Baseball is inherently difficult and a game of failure. When a great player fails 70+% plus time that is proof positive.
This is a very stupid and short-sighted take. A weak reponse is infinitely better than a pass in punitive matters.
Really, according even baseball players, it's a HUGE advantage. Giancarlo Stanton says he'd have hit 80 home runs if he knew what was coming.
Most people can't. It's a guessing game, and many players guess what pitch is coming based on tendencies, situations, etc.
And they guess wrong. Now, if you have a signal from a sign-stealer....
I disagree, the Patriots got every bit of this as well, and even still do today. I honestly think baseball doesn't actually mind this too much. They see how much angst and attention is spread to the Patriots and even Dallas Cowboys. People like to root for their team and root against certain others. The root of alot of this is just plain jealousy. The Astros have no history of winning, the Patiots, outside of an appearance in the '85 super bowl, had not won much of anything before Tom Brady showed up and it's been a dynasty since. People don't like that.
There are more people these days who don't give a rip about baseball anymore. We don't even know if a slightly deflated football provides any advantage and Tom Brady is STILL paying for that, and it was never proven!!
Houston had the highest scoring offense in baseball in 2017.
So you're saying punishment for cheating should only be doled out if they are caught in the act?
You missed the entire point of the discussion, once again. Allow me to sum up:
He won 2 Super Bowls after that so........
You guys can keep one whining and complaining about it. It happened, I'm not sure of the extent it even helped so it's a non-issue in my eyes, and many of the players from that team are no longer with the Astros so it's time to move on.
Um...because they are good?
And they cheated.
So we just heard yesterday that during Game 5 of 2017 WS (home game for Astros), Clayton Kershaw threw 51 curves and sliders and had ZERO swings and misses. You've heard of Kershaw, the most dominant pitcher of the last decade, with that devastating curve and slider he mixes with 97 MPH fastball?
Kershaw has had a long history of playoff misery, guess we'll have to accuse all of the teams that beat him in the playoffs of cheating...
ZERO swings and misses? You think that's just playoff misery?
Please. A great pitcher, with great control and a 50.8% swing rate in 2017, suddenly gets a zero % swing rate on his tough off-speed pitches? Only a stubborn person with his head up his behind doesn't acknowledge this.
It kills me that you clowns still respond to him. Best troll in yappi history and that is saying something
I just think it’s funny.
I don't think he is trolling - he is just a below average intelligence guy who lives on talk radio, and will never admit being wrong, even when presented overwhelming facts. I transitioned to Yappi from JJ Huddle and he was the same there. If he is trolling, well, he is the best.
