I've been thinking this lately as well, and I'm glad you brought it up. The 2017 World Series being illegitimate is certainly bad for the sport, but the fallout has pushed MLB to the forefront during THE OFFSEASON. Even non-baseball fans seem to be really interested in the scandal.
I’m an Astros fan. Thanks for making this video. However the good news about this is that there is some precedent in turning heel in pro sports (eg The Patriots, LeBron James) that there’s stuff to learn from them. Oh the Patriots cheating did help make them be more hateable. It’s not the wins.
@@kaminsod4077 wasn't that a 3-0 sweep though? If it was a hotly contested 5 game series I would understand. Speaking of which, wouldn't that give the tampa bay rays extra justification for astro hatred?
@@kaminsod4077 I guess. I live in San Francisco so naturally there are a lot of Oakland As fans out here. I assume they will be extra riled up when Houston comes to town.
Is so sad being an Astros fan. Years and years of losing and frustrating playoff losses. Then we suddenly have a championship and its coz they cheated. It's like a nightmare
And emotions were running high, too. The Houston Strong slogan was going around after Hurricane Harvey and they won their first championship and rose from tragedy. (Also, I don't like the Dodgers). But now, not sure what to make of it.
Fr, I just love the fact that we are the scapegoats, the red sucks got caught and NOBODY cares, the Yankees refuse to open a letter and NOBODY CARES, The dodgers have a payroll as high as the twin towers stacked on top of each other and NOBODY CARES.
I guess my emotions are getting in the way of logic cause while as a whole I see how this won't ruin baseball I still think it is bad for the game as a whole. Alot of people think this sport is a joke. I want people to watch baseball games because they love it not because of this scandal. Also I think absolutely no tolerance rule should be in place this year for beanballs. I don't give a fuck what a organization does. You don't try to intentionally hurt someone. Great video Five. Again I see where you are coming from. I'm just letting my emotions get in the way.
You could argue the scandal will fuel the Astros even more to win another World Series. The talent is still there. Look at the Pats after their cheating scandals.
Ranel Gallardo excaclty, look at 2019, all they lost was Gerrit Cole and Wade Miley, but they have Lance McCullers Jr coming back from tommy John and Yordan Alvarez will be playing a full season
@@Schwubble4444 Yeah, but they lost Cole to the yankees .imo Cole was the only thing the yankees needed to become a great team. You also have to think that the yankees are also probably the team with the best chance to beat the astros
PatrickTheSTARwins 24 yes, but people are assuming every person on the team is gonna regress massively and they won’t even win the division, The Yankees are the team to beat in the AL, but the Astros are a closer second then most think, I still think the Astros are better than the Twins, Rays, White Sox, Athletics, Red Sox, and Indians (all the teams who I think could possibly be competitive next season in the AL in 2020).
Sam Hertz I still the Yankees will still bow to the Astros in the postseason. Also you don’t know who the Astros will acquire before the trade deadline. I know the Astros are scandal laden and their players are a pariah right now but hey if you’re desperate to play, you’ll come to Houston.
Ranel Gallardo yeah, who knows, maybe the Mets fall apart and they flip Thor, the Astros still have a deep enough farm system, although who knows with a new GM.
Also... Roger Gooddell owes Rob Manfred bigtime for unilaterally taking away the titles of "most hated" and "most incompetent" sports commissioner. That guy's going to choke on his own toenails with how far he's got his foot in his mouth over this situation.
Ight start placing bets now: how many teams will use a special "opener" whos like in single A ball just to drill an astro in the face and so that none of the teams top pitchers will get punished?
I'm an astros fan and there have been plenty of people that asked why I'm still a fan. It's a stupid question. One, who else am I supposed to cheer for? Two, I've been cheering for them my whole life and I'm not just throwing that away cuz the staff and some players cheated. I've definitely lost respect but, they're still my team.
Back when Jonathan Lucroy was with the Brewers, he said he was suspecting the Astros of even cheating then. As he’s a catcher and caught on to it quicker than anyone else. He said they weren’t in the game mentally, and also claimed that each time one of his teams pitchers had to go out and pitch they would have to be so locked in because Astros hitters would get good hits off them every now and then. He said it seemed too easy for them at some points and that this situation could have gone on far longer than we had suspected. And if you don’t believe me, when the MLB was informed about it, they took zero time to investigate it. By the way he talked about this at least 9 years ago.
Bob Heck thanks, if you want to learn more I can personally tell you my standpoint through other social media, and other stories. I’ve been to the Houston *Asterisks* home games before and away.
As an Astros fan, I am disappointed to hear my team cheated. But it wasn’t the players fault. We still earned that title because there are a lot of talented players on that team. This comments section, like most of the MLB players right now, are giving hate to the team just to get attention. They all say different things from wanting to beat them to death threats. The City of Houston needed that title. Hurricane Harvey was devastating and a huge letdown to the city. And when the Astros won and we started getting back on our feet, we all felt good about our city. My house had been flooded up to the SECOND FLOOR in 59 inches of water that fell in less than 3 days. It was a very joyous time in my life to see my role models win and be happy for our city. All of that just to have the WS title stripped from our city when it wasn’t the people who played in the games’ faults. That was taking away many glorious moments in my life after a disaster. My father treated me to going to see them in person in game 5 of the WS. That was amazing staying up that late to see us win 13-12. All of that. Just gone. But the flood damage remains. People are gonna get hurt defending the Astros. The players will get hit by 100mph fastballs in the head in some games most likely. When it wasn’t their fault. Baseball fans and all people who know about this- leave us be.
Brian Dubowik the managers were using it to their advantage. The players were just going with it because they didn’t want to make the managers mad and lose their jobs.
I'm not even going to watch this video just going to thumbs down. Cheating is never a good thing, they didn't get punished so they got away with it. That's the wrong message to give in sports and in life
@@sushirs6770 the Cardinals can't say anything to the Astros after the hacking scandal that happened a little while back where the Cardinals had an employee who used to be with the Astros look through everything that the Astros had in their scouting data base and scouting reports with an old password
Systematic cheating without stripping the title is terrible for baseball. If I was just a casual fan, I would stay away from the sport because there is known cheating going on and the league doesn't truly care about it and actually helped cover it up. Baseball can get fans by being competitive and exciting for the right reasons but the Astros are bad for baseball. In Taiwan, throwing games became so common that people stopped watching the games. Cheating to win games is also just as bad and can make people stop watching because it isn't real baseball. I suspect the Astor's attendance and attendance in general will be lower in 2020 than 2019 because of this. That's the only way Manfred will get the message. He thinks he is protecting attendance and revenue, but he is actually hurting it.
They've taken back medals in the Olympics several times. They stripped Juventus of two league titles because of match fixing between 2004-2006 and relegated them to the second division. The way forward here is clear: strip Houston of their title, ban them from the draft for at least 2 seasons, suspend the players and higher ups involved for at least a full season. The fact that they're not stripping Houston of the World Series only serves to encourage this sort of behavior. As for the punishment they have received, it is absolutely pathetic.
Funny fact about that Fiers facial hair pic at 3:56 is that he did it for literally 1 game, pitched absolutely terrible, and immediately shaved it off. But cuz of the scandal it’s his most famous look 😂😂
I remember reading that’s sports illustrated cover and I was actually hyped to see them come up after being mediocre for so long. I didn’t expect it to go like that
I thought the same thing. Not only that, but their Houston Strong slogan was everywhere that year because of Hurricane Harvey. I wanted them to win their first championship and I was glad when they won, basically rising from tragedy (Also, I hate the Dodgers with a burning passion).
@@almightysosa3007 I swear too, if this year's world series is the Dodgers and Yankees, I'm abstaining from that nightmare of a series. (Also, I'm a Giants fan)
Baseball was my favorite sport as a kid, going to several Indians games a year. As I grew older I started to like basketball and then football. Basketball being at the top still, and baseball, as forgetful as you can imagine, but I still cared about the Indians. Ever since this cheating fiasco began, my eyes have been glued to videos on it and getting more and more information on what they were doing. I am so excited for this season to start and hopefully can get tickets to when the Astros come to Cleveland. I want to bang a trash can the whole time I'm there. Away crowds can really get the Astros players out of focus from the game if every fan did something to distract them. I don't wish harm on the players but I do wish they have a terrible season every season until this organization is with new players and others related to the team. So, it is good for baseball because I wouldn't of watched one game this season unless it was like 5 minutes of the world series or turn on the Indians for background noise. Now I have full attention to the sport.
Bold predictions for the MLB season 1. The Reds make the playoffs 2. The NL MVP isn’t from the Dodgers or named Christian Yelich 3. The National miss on the playoffs
Strip them of their World Series, give back the rings, let them play the season but even if they win 100 games they are not permitted to qualify for the playoffs. Regardless of player performance, no player is permitted to qualify for the all-star game , MVP, Cy Young, gold glove, silver slugger, or any other awards. Take away draft picks over three seasons. If they cheated for 3 seasons, this should be their punishment for 3 seasons.
Personally I don’t get why people think altuve was cheating as the numbers of him cheating was rare which might not have even been him wanting it and since he really didn’t cheat so if he really didn’t cheat in 2017 why would he cheat in 2019
I bet if the whole thing had been known before the WS began, the ratings would have been higher, especially with how the Nats won it in the end. It'd rival Superb Owl 42.
I think they didn’t steal signs against my white Sox because they thought they would win. They got their ass whooped and they couldn’t hit Giolito with a tree trunk
Saying this is akin to saying that people cheating by bringing hacked Pokémon to Pokémon VGCs (especially if they admit to using something like Pokémon Showdown just to hack them in) is good for Pokémon as an esport. It needed to be exposed as a scandal, like this was.
For some reason I never really thought of it that way.not to mention the Patriots were caught cheating with spygate in 2007 and then they went on to be undefeated and lose the Superbowl but the NFL did great that year.
I’m sorry. I can’t get behind glorifying cheaters in any form... I definitely wouldn’t call it “good for baseball” when it just makes baseball look like a sham, no matter the attention it brings.
The scandal is very bad for baseball but what is good for any sport are 2 things this brings: 1. A villain and 2. Cleaning up the game(even with Manfred's incompetence and complicity)
When the bad guys rule, the people watch for them to fall. That's the reason why Honky Tonk Man held the Intercontinental title for a record 14 months.
The people I feel sorry for the most (besides the Dodgers organization) is the true fans of the Astros. Now everytime they tell someone who their team is, they're gonna get some disgusted looks
The reason why I don’t care about this Astros scandal is because MLB knew about this for quite some time and did nothing until Fiers went public with it
I hope we get a video regarding the recent busting of an NFL player, for trying to smuggle 157lbs of marijuana into the country... maybe the angle is the punishment for weed vs more serious infractions, and how the NFL sucks at being rational, or even consistent, when punishing players for violations of League rules... You totally got the skillz', to write your ypically excellent script, for a typically excellent FPV video... yes I am being redundant whilst calling you typical. ;-) Great usage of that Howard Dean "Yelp!" Cheers, FPV!
Why cheat at baseball , the HPUs mostly decide who wins and who loses with their shrinking and expanding strike zones depending on who’s on the mound, implement the radar zone balls strikes system or continue to lose viewers and another generation of fans
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I've been thinking this lately as well, and I'm glad you brought it up. The 2017 World Series being illegitimate is certainly bad for the sport, but the fallout has pushed MLB to the forefront during THE OFFSEASON. Even non-baseball fans seem to be really interested in the scandal.
Hope you caught the Locastro reference!
Wait, you watch my channel?
@@FivePointsVids I check out every video for 5 seconds, give it the thumbs down, and move on with my life.
I’m an Astros fan. Thanks for making this video.
However the good news about this is that there is some precedent in turning heel in pro sports (eg The Patriots, LeBron James) that there’s stuff to learn from them.
Oh the Patriots cheating did help make them be more hateable. It’s not the wins.
Ranel Gallardo not here to bash your fan base, but how are Astros fans taking this scandal. Such as you, your friends, etc. Just curious
Long story short, the only positive in regards to the sign stealing scandal is that baseball is finally regaining national attention.
Well, they say *Controversy Creates Cash,* so...
That will last until the sport itself starts and we are reminded how slow and boring it is.
Which won't last with the soap opera bandwagon jumpers & all that will be left if the title isn't vacated is a sad joke!
....and can you believe the Houston Astros are getting attention.
@@TheManny717 Ah yes, the wise words of one Eric Bischoff. Was about to comment the exact same thing.
5 Hrs. Later: Why The Astros Cheating Is Bad.
The Astros old stadium name was Enron Field. This aged perfectly this off-season.
The mariners haven't been to the playoffs in the 16 years I've been alive
So maybe we need to cheat more
Akshay Singh that’s how I’m feeling here in Baltimore. Come on Orioles, let’s win us a World Series.
@@im_waffles2920 preach, they havent gotten any better since 2017
Akshay Singh arod already left king
They would fuck it up
Well that's the message from mlb until Manfred vacates the title sadly!
Should’ve never trusted the Astros after their field was named after Enron
DEEP LORE
Thomas Lane Sunny D is fake orange juice. Try Tropicana.
Thomas Lane shut up
Thomas Lane that makes no sense just like ur life
Every Astros away game this season is going to be delicious. Ratings are gonna soar like mad.
Can't wait to see the Astros beat their asses on a national stage.
ElectricAggie uh yeah nah they aren’t making it out of the AL
@@abouttime4428 uh okay
It’s going to be like when the USA soccer team visits the estadio Azteca vs Mexico, full of boos and beer throwing haha
A A they will still beat the teams
“Tim Locastro level bruising”
A fellow Foolish Baseball fan I see
Ryan Mahoney - HE CAN STEAL 1st BASE
Ah, an intellectual
If only to watch Astros hitters get pummeled by their divisional rivals plus the Dodgers, Yankees, and Indians.
why the indians?
@@Rohan-lh5je We lost to them in the ALDS in 2018. Granted no one needs to cheat to beat them in the postseason, but still.
@@kaminsod4077 wasn't that a 3-0 sweep though? If it was a hotly contested 5 game series I would understand. Speaking of which, wouldn't that give the tampa bay rays extra justification for astro hatred?
@@Rohan-lh5je Them too. I just figure every team that the Astros have beaten since 2017 will give them hell.
@@kaminsod4077 I guess. I live in San Francisco so naturally there are a lot of Oakland As fans out here. I assume they will be extra riled up when Houston comes to town.
When I heard the Astros were banging on a trashcan I thought they were talking about my ex fiancee
(rimshot!) Great line!!
It's good because it has truly exposed everyone to how much of a colossal buffoon Manfred is
All the focus on Astros hate has overshadowed one thing: how will Astros fans react to Mike Fiers if he ever pitches again at Minute Maid Park?
"This upcoming season".
Well this aged poorly in a month.
The Astro’s did as good to cover it up as Josh Gordon in a drug test
Zombie97 boy that was a pretty blunt statement right there
The Yankees are next. Open the letter! Lol
Is so sad being an Astros fan. Years and years of losing and frustrating playoff losses. Then we suddenly have a championship and its coz they cheated. It's like a nightmare
SHITSTORM ASSTROS!
Ikr like wtf
Give us the rings back please the White Sox won more recently than We did
And emotions were running high, too. The Houston Strong slogan was going around after Hurricane Harvey and they won their first championship and rose from tragedy. (Also, I don't like the Dodgers). But now, not sure what to make of it.
Fr, I just love the fact that we are the scapegoats, the red sucks got caught and NOBODY cares, the Yankees refuse to open a letter and NOBODY CARES, The dodgers have a payroll as high as the twin towers stacked on top of each other and NOBODY CARES.
I guess my emotions are getting in the way of logic cause while as a whole I see how this won't ruin baseball I still think it is bad for the game as a whole. Alot of people think this sport is a joke. I want people to watch baseball games because they love it not because of this scandal. Also I think absolutely no tolerance rule should be in place this year for beanballs. I don't give a fuck what a organization does. You don't try to intentionally hurt someone. Great video Five. Again I see where you are coming from. I'm just letting my emotions get in the way.
We should just have a mlb where every pitch is a fastball and everyone takes nonstop steroids
Carson Watkins lmao
That moment you realize that there may actually be a contender to strip the title of "my least favorite team" away from the dodgers
You could argue the scandal will fuel the Astros even more to win another World Series. The talent is still there.
Look at the Pats after their cheating scandals.
Ranel Gallardo excaclty, look at 2019, all they lost was Gerrit Cole and Wade Miley, but they have Lance McCullers Jr coming back from tommy John and Yordan Alvarez will be playing a full season
@@Schwubble4444 Yeah, but they lost Cole to the yankees .imo Cole was the only thing the yankees needed to become a great team. You also have to think that the yankees are also probably the team with the best chance to beat the astros
PatrickTheSTARwins 24 yes, but people are assuming every person on the team is gonna regress massively and they won’t even win the division, The Yankees are the team to beat in the AL, but the Astros are a closer second then most think, I still think the Astros are better than the Twins, Rays, White Sox, Athletics, Red Sox, and Indians (all the teams who I think could possibly be competitive next season in the AL in 2020).
Sam Hertz I still the Yankees will still bow to the Astros in the postseason. Also you don’t know who the Astros will acquire before the trade deadline. I know the Astros are scandal laden and their players are a pariah right now but hey if you’re desperate to play, you’ll come to Houston.
Ranel Gallardo yeah, who knows, maybe the Mets fall apart and they flip Thor, the Astros still have a deep enough farm system, although who knows with a new GM.
Also... Roger Gooddell owes Rob Manfred bigtime for unilaterally taking away the titles of "most hated" and "most incompetent" sports commissioner. That guy's going to choke on his own toenails with how far he's got his foot in his mouth over this situation.
As a Houston raised Astros fan I’m not that surprised since my favorite football team NE always accused of cheating
I still hate the Yankees more than the Astros
@Thomas Lane ehhh you dont know that. if you actually trust the commissioner who said he looked into it (and is also a yankees fan) (x) doubt
@Thomas Lane To be fair, there's a elephant in the room in a form of Beltran that I couldn't get over. That's something to be weary of.
What have the Yankees done wrong other than win and spend money 😂😂
@@mileskilometers9888 Let's go!
@Thomas Lane hahaha, Roger Clemens, A-rod, Pettite, Jason Giambi
Ight start placing bets now: how many teams will use a special "opener" whos like in single A ball just to drill an astro in the face and so that none of the teams top pitchers will get punished?
At least the Astros prevented the Yankees from reaching the World Series for a whole decade. Twice.
CHEATING SCUMBAGS!
@@bobheck7303 easy on the caps dude
You could’ve just said “It’s not” and I would’ve been satisfied
I'm an astros fan and there have been plenty of people that asked why I'm still a fan. It's a stupid question. One, who else am I supposed to cheer for? Two, I've been cheering for them my whole life and I'm not just throwing that away cuz the staff and some players cheated. I've definitely lost respect but, they're still my team.
NO problem. Sad dumb though.
Haha shot at the maple leafs. You’re a beauty
Back when Jonathan Lucroy was with the Brewers, he said he was suspecting the Astros of even cheating then. As he’s a catcher and caught on to it quicker than anyone else. He said they weren’t in the game mentally, and also claimed that each time one of his teams pitchers had to go out and pitch they would have to be so locked in because Astros hitters would get good hits off them every now and then. He said it seemed too easy for them at some points and that this situation could have gone on far longer than we had suspected. And if you don’t believe me, when the MLB was informed about it, they took zero time to investigate it. By the way he talked
about this at least 9 years ago.
Great story!
Bob Heck thanks, if you want to learn more I can personally tell you my standpoint through other social media, and other stories. I’ve been to the Houston *Asterisks* home games before and away.
"did the sign stealing help?". Didn't their BA plummet when they played away?
As an Astros fan, I am disappointed to hear my team cheated. But it wasn’t the players fault. We still earned that title because there are a lot of talented players on that team. This comments section, like most of the MLB players right now, are giving hate to the team just to get attention. They all say different things from wanting to beat them to death threats. The City of Houston needed that title. Hurricane Harvey was devastating and a huge letdown to the city. And when the Astros won and we started getting back on our feet, we all felt good about our city. My house had been flooded up to the SECOND FLOOR in 59 inches of water that fell in less than 3 days. It was a very joyous time in my life to see my role models win and be happy for our city. All of that just to have the WS title stripped from our city when it wasn’t the people who played in the games’ faults. That was taking away many glorious moments in my life after a disaster. My father treated me to going to see them in person in game 5 of the WS. That was amazing staying up that late to see us win 13-12. All of that. Just gone. But the flood damage remains. People are gonna get hurt defending the Astros. The players will get hit by 100mph fastballs in the head in some games most likely. When it wasn’t their fault. Baseball fans and all people who know about this- leave us be.
Brian Dubowik the managers were using it to their advantage. The players were just going with it because they didn’t want to make the managers mad and lose their jobs.
@@edwardlinbeck8923 FOOLISHNESS AND NAIVETY!
I still hate the yankees more than the astros
@@stuffingedham pirate's fan?
@@drewberning1237 Red sox fan
Same
Twins fans aren’t even debating it FTY
Hating because you are jealous of success is just cringe
1:53 if you're secure about the state of your pubic hair. You're welcome.
Houston eliminated N.Y.Y from the playoffs three times between 2015-2019, 2015 WILD CARD GAME at N.Y.Y, 2017 and 2019 ALCS.
I know. The Yankees cheated and Still lost. Lol!
I'm not even going to watch this video just going to thumbs down. Cheating is never a good thing, they didn't get punished so they got away with it. That's the wrong message to give in sports and in life
I almost cried when I realized my home team wasn’t having a series with the Astros this season. I was hoping to go scream bad words at them.
Sushi Rs which team is dat
@@edwardlinbeck8923 the Cardinals lol
@@sushirs6770 the Cardinals can't say anything to the Astros after the hacking scandal that happened a little while back where the Cardinals had an employee who used to be with the Astros look through everything that the Astros had in their scouting data base and scouting reports with an old password
@@mr.whatareyadoin889 LMFAO nice comparison. fucking loser.
@@sushirs6770 DITTO!
Systematic cheating without stripping the title is terrible for baseball. If I was just a casual fan, I would stay away from the sport because there is known cheating going on and the league doesn't truly care about it and actually helped cover it up.
Baseball can get fans by being competitive and exciting for the right reasons but the Astros are bad for baseball.
In Taiwan, throwing games became so common that people stopped watching the games.
Cheating to win games is also just as bad and can make people stop watching because it isn't real baseball.
I suspect the Astor's attendance and attendance in general will be lower in 2020 than 2019 because of this.
That's the only way Manfred will get the message. He thinks he is protecting attendance and revenue, but he is actually hurting it.
For the first time in pro sports, we can prop bet retaliation against a team
If we get a new commissioner after all this the astros should get a second trophy
Bruh all the astros starting players should be suspended for some games for such a disgraceful act in baseball
Yo thanks five points
ABSOLUTELY!
"This upcoming MLB season will be incredible"
What MLB season
nef xd
They've taken back medals in the Olympics several times. They stripped Juventus of two league titles because of match fixing between 2004-2006 and relegated them to the second division. The way forward here is clear: strip Houston of their title, ban them from the draft for at least 2 seasons, suspend the players and higher ups involved for at least a full season.
The fact that they're not stripping Houston of the World Series only serves to encourage this sort of behavior. As for the punishment they have received, it is absolutely pathetic.
Funny fact about that Fiers facial hair pic at 3:56 is that he did it for literally 1 game, pitched absolutely terrible, and immediately shaved it off. But cuz of the scandal it’s his most famous look 😂😂
I mean I bought tickets to a White Sox game just to heckle Springer from the bleachers... so I suppose that says something lol
More guys getting hit by balls + more dugout clearing fights = Ka-Ching! Perhaps Vince McMahon should have started the XLB
Yeah I think its safe to say their legacy of failure is back on.
I remember reading that’s sports illustrated cover and I was actually hyped to see them come up after being mediocre for so long. I didn’t expect it to go like that
I thought the same thing. Not only that, but their Houston Strong slogan was everywhere that year because of Hurricane Harvey. I wanted them to win their first championship and I was glad when they won, basically rising from tragedy (Also, I hate the Dodgers with a burning passion).
A Lake angels fan here, also hate dodgers with a burning passion, so I always love to watch a dodgers postseason loss.
@@almightysosa3007 I swear too, if this year's world series is the Dodgers and Yankees, I'm abstaining from that nightmare of a series. (Also, I'm a Giants fan)
At 4:01 you can see like a black line running across his right side collar bone. Its a quick 3 second flash since he keeps flapping his jersey.
Kurt Angle's theme should be played every time the Astro's take the field on the road.
YOU SUCK!
YOU SUCK!
YOU SUCK!
YOU SUCK!
A politician letting loose a stupid scream is hardly a "scandal". Should have shown the picture of Hart with Rice sitting on his lap.
Baseball was my favorite sport as a kid, going to several Indians games a year. As I grew older I started to like basketball and then football. Basketball being at the top still, and baseball, as forgetful as you can imagine, but I still cared about the Indians. Ever since this cheating fiasco began, my eyes have been glued to videos on it and getting more and more information on what they were doing. I am so excited for this season to start and hopefully can get tickets to when the Astros come to Cleveland. I want to bang a trash can the whole time I'm there. Away crowds can really get the Astros players out of focus from the game if every fan did something to distract them. I don't wish harm on the players but I do wish they have a terrible season every season until this organization is with new players and others related to the team. So, it is good for baseball because I wouldn't of watched one game this season unless it was like 5 minutes of the world series or turn on the Indians for background noise. Now I have full attention to the sport.
I hope the home teams fans will chant “Houston Astericks” for every team Houston visits
BEAT THEIR SORRY ASS!
Knowing what your opponent is going to throw is like seeing your opponent naked
Something bringing attention isn’t the same thing as something being good for the game
I own 3 razors already but I'm tempted to get a manscaped just because how professional you and perna make those ads
More like Good for the A's and I'm perfectly OK with that.
Bold predictions for the MLB season 1. The Reds make the playoffs 2. The NL MVP isn’t from the Dodgers or named Christian Yelich 3. The National miss on the playoffs
If I didn't know better, I'd swear that Seattle cheerleader @5:33 was Stacy Kiebler
I think the astros should be thrown at all season and instead of going to first they should go straight to the dugout
I’ve never really been a huge baseball guy but Ik for a fact I’m gonna watch the first Astros game just to see them get thrown at and get into fights
Strip them of their World Series, give back the rings, let them play the season but even if they win 100 games they are not permitted to qualify for the playoffs. Regardless of player performance, no player is permitted to qualify for the all-star game , MVP, Cy Young, gold glove, silver slugger, or any other awards. Take away draft picks over three seasons. If they cheated for 3 seasons, this should be their punishment for 3 seasons.
Yes!
That Leafs jab was incredible
Yeah, that was just the icing on the cake.
The good, the bad, and the ugly.
Ya know it sucks when you were born in Houston and your team, who you thought were legit, weren't
SHITSTORM!
Personally I don’t get why people think altuve was cheating as the numbers of him cheating was rare which might not have even been him wanting it and since he really didn’t cheat so if he really didn’t cheat in 2017 why would he cheat in 2019
SO DUMB! NO MATTER WHO DID WHAT, ALL NUMBERS GOT INFLATED DUMBSHIT! ROAD CHEATS USING CODEBREAKER TOO YOU SHALLOW IMBECILE!
Manscaped ad is becoming my favorite thing in the video
I'd propose a name change for the Astros to pay off their sins to the baseball gods. They shall be named Houston Trashbangers
Astros: Implode and get exposed for cheating
A’s: ( ͡o ͜ʖ ͡o)
Yes. I agree that it’s GREAT for the MLB.
Do you end your ad with the these eyes instrumental. Or at least a version of it?
I bet if the whole thing had been known before the WS began, the ratings would have been higher, especially with how the Nats won it in the end. It'd rival Superb Owl 42.
I think they didn’t steal signs against my white Sox because they thought they would win. They got their ass whooped and they couldn’t hit Giolito with a tree trunk
Saying this is akin to saying that people cheating by bringing hacked Pokémon to Pokémon VGCs (especially if they admit to using something like Pokémon Showdown just to hack them in) is good for Pokémon as an esport. It needed to be exposed as a scandal, like this was.
For some reason I never really thought of it that way.not to mention the Patriots were caught cheating with spygate in 2007 and then they went on to be undefeated and lose the Superbowl but the NFL did great that year.
To be fair. I wasn't watching baseball before. And I'm still not watching it. 🤷🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️ But the scandal is sooooo interesting
Forcing me to watch a manscape commercial? Now that's cheating, takes 1 to know1
I’m sorry. I can’t get behind glorifying cheaters in any form... I definitely wouldn’t call it “good for baseball” when it just makes baseball look like a sham, no matter the attention it brings.
Definitely
It's brought attention, but this mess is NOT good for baseball.
Love your videos! Huge fan. Keep up the great work
Speaking of the Yankees, I wonder how NYC is going to handle A-Rod wanting to buy the Mets.
That Leafs crack was just hurtful, lol
2018 ALCS is hilarious in retrospect
The scandal is very bad for baseball but what is good for any sport are 2 things this brings: 1. A villain and 2. Cleaning up the game(even with Manfred's incompetence and complicity)
When the bad guys rule, the people watch for them to fall. That's the reason why Honky Tonk Man held the Intercontinental title for a record 14 months.
The buzzing bandit lmao
And later Five Points will post why the Astros cheating is bad for baseball
The people I feel sorry for the most (besides the Dodgers organization) is the true fans of the Astros. Now everytime they tell someone who their team is, they're gonna get some disgusted looks
The only thing the Houston Astros did wrong was get caught.
COMPLETE ASININE BULLSHIT!
Yeah to be honest, this is the first baseball video i think i have ever watched, so i guess it is working.
The reason why I don’t care about this Astros scandal is because MLB knew about this for quite some time and did nothing until Fiers went public with it
There should be an asterisk with the “H” not a star on the thumbnail
Well yeah without the skill of baseball then you need to cheat to get an advantage.
Now I wonder if I'm going to be rooting more for my Padres to have a winning season OR more Astros beanings!
When are other teams getting the same scrutiny for sign stealing? You know full well EVERY team in MLB do their damnedest to steal signs.
Its not really the fact they stole signs, its how they stole them
ANOTHER CLUELESS IDIOT OBLIVIOUS TO THE HUMONGOUS HOUSTON SHITSTORM! RIDICULOUS!
Joe Kelly got his pay back 🤣🤣
Its good because people are going to watch baseball just to see pitchers level the Astros
I'm so used to watching channel 3 is big enough that this new newscast is just to much to handle.
I hope we get a video regarding the recent busting of an NFL player, for trying to smuggle 157lbs of marijuana into the country... maybe the angle is the punishment for weed vs more serious infractions, and how the NFL sucks at being rational, or even consistent, when punishing players for violations of League rules... You totally got the skillz', to write your ypically excellent script, for a typically excellent FPV video... yes I am being redundant whilst calling you typical. ;-)
Great usage of that Howard Dean "Yelp!"
Cheers, FPV!
Why cheat at baseball , the HPUs mostly decide who wins and who loses with their shrinking and expanding strike zones depending on who’s on the mound, implement the radar zone balls strikes system or continue to lose viewers and another generation of fans
I think the negative attention was the least of Enron’s problems. Enron killed Enron.
Astros should be stripped from their championship
Patriots laughing
Lmfao “the maple leafs and ummmmmm-“