1. 11-12-19 03:54 PM #1
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    Astros Were Cheating?

    I guess if you're not cheating you're not trying.


    https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1194348775965437952
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  2. 11-12-19 03:55 PM #2
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    Or if you cheat and don’t win how bad are you?
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  3. 11-12-19 03:56 PM #3
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    Quote Originally Posted by Al Masters View Post
    Or if you cheat and don’t win how bad are you?
    Good point
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  4. 11-12-19 03:58 PM #4
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    Most organizations don't even try to win in general---these guy are streaming video-----MATRESS MACK must have known he had an edge lol
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  5. 11-12-19 04:47 PM #5
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    Didn't realize there was already a thread on this
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  6. 11-12-19 06:37 PM #6
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  7. 11-12-19 06:49 PM #7
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    You know majority of pro athletes are cheating right? It's competition with fortunes at stake. Or you could go flip burgers for $8 an hour take your pick.
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  8. 11-12-19 06:51 PM #8
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    People have been stealing signs in baseball for 100 years.
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  9. 11-13-19 06:47 AM #9
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    They didn't cheat well enough.
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  10. 11-13-19 06:51 AM #10
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    Jomboy overreacting like he should, because he's an upstarting social media sensation

    My opinion will be that they all do something, but no rules are being broken.
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  11. 11-13-19 07:03 AM #11
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    Anyone watched anime "One Outs" about baseball ? Clealy shows how you can exploit baseball game. And the funny thing it is still working
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  12. 11-13-19 09:24 AM #12
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    not with HD zooming cameras to the dugout lol...
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    People have been stealing signs in baseball for 100 years.
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  13. 11-13-19 09:53 PM #13
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    Quote Originally Posted by PaperTrail07 View Post
    not with HD zooming cameras to the dugout lol...
    The 1951 Giants put a coach in an office just beyond center field and he used a telescope to steal catcher signs before relaying them to the dugout.

    Came back from 13.5 game deficit in mid-August.

    I don’t see much difference. Baseball has long been known as a game people cheat in to gain an edge.

    I don’t hold anything against the Astros. They are probably just the ones who got for doing what a lot of teams do because a former player wrote their names on the chalk board.
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  14. 11-14-19 09:20 AM #14
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    For sure--They must all do it IMO....I mean they know it would leak....you have trades and new players all the time--
    Quote Originally Posted by BigJay View Post
    The 1951 Giants put a coach in an office just beyond center field and he used a telescope to steal catcher signs before relaying them to the dugout.

    Came back from 13.5 game deficit in mid-August.

    I don’t see much difference. Baseball has long been known as a game people cheat in to gain an edge.

    I don’t hold anything against the Astros. They are probably just the ones who got for doing what a lot of teams do because a former player wrote their names on the chalk board.
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  15. 11-14-19 09:25 AM #15
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    if you're cheating and goin' 0-4 at home, you suck at cheating.....

    this poor yankee fan mother fukker obviously has the red ass because his shithole team got owned in the alcs.....

    fuk him
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  16. 11-14-19 11:21 AM #16
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    This is nothing new in baseball. It's part of the game.
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  17. 11-14-19 12:10 PM #17
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    The Home BA % vs Road BA is hilariously obvious. McCann's BA was like .300 at home In the 17' playoffs and .038 on the road.... the only one who was good both at home and on the road was Gurriel.
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  18. 11-14-19 02:18 PM #18
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    Guys used to steal signs off my catcher. Makes a huge difference knowing what pitch is coming
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  19. 11-14-19 03:15 PM #19
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    https://twitter.com/trevorplouffe/st...58853781458944
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  20. 11-15-19 10:02 AM #20
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    crazy-
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  21. 11-15-19 10:25 AM #21
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    2017 WS started in LA and finished in LA. The Astros won the series in LA so what's the big deal.
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  22. 11-17-19 02:24 PM #22
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    More proof found of cheating. This one at the World Series.

    https://twitter.com/NombreEsYostin/s...84640072024068
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  23. 11-17-19 03:02 PM #23
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    Let’s take a look at the ppl leaking the Astros sign stealing scandal to the media.

    Mike Fiers-Non tendered didn’t make the postseason roster in 2017.

    Former scouts for the team that were fired.

    A former beat writer who was fired.

    Yeah there’s no motive here at all.
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  24. 11-17-19 03:05 PM #24
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    Why do teams have signs? If you don't have signs no one will steal them.
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  25. 11-17-19 04:55 PM #25
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    haha
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  26. 11-18-19 10:42 PM #26
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr KLC View Post
    Let’s take a look at the ppl leaking the Astros sign stealing scandal to the media.

    Mike Fiers-Non tendered didn’t make the postseason roster in 2017.

    Former scouts for the team that were fired.

    A former beat writer who was fired.

    Yeah there’s no motive here at all.
    Makes sense. The Nationals won and didn't steal signs.
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  27. 08-05-20 10:47 AM #27
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    Mike Fiers is scheduled to start tomorrow for the A’s against the Rangers, meaning the Astros will not face him during their three-game series this weekend in Oakland.
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  28. 08-05-20 10:54 AM #28
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr KLC View Post
    Mike Fiers is scheduled to start tomorrow for the A’s against the Rangers, meaning the Astros will not face him during their three-game series this weekend in Oakland.
    Probably a good thing for Fiers.
    We might have seen a couple of Astros charge the mound just to get a couple punches in.
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