Why would MLB come down on the players hard when one of them might squeal and tell the truth that it was all coordinated at the league level so they could pick the series winner?
They were all so cocky and verbal In interviews and on social media. Now all of a sudden they are mute, where is that brovado now? It's one thing to know your cheating and just play but they knew they were cheating and acting like douchebags as if they were better than everyone else. That's pisses me off
Bregman's infuriating "the commissioner made his report" line he kept repeating during a press session really tells us all we need to know about how contrite the players truly are. They are not at all apologetic for their deeds and are walking on air that their unearned world series title wasn't taken from them. I'm absolutely disgusted with the MLB.
The players are stupid and the commissioner is ever dumber. The Astros are now hated by 90% of the league and the fans as is the commissioner. They'll be lucky to win 80 games. And pitchers might bean the hitters who homered off of them last year
I agree something should be done, it's like the steroid issue, the league new it was going on, but did nothing, there are players in the hall of fame who cheated, so the question is , is it ok to cheat a little or alot? MLB didn't handle this properly
@@vernpascal1531 Easy, Vern. You're conflating the cheating scandal with national politics?!?! lolol I agree with you about Trumplethinskin, but I don't see how everything is related. Also, I don't see my innocuous statement as "BS." Cool your jets.
@@hondah35 really??? You think what he did is worse???? These bums who haven't proven anything but they can hit batting practice dont get judged but the games all time leader in being all time leader in most categories is out for life. You sir are a waterhead.
@@hondah35 Because he has a lifetime ban for placing a bet that his own team would win....meanwhile people are openly cheating and getting away with it.
@@BerryMckHawkener Nobody knows which side he bet on except maybe MLB because they did an extensive investigation which Giamatti based his decision on. But since Pete basically gave the commissioner the finger and wouldn't appear for a hearing, and has never come clean about what he really did in terms of gambling while he was player or player/manager, we'll probably never know.
Smedley Butler III I think even the owner was asked if they used the pulse system and he said “I believe the report” I’m paraphrasing of course but it was very easy for him to deny it but now he left the door wide open for them to investigate
Grant Reinhart It’s speculated that the Astros used Bluetooth “band aid” strips after their trash can scheme got discovered by Farquhar. There’s also some photos of some object in Altuve’s jersey and he acted very suspicious after hitting the HR on Chapman in the Ninth.
Allen Saunders A forced apology is no apology! They have made it perfectly clear they are only sorry they got caught. Only thing that fixes this now is a REAL investigation & proper punishment End of story!
@@hondah35 That must be the case. Are people no longer taught the difference between good and evil, right and wrong, legal and illegal, moral and immoral and ethical and unethical behavior? I've never bought the argument that so and so did such and such, so what that person is no worse or not as bad. It's a sad state of affairs when people can't discern illegal and unethical behavior from legal and ethical behavior. The ends do not justify the means when it involves illegal and unethical behavior in sports.
The NFL & Roger Goodell were able to destroy the evidence so he kept it in-house, the fans for the most part don't know what happend. MLB unfortunately was not as lucky, this was outhouse, all the fans can see, and it smells like -hit. Let the kids play? well it doesn't work does it.They Are going to have to strip the titles eventually.
1919 black Sox scandal the team and players punished hard. 2017 Houston Astro’s cheating scandal gets away with lying and cheating to win games. Times are different.
Can't wait for opening day at Angel stadium against the Asterix , Dodgers fans and Yankee fans will be there in full force it's going to be something special LOL 😜
Ivan Cortina same for when the Nats plays the Astros in Spring training since they both share a training facility. Also July 2-4 Houston plays in DC. Nats fans bring you’re trash cans and Boo’s!
I hope Dave Martinez starts Scherzer, Strasburg and Corbin during that series and Brings in Will Harris from the pen in each game to absolute Rock Houston. Also that weekend will be Dusty Bakers first time back at Nats Park since he was the Nats manager.
CZsWorld Joe Maddon won’t allow anything to happen, and the way the angels have played the last few seasons they really don’t have anyone to blame but themselves. I don’t think Joe will have much of a problem there. But Joe can not control the crowd reaction of over 30,000 fans many of which will be Dodgers fans making the 35 mile trip to see a team which they despise even more than the Giants at this point. And that is saying a lot.
Imagine Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale pitching against the Astros today, and their method of "retaliation." If I'm Chapman, and the Yankees have a multi-run lead against the Astros early in the year, bring Chapman out to face Altuve, and send a clear message with one in the back - Let's see the Astros be nonchalant about that, and about fans booing wherever they go. Sorry to say it, but I hope the Astros have a really rough year, and a bad one at that!
Thank you for your kind words. Hey, I'm not calling for hurting someone, and I like Altuve, BUT MLB & NFL has lost something, to be certain. Now, accepted cheating, or the players just glossing over it? No - Unacceptable!
What about the Astros fans such as myself and many others? We didn't sign up for this either. Many of us, myself included have waited for DECADES for a championship and thought we finally won one (honestly and legitimately, or so we assumed), only to have it forever tarnished two years later. Its a terrible disappointment, a bitter pill to swallow. And what happens now? Are we fans supposed to fall in line and just support the team again after such a monumental letdown? I honestly don't know what I'm going to do. But I do know this, its going to be a long joyless baseball season that both fans and players are going to have to endure. And unlike the fans the Astros players have no one to blame but themselves.
They put you fans in this position. Unfortunately most Astro fans choose a “so what” mentality. It’s understandable since they’re embarrassed for being played. But anyone with dignity would just accept that they cheated and not try to defend at all. It’s hard to take an Astros fan serious when they want to move on from this but also acknowledge that nothing wrong happened, living in some fantasy land thinking that they just got caught and everybody else does the same thing. It’s a warped logic and it’s unfortunate that baseball fans have to get put in that position, but it’s a time to be honest with yourself as a fan and not get too attached and defend this kind of behavior
As a lifelong tiger fan I missed my teams last word series in 84 I wouldn’t be born for another couple of years. We’ve been there a couple of times since but got spanked. I couldn’t imagine how I’d feel if we won one of those World Series and later find out we cheated our way to it. That’s a good point I really never thought of. Shame I was really happy for Justin Verlander to.
Do not try to looking for a team that hasn't cheat before one way or another, you will never find it, of course you could find a team that has never been caught doing it
In a St. Louis cardinals market, Bregman was an guy I was exited to turn the tv on and watch. Now I’m not sure how I feel about him as an athlete anymore.
Dan you are 100 % correct here.. kinda reminds me of the Jesse Smollett garbage... IF... he had come out and told us that yeah.. MY bad here, it was all a LIE.. we would view him differently.. but since NOTHING is happening to the players at all... THEY are the ones who did this. A.J. Hinch should go down, he KNEW of it and did nothing, and obviously the whole Astro's organization for that matter.... just like Barry Bonds, the MLB wants to sweep this thing under the rug as fast as they can.. good luck with that.... as I have said before, the 1 good thing that will result from this ?? EVERY single game from here on out will be looked at / analyzed HARD.. good.... and a whole lot of previous games will be looked at HARD now too.... and good on that too... I want those World Series titles annulled.... and the bonus money returned.. and NOT to the MLB.. some form of charity would work nicely....
The players should get some kind of punishment honestly. I don't see how they can just get away with nothing, At minimum take away their championship they don't deserve it. Shouldn't even be on the field this year 👎
@d d you sound like a punk ass Astros fan who's angry because his team's only World Series championship was attained because the players are a bunch of cheating bitches.
The way Dan describes how this should be handled is exactly why fans are upset. We don't need a smooth-talking, false-humility, final press conference. We need fairness without the protections of a monopolistic union standing in the way of proper investigations and punishments. The commissioner is hopelessly compromised to delve into this in a proper way. The argument is made that it's impossible to investigate down to the player level.... REALLY? That's absurd. Sorry Dan, you're part of the problem if your solution is as you describe. Perception is reality in the eyes of the fans.... if they believe their team is being cheated against, or cheaters themselves... just watch the audience/revenue/new talent drop off a cliff... just watch. Me and MLB have already "parted ways"... it saddens and sickens me.
If your in a casino using devices to cheat you get punished. The Astros clearly used devices to cheat and get no punishment??!! The Astros need to face punishment. A 5 million dollar fine to a Billionaire owner, firing a GM and Manager isn't gonna cut it. The players need to face the music too. World Series title, rings, World Series bonuses, Altuve MVP needs to be taken away.
I think if I were pitching against the Astros I'd be so worried about them cheating I wouldn't be able to concentrate and have command/control of my pitches. I'd just pray that I wouldn't lose command to the point where I accidentally hit them with "pitches" (plural).
And BTW, please explain to me how Pete Rose is banned for life, but these guys skated. Don't get me wrong, PR should be banned. But so should Hinch, Beltran, Cora et. al.Two World Series wins should be invalidated. #baseballdisgrace
It's pointless, because any apology is just going to be empty. Because they don't actually think they did anything. They're sticking with their... 'But everybody is doing this'... BS.
The thing with baseball is that you still have to hit the ball even though you know what the pitcher is going to throw at you because if it was that easy why didn’t the Astros sweep the dodgers in the World Series . This Astros didn’t have to do that that’s why you watch film, film will tell you everything
The next team that does it, the entire team suspended for the year. I know this will never happen but it wold be a hell of a Deterrent. It is sad that none of the players on that team were punished. Thier immunity can’t be taken away from them so where do we go from here.? Who knows. One thing is for sure the Astros are in for a hell of a season and it's going to suck for the members of that team who weren't even there when the cheating happened.
I think a bunch of other teams are involved.Like Kershaw, why isn’t he absolutely freaking out about this!? Probably because they were doing something too? There can’t only be one team who did this
Who cares if they apologize at this point. We know what type of person they are. Pushing them to an apology just make you look pathetic! If it hasn’t come from them, you should them force them to. Obviously they don’t care about it and will continue to deny it. If MLB would of came harder on the players, they would of been kissing ass to everyone. They got a pass from MLB. It’s pathetic!
d d You can’t either. If that’s where you’re going. I mean, you claim Kershaw is a choker and you still had to cheat to beat him 😂. It’s like cheating on a pop quiz😂😂😂
So what about all the other teams that's the Athletic reported about? The Yankees, dodges and so on? Maybe he didn't punish the player because he is protecting so many others scroll baseball? I don't it hard to believe Beltran started cheating when he joined the Astros and that was all, nothing before and nothing after? Unfortunately I'm sure there are things behind the scenes no one especially Manfred and the owner want to see the light of day
As a native Houstonian this hurts to know that with all these Super stars on our team this BS happened, add in annoying yankee fans and that makes this even worse. Yanks won’t stop crying anytime soon but when they were all on PED’s it was look the other way.
The Astros weren't really that good before they started doing all of this cheating to win. It will be interesting to see just how good or bad these punks are now that they actually have to play baseball
Manfred has kind of sapped the enjoyment out of the sport for me. Little did we know a lawyer would be a worse commissioner than a used car salesman. MLB hasn't had a real commissioner since Fay Vincent was ushered out and Seligh was installed.
The Astros don't need to step up, they need to be stripped. The title, the rings, the bullshit. This is the closest this game has come to collapsing and becoming The Tour de France. Let's get real.
The Astros have a problem with Houston- The district attorney is quietly investigating to see if criminal charges are warranted... Season ticket holders will soon file a class action lawsuit (already in progress)... attendance will be low in there home ball park- The time has come for Jim Crane to suspend the players and deal with the players union... The agreement was that MLB cant suspend players - the team did not sign off on the agreement-- The Astros have a long history of shady behavior- Tanking to get a World Series is just as problematic- Tanking = Throwing games= Should be suspended for life
Yet another black eye for baseball. Seems appropriate that it was 100 years after the Black Sox scandal. The Astros should be forced to vacate their World Championship. No way the players should come out of this without some sort of punishment, but it looks like MLB isn't going to do anything. One of the reasons I'm no longer a MLB fan.
Funny how people so pissed..Pats have done this so much more. What MLB going to do...metal detectors in batter box. Every team steels signs has been for 100yrs. You not cheatin, you not winning!! Thats on New Englands locker room wall!!! Get over it!! Your team is doing it, but not as good as Houston.
Until the Astros players who cheated make public statements and express sincere regret for what they did, no one should buy a ticket to a game where the guys are on the roster. I like to go to spring training in Phoenix but I am not going to go this year. Baseball has been tainted and the players who did this need to clean up, as best they can, the stain on the sport. Don't be like Pete Rose and refuse to deal with the truth that everyone knows for the next 30 years. If Altruve, Bregmann, et al, have any integrity they will make public statements about their role in the cheating and apologize. Otherwise, they are now cheating themselves and their personal honor.
The owner of the Asstros should've hired a PR company and let them do their thing. It is amazing how stupid the Asstros owner is. Now The Asstros owner is in a full on major mess.
The Astros owner is the reason they are in a full on major mess. A team's performance is reflective of its leadership, and it all starts at the top. Crane knew was going on, and if he didn't, he should have. One can delegate authority but not responsibility.
The Astros are only sorry because they got caught. If not for getting caught they would be doing the same thing this season. I think their apology is hollow,, and should be either suspended for the season or suspended for life just like the Chicago black socks.
Their window for an apology is long gone at this point. Both altuve and Bregman were in front of a camera after the fact and they played victim and plead the 5th. They deserve every bit of criticism they get this season
They don't plan to apologize. Their smug attitude is they got caught, but they still have their rings and their money. Who is to say they didn't cheat in 2018/19 and won't again in 2020?
Us fans need to legit make something happen because obviously MLB is scared to do anything about this.
Why would MLB come down on the players hard when one of them might squeal and tell the truth that it was all coordinated at the league level so they could pick the series winner?
@@hondah35 Dumbest thing I've read today
I lost lot of cash on 2017 World Series I want it back
They won’t, Bregman went from cocky to turtle in five seconds
They were all so cocky and verbal In interviews and on social media. Now all of a sudden they are mute, where is that brovado now? It's one thing to know your cheating and just play but they knew they were cheating and acting like douchebags as if they were better than everyone else. That's pisses me off
Astros fan 👆
d d we will get over as soon as they take the championship back
d d shut the hell up you Astros shill.
@d d low IQ detected
Asstros players need to be banned from the league
Bregman's infuriating "the commissioner made his report" line he kept repeating during a press session really tells us all we need to know about how contrite the players truly are. They are not at all apologetic for their deeds and are walking on air that their unearned world series title wasn't taken from them.
I'm absolutely disgusted with the MLB.
The players are stupid and the commissioner is ever dumber. The Astros are now hated by 90% of the league and the fans as is the commissioner. They'll be lucky to win 80 games. And pitchers might bean the hitters who homered off of them last year
I agree something should be done, it's like the steroid issue, the league new it was going on, but did nothing, there are players in the hall of fame who cheated, so the question is , is it ok to cheat a little or alot? MLB didn't handle this properly
Pitchers are gonna be throwing at them all season lol.
I concur
No, they won't. That's just something you would like to see. Won't happen.
Not a chance, the players don’t care. It’s a business.
I swear I’d beam the fuck outa them if I was on the dodgers
Nick V Buddy if that’s what your thought is then you’re in for a show this season lol
Take the world series away from them and make them returned all the millions of dollars of bonuses.
absolutely..... give that money to CHARITY.. not back to the CORRUPT MLB...
MLBPA would never allow that to happen.
Never ever gonna happen. It's not productive to even bring it up.
@@vernpascal1531
Easy, Vern. You're conflating the cheating scandal with national politics?!?! lolol I agree with you about Trumplethinskin, but I don't see how everything is related. Also, I don't see my innocuous statement as "BS." Cool your jets.
Lifetime bans or pete gets in.
Why does all of this go back to Pete Rose? I know you guys love bootlicking Pete for some reason but damn..
@@hondah35 justice!
@@hondah35 really??? You think what he did is worse???? These bums who haven't proven anything but they can hit batting practice dont get judged but the games all time leader in being all time leader in most categories is out for life. You sir are a waterhead.
@@hondah35 Because he has a lifetime ban for placing a bet that his own team would win....meanwhile people are openly cheating and getting away with it.
@@BerryMckHawkener Nobody knows which side he bet on except maybe MLB because they did an extensive investigation which Giamatti based his decision on. But since Pete basically gave the commissioner the finger and wouldn't appear for a hearing, and has never come clean about what he really did in terms of gambling while he was player or player/manager, we'll probably never know.
The players haven't come forward, because we haven't found out about the pulse system yet, we're still on trash cans...
Smedley Butler III I think even the owner was asked if they used the pulse system and he said “I believe the report” I’m paraphrasing of course but it was very easy for him to deny it but now he left the door wide open for them to investigate
Smedley Butler III wym pulse system
Grant Reinhart It’s speculated that the Astros used Bluetooth “band aid” strips after their trash can scheme got discovered by Farquhar. There’s also some photos of some object in Altuve’s jersey and he acted very suspicious after hitting the HR on Chapman in the Ninth.
XxSTEVE559xX ah, I’m a stros fan unfortunately but I just haven’t heard the term pulse system yet👍🏼
Players apology would be sorry we got caught
Amen.
Allen Saunders
A forced apology is no apology! They have made it perfectly clear they are only sorry they got caught. Only thing that fixes this now is a REAL investigation & proper punishment End of story!
Strip their title. Suspend players. Take Pete Rose and Shoeless Joe Jackson off their lifetime bans
Because Rose and Jackson are innocent now since the Astros cheated?
@@slundgr I think there are actually baseball "fans" who love to see cheating and scandal just to give them a chance to bootlick Pete Rose
@@hondah35 That must be the case. Are people no longer taught the difference between good and evil, right and wrong, legal and illegal, moral and immoral and ethical and unethical behavior?
I've never bought the argument that so and so did such and such, so what that person is no worse or not as bad.
It's a sad state of affairs when people can't discern illegal and unethical behavior from legal and ethical behavior. The ends do not justify the means when it involves illegal and unethical behavior in sports.
@@slundgr you are a DISPICABLE POS! You don't have a clue about justice MR. HOLIER THAN THOU. RIDICULOUS!
Fuck Rose. He's not bigger than the game.
I usually find something to disagree with DP on his takes, BUT I’m in 100% agreement with him on this.
I can't wait to see the Astros first away game, oh the boos will be beautiful
The second series of the year will be in Oakland,the boos wil reach the Hawaiian coast
@@moisesledesma2607 I will be driving up from Los Angeles
I'm a Dodgers fan and I'm going to the Angels opening day just to berate those good for nothing cheating asterisks
@@Slauson323 👏👏👏
C no need, pretty sure astros opening day is at Anaheim
Altuve getting shocked and vibrating during interviews everytime he starts saying things the club doesn't want him to say lol
Strip the World Series
MLB: “We botched the response and the investigation so bad that people have lost trust in our sport.”
NFL (post Spygate 1.0): “First time?”
The NFL & Roger Goodell were able to destroy the evidence so he kept it in-house, the fans for the most part don't know what happend. MLB unfortunately was not as lucky, this was outhouse, all the fans can see, and it smells like -hit. Let the kids play? well it doesn't work does it.They Are going to have to strip the titles eventually.
(Cough) steroids. MLB: oh, yeah....good times.
They aren’t doing this because they know they did worse than was in the Manfred report.
Exactly. Using buzzers and bluetooth and who knows what else.
Angelo Messina
Lol bluetooth
I cannot wait ... I cannot WAIT ... I CANNOT WAIT for Jose Altuve's first at-bat against Aroldis Chapman.
Me neither...he will put it in the stands of that little league ballpark the Yankers call home!😆
1919 black Sox scandal the team and players punished hard. 2017 Houston Astro’s cheating scandal gets away with lying and cheating to win games. Times are different.
It's pathetic.
Can't wait for opening day at Angel stadium against the Asterix , Dodgers fans and Yankee fans will be there in full force it's going to be something special LOL 😜
Joe Maddon won't let anything happen, far too classy. The first game against NYY will be something though.
Ivan Cortina same for when the Nats plays the Astros in Spring training since they both share a training facility. Also July 2-4 Houston plays in DC. Nats fans bring you’re trash cans and Boo’s!
I hope Dave Martinez starts Scherzer, Strasburg and Corbin during that series and Brings in Will Harris from the pen in each game to absolute Rock Houston. Also that weekend will be Dusty Bakers first time back at Nats Park since he was the Nats manager.
CZsWorld Joe Maddon won’t allow anything to happen, and the way the angels have played the last few seasons they really don’t have anyone to blame but themselves. I don’t think Joe will have much of a problem there. But Joe can not control the crowd reaction of over 30,000 fans many of which will be Dodgers fans making the 35 mile trip to see a team which they despise even more than the Giants at this point. And that is saying a lot.
@@CZsWorld .The same Yankees that are involved in cheating too
2017 World Series Champion Houston Asterix!
Houston Asstros Asterix
Imagine Bob Gibson or Don Drysdale pitching against the Astros today, and their method of "retaliation." If I'm Chapman, and the Yankees have a multi-run lead against the Astros early in the year, bring Chapman out to face Altuve, and send a clear message with one in the back - Let's see the Astros be nonchalant about that, and about fans booing wherever they go. Sorry to say it, but I hope the Astros have a really rough year, and a bad one at that!
LOVE YOUR SERVICE FOR US ALL 1ST. Those guys long gone is part of losing baseball to football. It used to be a 'mans' game.
Thank you for your kind words. Hey, I'm not calling for hurting someone, and I like Altuve, BUT MLB & NFL has lost something, to be certain. Now, accepted cheating, or the players just glossing over it? No - Unacceptable!
What about the Astros fans such as myself and many others? We didn't sign up for this either. Many of us, myself included have waited for DECADES for a championship and thought we finally won one (honestly and legitimately, or so we assumed), only to have it forever tarnished two years later. Its a terrible disappointment, a bitter pill to swallow. And what happens now? Are we fans supposed to fall in line and just support the team again after such a monumental letdown? I honestly don't know what I'm going to do. But I do know this, its going to be a long joyless baseball season that both fans and players are going to have to endure. And unlike the fans the Astros players have no one to blame but themselves.
Richard M
Like I said from the beginning, Astros cheated everyone including their fan base.
They put you fans in this position. Unfortunately most Astro fans choose a “so what” mentality. It’s understandable since they’re embarrassed for being played. But anyone with dignity would just accept that they cheated and not try to defend at all. It’s hard to take an Astros fan serious when they want to move on from this but also acknowledge that nothing wrong happened, living in some fantasy land thinking that they just got caught and everybody else does the same thing. It’s a warped logic and it’s unfortunate that baseball fans have to get put in that position, but it’s a time to be honest with yourself as a fan and not get too attached and defend this kind of behavior
As a lifelong tiger fan I missed my teams last word series in 84 I wouldn’t be born for another couple of years. We’ve been there a couple of times since but got spanked. I couldn’t imagine how I’d feel if we won one of those World Series and later find out we cheated our way to it. That’s a good point I really never thought of. Shame I was really happy for Justin Verlander to.
Do not try to looking for a team that hasn't cheat before one way or another, you will never find it, of course you could find a team that has never been caught doing it
@@gonzaloarroyo3579 ....especially their fan base. Consider what the city was going through in '17
A Mistake? This has been going on for 3 YEARS! Pathetic.
EXACTLY
The Astros will set a MLB record for most hit batters in 2020
I cannot wait for these cheaters to come to Yankee Stadium. I just can't believe I have to wait til September.
just keep yelling cheaters at them and give back the rings
What? They don't play at Yankee Stadium until September? That suuuuuuuuucks.
It'll be fun out doing other fan abuse! Kick ass on those ASSTROLLS!
i wish CC was there to throw at them
They play May 15, 16 and 17 in Houston. That should get ugly. I bet if Altuve faces Chapman he isn't up in the box this time.
Why would they not be stripped of the championship. That is just common sense
Because it's not the NCAA and the commissioner works for the owners.
@@slundgr Bend over then DUMBSHIT!
@@slundgr You like taking it, no fight in you to make things right! You bend over WUSSY!
@@bobheck7303 You are brave behind the keyboard.
In a St. Louis cardinals market, Bregman was an guy I was exited to turn the tv on and watch. Now I’m not sure how I feel about him as an athlete anymore.
I'm sure. He sucks!
Jose Altuve COME ON DOWN!! 😉
X -Ray Altuve is a total fraud!!
He said can't because he's too shy and get in trouble with he's wife lol 😅😅😅
Wonderin if the players are perfecting this in Caribbean leagues?
only solution is to stop going to MLB games till they do something about this, stop watching games.
EVERY SINGLE PLAYER COMPLICIT WITH AND PARTICIPATED IN CHEATING SHOULD BE BANNED FOR NO LESS THAN 1 YEAR....POSSIBLY FOR LIFE!!!
Their fans got cheated out of hard-earned money and time.They were our post Harvey hell heroes. Nobody talks about us.
I DO. YOU'VE BEEN BETRAYED! DISPICABLE!
@@bobheck7303 Our town is taking a beating... Go Roughnecks!!! 5-0!!!
It’s amazing how much he sounds like Howard Stern.
The heat is coming for all those involved, someone is going to spill the beans
I wouldn't want to be a Astro's batter coming up to plate in an away game this season
If it was steroids they'd all be suspended for half the year.
Nope, they get to play.
I will not attend ANY games or buy any merchandise until the Astros players involved are banned and justice is served
I dig the patch collection as a fellow Leo
Someone connected to the Astros will write a book on day, and I can't wait to read it.
Instead of just being fined 5 million dollars, how about 50 or 100 million? The astros shamed the mlb and if that’s the fine, it’s worth it.
Dan you are 100 % correct here.. kinda reminds me of the Jesse Smollett garbage... IF... he had come out and told us that yeah.. MY bad here, it was all a LIE.. we would view him differently.. but since NOTHING is happening to the players at all... THEY are the ones who did this. A.J. Hinch should go down, he KNEW of it and did nothing, and obviously the whole Astro's organization for that matter.... just like Barry Bonds, the MLB wants to sweep this thing under the rug as fast as they can.. good luck with that.... as I have said before, the 1 good thing that will result from this ?? EVERY single game from here on out will be looked at / analyzed HARD.. good.... and a whole lot of previous games will be looked at HARD now too.... and good on that too... I want those World Series titles annulled.... and the bonus money returned.. and NOT to the MLB.. some form of charity would work nicely....
Strip their rings, ban the players for cheating
Can't wait till the Astros come to town. Everybody bring your trash can hehehe, It's going to be a good time lol!
It’s the Houston Asterisks! Get it right!
Totally agreed Dan
The players should get some kind of punishment honestly. I don't see how they can just get away with nothing, At minimum take away their championship they don't deserve it. Shouldn't even be on the field this year 👎
d d you can’t get over something so serious pussy
@d d you sound like a punk ass Astros fan who's angry because his team's only World Series championship was attained because the players are a bunch of cheating bitches.
Heard they are coming out with New Jersey’s... with built in buzzers. 😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣
I bet in a couple days ASTROS players will say "I Wont answer questions about this any longer, lets move on"
It's over. Let's move on. Let's get ready for the 2020 season
Astros games are going to be fun this year!
They all deserve at minimum a 1 year suspension and the 2017 world series should be vacated.
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It took just 4 days, and it was Carlos Correa
I will no longer attend or watch any games until justice is served.
Players need to be held accountable. Rob Manfred needs to step down. He’s been terrible for baseball. He’s gonna lose the fans.
They won't, cause they're not sorry. They're only sorry that they got caught. Beltran is the new scape goat.
And what do you say about the Patriots cheating...🤔🤔🤔
You're not mad enough. This is a giant story.
The way Dan describes how this should be handled is exactly why fans are upset. We don't need a smooth-talking, false-humility, final press conference. We need fairness without the protections of a monopolistic union standing in the way of proper investigations and punishments. The commissioner is hopelessly compromised to delve into this in a proper way. The argument is made that it's impossible to investigate down to the player level.... REALLY? That's absurd. Sorry Dan, you're part of the problem if your solution is as you describe. Perception is reality in the eyes of the fans.... if they believe their team is being cheated against, or cheaters themselves... just watch the audience/revenue/new talent drop off a cliff... just watch. Me and MLB have already "parted ways"... it saddens and sickens me.
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Astros deserve the death penalty ala SMU
If your in a casino using devices to cheat you get punished. The Astros clearly used devices to cheat and get no punishment??!! The Astros need to face punishment. A 5 million dollar fine to a Billionaire owner, firing a GM and Manager isn't gonna cut it. The players need to face the music too. World Series title, rings, World Series bonuses, Altuve MVP needs to be taken away.
Well if its going to be like that "immunity" then the same should go for Pete Rose!
Don’t ask the players anything, just take the World Series title and trophy away. See if they have something to say then...
LOVE IT!
I think if I were pitching against the Astros I'd be so worried about them cheating I wouldn't be able to concentrate and have command/control of my pitches. I'd just pray that I wouldn't lose command to the point where I accidentally hit them with "pitches" (plural).
Can someone list sports scandals that were "handled well"????????????
Ban them from post season for a year or two.
It's too late to apologize. If someone had to bust you first, it's not a legitimate apology.
It's lacking of admission.
It’s not about handling anything. They don’t care. They won and they don’t give a crap.
And BTW, please explain to me how Pete Rose is banned for life, but these guys skated. Don't get me wrong, PR should be banned. But so should Hinch, Beltran, Cora et. al.Two World Series wins should be invalidated. #baseballdisgrace
I love that he has a framed Ryan Leak Colts jersey on the wall 😂
They need to make a movie on this crap!
Justin Verlander was so quick to say something about steroids and juiced baseballs yet silent knowing his team was cheating.
Like the ex manager AJ who's trying to shift the blame. This is a mess. But this starts upstairs and with the manager.
It's pointless, because any apology is just going to be empty. Because they don't actually think they did anything. They're sticking with their... 'But everybody is doing this'... BS.
Exactly, well said.
The thing with baseball is that you still have to hit the ball even though you know what the pitcher is going to throw at you because if it was that easy why didn’t the Astros sweep the dodgers in the World Series . This Astros didn’t have to do that that’s why you watch film, film will tell you everything
Soooooooooo why did they do it if wouldn't give them an advantage? Hitting a baseball when you know what pitch is coming is called batting practice.
The next team that does it, the entire team suspended for the year. I know this will never happen but it wold be a hell of a Deterrent. It is sad that none of the players on that team were punished. Thier immunity can’t be taken away from them so where do we go from here.? Who knows. One thing is for sure the Astros are in for a hell of a season and it's going to suck for the members of that team who weren't even there when the cheating happened.
Fans can't do anything about it.
Players could deliver a message though.
Drill baby drill
Ban the Astros and vacate the title
I think a bunch of other teams are involved.Like Kershaw, why isn’t he absolutely freaking out about this!? Probably because they were doing something too? There can’t only be one team who did this
Who cares if they apologize at this point. We know what type of person they are. Pushing them to an apology just make you look pathetic! If it hasn’t come from them, you should them force them to. Obviously they don’t care about it and will continue to deny it. If MLB would of came harder on the players, they would of been kissing ass to everyone. They got a pass from MLB. It’s pathetic!
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You can’t either. If that’s where you’re going. I mean, you claim Kershaw is a choker and you still had to cheat to beat him 😂. It’s like cheating on a pop quiz😂😂😂
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Yet knowing that, you still had to cheat against him. I’m mean, who’s the pathetic one here?
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Thank you 😂
@d d DICK DICKHEAD
So what about all the other teams that's the Athletic reported about? The Yankees, dodges and so on? Maybe he didn't punish the player because he is protecting so many others scroll baseball? I don't it hard to believe Beltran started cheating when he joined the Astros and that was all, nothing before and nothing after? Unfortunately I'm sure there are things behind the scenes no one especially Manfred and the owner want to see the light of day
NONSENSE! NOTHING BURGER DUMBSHIT!
Title should be vacated. Period. They had Apple watches and monitors all year!
Good thing baseball regulates itself with “unwritten” rules. Prominent Astro players will be beaned and booed
Where’s the big mouth Verlander been? He’s awfully quiet lol
As a native Houstonian this hurts to know that with all these Super stars on our team this BS happened, add in annoying yankee fans and that makes this even worse. Yanks won’t stop crying anytime soon but when they were all on PED’s it was look the other way.
This is way worse. Baseball players are in agreement about sign stealing being way worse. Astros took it to another level.
YOU IDIOT! ALL FANS HATE THIS CRAP! ALL TEAMS DID PED'S! YOU BIG FOOL DUMBASS!
The Astros weren't really that good before they started doing all of this cheating to win. It will be interesting to see just how good or bad these punks are now that they actually have to play baseball
Altuve is a SNAKE
So is Fiers
I use to love MLB! Not anymore!
Manfred has kind of sapped the enjoyment out of the sport for me. Little did we know a lawyer would be a worse commissioner than a used car salesman. MLB hasn't had a real commissioner since Fay Vincent was ushered out and Seligh was installed.
STRIP THE 2017 AND 2018 TITLES.
Absolutely
The Astros don't need to step up, they need to be stripped. The title, the rings, the bullshit. This is the closest this game has come to collapsing and becoming The Tour de France. Let's get real.
100%
Altuve,Bregman and Verlander:3 guys who usually have plenty to say and love being in front of the camera , are now quiet as church mice and in hiding.
HILARIOUS
The Astros have a problem with Houston- The district attorney is quietly investigating to see if criminal charges are warranted... Season ticket holders will soon file a class action lawsuit (already in progress)... attendance will be low in there home ball park- The time has come for Jim Crane to suspend the players and deal with the players union... The agreement was that MLB cant suspend players - the team did not sign off on the agreement-- The Astros have a long history of shady behavior- Tanking to get a World Series is just as problematic- Tanking = Throwing games= Should be suspended for life
No player will be suspended. Crane and Manfred don't want that fight with MLBPA.
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Yet another black eye for baseball. Seems appropriate that it was 100 years after the Black Sox scandal. The Astros should be forced to vacate their World Championship. No way the players should come out of this without some sort of punishment, but it looks like MLB isn't going to do anything. One of the reasons I'm no longer a MLB fan.
Funny how people so pissed..Pats have done this so much more. What MLB going to do...metal detectors in batter box. Every team steels signs has been for 100yrs. You not cheatin, you not winning!! Thats on New Englands locker room wall!!! Get over it!! Your team is doing it, but not as good as Houston.
Those players are gonna get hit by so many pitches this year!
Until the Astros players who cheated make public statements and express sincere regret for what they did, no one should buy a ticket to a game where the guys are on the roster. I like to go to spring training in Phoenix but I am not going to go this year. Baseball has been tainted and the players who did this need to clean up, as best they can, the stain on the sport. Don't be like Pete Rose and refuse to deal with the truth that everyone knows for the next 30 years. If Altruve, Bregmann, et al, have any integrity they will make public statements about their role in the cheating and apologize. Otherwise, they are now cheating themselves and their personal honor.
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Suk mah bawls
The Astros players are NOT SORRY IN THE LEAST! They should be BANNED FOR LIFE!!!!!
Worse than taking steroids and zero punishment for the players
Alex Bergman has not posted on his you tube channel in a long time. Lmaooooo
word up. he tried to portray himself as a role model. LOL. I commented and he blocked me
The owner of the Asstros should've hired a PR company and let them do their thing. It is amazing how stupid the Asstros owner is. Now The Asstros owner is in a full on major mess.
The Astros owner is the reason they are in a full on major mess. A team's performance is reflective of its leadership, and it all starts at the top. Crane knew was going on, and if he didn't, he should have. One can delegate authority but not responsibility.
The Astros are only sorry because they got caught. If not for getting caught they would be doing the same thing this season. I think their apology is hollow,, and should be either suspended for the season or suspended for life just like the Chicago black socks.
Their window for an apology is long gone at this point. Both altuve and Bregman were in front of a camera after the fact and they played victim and plead the 5th. They deserve every bit of criticism they get this season
They don't plan to apologize. Their smug attitude is they got caught, but they still have their rings and their money. Who is to say they didn't cheat in 2018/19 and won't again in 2020?