![]() ![]() Jomboy quickly found the video evidence to substantiate Houston’s scheme. Just six days later, as first reported by The Athletic, White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar noticed something amiss as he pitched to the Astros at Minute Maid. No longer would such chicanery occur unchecked. On September 15, 2017, Manfred, his sport captivated by the Red Sox’s Apple Watch imbroglio, released the following statement publicly and internally: “Future violations of this type will be subject to more serious sanctions, including the possible loss of draft picks.” The commissioner laid down the gauntlet. Another letter, though, the more important one, gets ignored by the same folks. One letter from the greater sign-stealing saga really fires up the ’Stros. When Rob Manfred spoke to reporters on the Minute Maid field last week, prior to Game 1, one particularly vociferous Astros fan shouted at the commissioner: “Release the letter!” World Series matchup a product of disgraced ex-GMs: Shermanġ. So, as the Astros try to make some more history, here’s a reminder of why they rightfully paid the biggest price. Not the legality of the situation nor the morality of it. That half-apology, echoed by all sorts in the Lone Star State, doesn’t hold up to any serious level of scrutiny. We dealt with it.” Astros fans comparing their team’s cheating scandal to the Red Sox and Yankees are off the mark. Two other teams were doing things and got caught, but we’re the ones who took the bullet. Last year, none other than Astros owner Jim Crane told USA Today, “I think had a bigger problem than everybody realized. It’s a defiance based on the notion that other clubs, most notably the Yankees and the Red Sox, engaged in identical reindeer games. Now all we have to do is eradicate that persecution complex.īecause many of the Astros and their fans, including those involved in sports radio and the like, appear fixated on the notion that Major League Baseball scapegoated the 2017 team, unfairly tarnishing its only title in the franchise’s now 59-year history. Their ardent supporters feel the game in their bones. Minute Maid Park rocks as passionately as any stadium. I’ve spent a fair amount of time around Astros Galaxy this past month and really these last five years, and bless Houston, which will host World Series Game 6 on Tuesday night against the Braves, down 3-2, it has turned into a bona fide baseball city. ![]() Only these need not be permanent.Įven if the Astros don’t complete their comeback to win the World Series this week. HOUSTON - They are the most visible scars on public view since Harrison Ford became famous. ![]()
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