Letter allegedly showing MLB hid Yankees sign-stealing to be released within the week

[UndertheHalo]

5 minutes ago, Lou said:

Incorrect. We don't love cheaters in baseball.

I feel like you’re trying really hard to twist around my words.  What I said is that we love baseball such as it is.  Not that we or (I) love   cheaters. And as far as your previous reply I like your move there to include the word “blatantly” which is pretty subjective.  None of this stuff about cheating and baseball is new.  I clarified my point by acknowledging there are different degrees of severity.  If that’s not good enough for you.  Then oh well.  
 

Here’s an article from 2006.  
 

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/32-cheating-in-baseball.amp.html
 

here’s another from 2021 

https://syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/32-cheating-in-baseball.amp.html

Edited April 2, 2022 by UndertheHalo

[Lou]

I used the term "blatantly" because you introduced "varying degrees of severity" to the argument. 

As for your examples, I said "teams", not individual player.

Also, we all don't love baseball when teams cheat, much less aren't held accountable for doing so. I know plenty of people whose interest is nowhere near the level it once was, myself included.

[Stradling]

Can anyone here honestly think a Mike Scioscia lead team would have a systematic cheating system that crossed the line from gamesmanship to blatant cheating?  I can’t see that.  The all teams do it is bullshit. 

[Taylor]

1 hour ago, Stradling said:

Can anyone here honestly think a Mike Scioscia lead team would have a systematic cheating system that crossed the line from gamesmanship to blatant cheating?  I can’t see that.  The all teams do it is bullshit. 

Nope. I'd be shocked to learn Scioscia tolerated something like that.

[mmc]

 

[mmc]

 

[ukyah]

"this will lead to a lot of bad results down the road", is one of the funniest quotes i've read in a long time. uh, yeah. i agree.

[Taylor]

[Dtwncbad]

4 hours ago, Taylor said:

Can anyone imagine watching a movie starring Mike Scioscia that wouldn’t be good?

[T.G.]

1 hour ago, Dtwncbad said:

Can anyone imagine watching a movie starring Mike Scioscia that wouldn’t be good?

Well, if you're Canadian...

[m0nkey]

Whole lot of nothing?

 

[Inside Pitch]

25 minutes ago, m0nkey said:

Whole lot of nothing?

 

https://sny.tv/articles/yankees-letter-revealed

[Taylor]

Boring. I was hoping for a worse outcome for the Yankees so they wouldn't be able to use the "but other people cheated too!" argument.

[m0nkey]

16 minutes ago, Inside Pitch said:

https://sny.tv/articles/yankees-letter-revealed

[Barf]

The Yanks and the Red Sox are the MLB's baby darlings; no way they will ever be as harsh on them compared to other teams. Sad but true.

[Inside Pitch]

1 hour ago, m0nkey said:

Short version, yep, you had it right.

The Astros hate can go on unabated!

[Slegnaac]

"The letter does not implicate the Yankees in a sign-stealing scheme similar to the one for which the Houston Astros were punished..."

Can someone remind me how the Astros were punished?

[jsnpritchett]

1 minute ago, Slegnaac said:

"The letter does not implicate the Yankees in a sign-stealing scheme similar to the one for which the Houston Astros were punished..."

Can someone remind me how the Astros were punished?

Their stadium was demolished, 6 players from their 40-man roster were randomly selected for execution, and they will revert to being called the "Houston Colt .45s" in 2025.

[Slegnaac]

1 minute ago, jsnpritchett said:

Their stadium was demolished, 6 players from their 40-man roster were randomly selected for execution, and they will revert to being called the "Houston Colt .45s" in 2025.

Ya, I don't remember that, thanks.

[T.G.]

4 minutes ago, jsnpritchett said:

Their stadium was demolished, 6 players from their 40-man roster were randomly selected for execution, and they will revert to being called the "Houston Colt .45s" in 2025.