teams could force additional punishment by announcing their intent to refuse to travel to Houston during the 2020 season. It's not a strike - you're allowed to forfeit games by not showing up. The Astros would hemorrhage money - 81 forfeited home game "victories" with zero attendance, angry season ticket holders/luxury suite buyers demanding refunds, an apoplectic RSN with nothing to televise and total loss of ad revenue. How many weeks would it take? Eh, astros would definitely be fine with cheating their way to best record ever with no shame. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Two-Gun Pete Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, ptatc said: Gambling is still the biggest no no in the game. That's the difference. I like you, and I respect you. But given what Denny McLain did (for example), this view is kinda horseshit. Weaver got suspended for knowing about the scam, but not reporting it; Jackson's involvement still isn't 100% clear. Are we to believe that NONE of McLains team mates knew about his gambling and (allegedly) mob-related bookkeeping activity, but didn't report it? Or Pete Rose's team mates didn't know anything about his gambling? Sorry, but MLB hasn't been as hardcore on gambling as they purport to be. Houston (and all their cheating players) did far worse with their cheating, full stop. Edited February 16, 2020 by Two-Gun Pete 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flavum Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 Manfred is talking at 3:30 central. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soxfan49 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, flavum said: Manfred is talking at 3:30 central. He had a 1 on 1 with Karl Ravech that has already aired on Sportscenter today and it was nothing special. Said it would've impossible to suspend players, taking away a trophy is pointless but everyone will remember this as "something wrong" regardless, the Astros' apology wasn't good enough but the players have done a good job since Crane spoke, etc Edited February 16, 2020 by soxfan49 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kyyle23 Posted February 16, 2020 Share Posted February 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, soxfan49 said: He had a 1 on 1 with Karl Ravech that has already aired on Sportscenter today and it was nothing special. Said it would've impossible to suspend players, taking away a trophy is pointless but everyone will remember this as "something wrong" regardless, the Astros' apology wasn't good enough but the players have done a good job since Crane spoke, etc lol yes, the players have done so well *checks notes* making up bad tattoos as the reason that Altuve didn't want his jersey removed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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