Hopefully Bauer has a great first half of the year, gets named the ASG starter, and drills Altuve or Bregman or Springer and gets thrown out of the game and suspended.

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"When people want their version of the truth, they go find it, no matter how baseless their beliefs." -- Ken Rosenthal

I don't know who they play opening day, but I'd love for them to have three minor league pitchers start the game and throw at the Astros until they each get thrown out. I figure they can hit five of them to start the game.

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Oh they're gonna break don Baylor's record.

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"Play until it hurts, then play until it hurts to not play."
http://soundcloud.com/darkside124 HOF 2013, MM Champion 2014

I hope everyone refuses to play them during spring training. The games don't matter so they could probably get away with doing it and kind of fuck their spring training ticket/concession sales up.

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That's my purse! I don't know you!

Maybe the catchers just tell the Astros what pitches are coming ,so they don't have to cheat.

"Fastball, at your head"
"Fastball, at your ribs"

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When you see a talented guy like this fizzle you have to respect the job Hahn did in acquiring prospects for Sale, Eaton and Quintana. I fall into the belief as well that he was in a no lose situation in those trades but you see that those trades could have all gone horribly wrong. Martes was a guy I think was being discussed in one of the trades.

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O judgment! Thou art fled to brutish beasts,
And men have lost their reason.

I didn't think this story would have the legs it does. I'm guessing Manfred didn't either. The Astros aren't helping by continuing to discuss it.

I'm surprised by how angry the younger fans and writers are about this. It seems like the demand to punish the players is gaining steam everyday. That would be difficult with the Player's Association. But it doesn't seem like this is just going to go away.

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Anybody here seen my old friend Bobby?
Can you tell me where he's gone?
I thought I saw him walkin' up to The Hill
With Elon, Tulsi, and Don

Manfred thinks the scarlet letter is enough. Maybe it is. It's not like we don't have examples of the scarlet letter working.

What rule number is it that says you can't use electronics to your advantage?

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

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In Feb, 2019, MLB drafted a five-page document which essentially takes a rule already on the books, from 1961, that signs cannot be stolen from the dugout, bullpens or essentially anywhere other than via a runner on second base.

So none

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

Well, alrighty then.

So you think the Astros were within their rights to do what they did?

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and to be so naïve that the Red Sox and Astro's were the "only" teams to be doing it shows just who is being cheated....the fans

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I'm going to bounce from the spot for awhile but I will be back at some point to argue with you about this hoops stuff again. Playoffs have been great this season. See ya up the road.

I'm out.

I think everyone just has to want blood even if they don't know why.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Some people don't mind unethical behavior, some people do.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

If this had been as well-known (or suspected) by other teams as described, you'd think there would have been effective countermeasures taken. They think a fastball is coming? Throw a changeup. They get the signal for curve? Give them a high hard one. Do that a few times and I have a hard time believing hitters would trust the signals enough to make a difference.

I still think it was outside the rules and ethically wrong, but it's not like there were no options for teams to counteract.

This hasn't been mentioned at all, but what if a catcher was actually helping batters out? Is it beyond imagination that a catcher who didn't like his pitcher would tip off the pitches to his friends on the other team? That would be sickening, but I don't think it's outside the realm of possibility.

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Because none of us have cheated or gamed a system in any way.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Seems laughable,....but is it? The collusion there was between owners and players in the steroid era? The NOT going the full nine yards on testing? The ADHD prescriptions? The substance freely put on baseballs for spin rate? The sweeping under the rug the sign stealing? Is this a competitive sport or is it solely entertainment?

Maybe JORR had a point about you.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

Nas coming out in favor of trans athletes competing in women's sports. SAD!

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

What did he say?

Every team in every sport has gamed the system in some way. Players are still gaming the system. To pretend that the game has ever been pure is EXTREMELY naive. You know better!

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

You get caught you pay the price. This is way worse than a couple of guys supposedly tanking the 1919 world series.

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

I don't think this is close to intentionally losing. That's unforgivable. There was no established price to pay. Someone will always want a harsher penalty. NOT ENOUGH BLOOD!

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Saying you actually didn't win the world series two years ago is too much blood?

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Reality is your friend, not your enemy. -- Seacrest

It's an unprecedented penalty. Takes some huge stones to do that. I think on some level most fans will view that WS the same way we view Bonds' homerun record.

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Be well

GO BEARS!!!

Man, Bonds would have slugged 2.000 and hit 100 home runs if someone was feeding him the pitches.