The 2019-20 MLB Hot Stove Thread
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NYChase718
Veteran
Thanks to this shytty rule...Gonna be alot of loaded bases no outs with some of these relievers
Stinky Diver
attitude as bad as his odor
“MORE CONTROL THAN A 16HR BRA!”
“MORE PITCHES THAN A USED CAR SALESMAN!” his mlb2k commercial was FLAMES!
One of the most disappointing sports games of all time. Auto fielding was one of the WOAT decisions.
Let me just say I don't give a shyt about this scandal or all the fake morality people are choosing to find over this. They cheated non-stop and only won 1 World Series. Baseball is the GOAT because cheating doesnt guarantee you shyt.
I'm ready for the season because I don't need people who also do shyt in their lives to further their careers to get high and mighty about this.
I'm ready for the season because I don't need people who also do shyt in their lives to further their careers to get high and mighty about this.
THASTUNNA
All Star
like I always say.. the playoffs is a crap shoot.
Its baseball. shyt always happens. And I'm jaded because I don't think theres much gained in this world through integrity and respect so it doesnt shatter my world view when things like this come out. I expect all these people to do whatever it takes to make them better at their job and this has gone on since the beginning of time
THASTUNNA
All Star
i'm sure everyone is looking for an edge. Shyt even Boone said it in his interview yesterday. It is what it is.
Well, true but name the other sport that's had its commissioner publicly confirm a team heavily cheated the year they won the championship and has refused to revoke the title.
Until then there isn't a comparison so it doesn't matter who the messenger is. The integrity of the league/sport is publicly challenged and your only real punishment is a couple picks. All because you're afraid to open pandora's box which would eventually mean a few steroid era titles would revoked and whatever else happened before in other eras since your sport publicly has a strong history of cheating.
So yeah, MLB is a joke rn and rightfully so. People can apologize and Manfred can attempt to clean it up for IG but the stench is still there until that title is removed, which I think will happen eventually.
The Patriots
Not even sure how I forgot about Spygate, must've been because of other shyt they've done since.
And how are the Patriots looked at around sports? So I'm still not sure why the Astros can't be bashed the same way and my point still stands, same as the NFL should've revoked the 2001 win, the Astros title should be removed.
That is true, that everyone is looking for an edge. But there are sportsmen-like edges (ex. runner on 1st or 2nd reading the pitcher's tendencies and deciding to steal a base, or a batter picking up a pitcher's tell and waiting for his pitch, or extreme shifts employed to counter dead pull hitters, etc), and there's just outright cheating (spitballs, scuffing balls, someone telling you using real-time technology what's coming and when, etc.). There's a difference. The Patriots got dinged for the same thing, setting up cameras and filming opponents' practices and stealing their signs/cadences, etc. It would be the equivalent of a marked cards in a game, or a mirror under a casino table. Flat out cheating vs an edge.
Not at you personally, but given that MLB knows how extensive it goes, in order to restore any shred of integrity (since MLB and its fanbase pretend to be holier-than-thou) for future rulings, they have to vacate the 2017 World Series title from Houston, force Houston to remove any reference of it, and move on. Players should have been disciplined as well. Gonna make suspension appeal rulings a bit more entertaining, if they don't. Players' counsel will argue... "Well, MLB documented that players have broadly and systematically cheated and were not disciplined, but you want to suspend and fine player X for hitting a batter???"
We'll see what happens when the Astros actually travel. MLB won't be able to shove it under a rug when the crowd reactions are broadcasted nationally.
the Astros are a fukking joke and everyone knows it. Spring Training will be their only safe space this season and look bow bytchmade those fakkits were when they were giving these coached apologies.
No credibility and unlike their owner, these players have nowhere to hide all season. It’s going to be a complete shytshow when they pull up to the Bronx in September and I will be there for it.
The amount of fights this year that will happen off the strength of this fukkery is gonna be amazing.
VegetasHairline
Veteran
MLB is not vacating the Astros World Series championship. Why don't some of you understand this? Just accept it and move on.