If he has to end up anywhere, I would also like it to be in STL. That is true but it feels a little different this time. Not sure why though
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I would be elated to have him at 3rd.
Selfishly I hope it is different as he would add some pop to a lineup that needs it.
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Everything I'm hearing is Cora is basically the architect of this whole thing since he did it in Houston and then did it in Boston the next year. Not good.
Although I'm not sure they have quite enough to bypass that team from LA, I like what Arizona has been doing, especially with their farm system. Kevin Towers/Dave Stewart/Tony LaRussa completely stripped the club of young talent; current GM Mike Hazen has done a great rebuilding job. If Madison Bumgarner is anything close to what he was a couple of years ago, AZ made a great addition to the pitching staff.
I just read up on it. Wow and IMO Hinch should be gone longer also. There is no way in hell he was the manager of that team and did not know what was going on.
Arizona has made a ton of good progress. I think they can and will surprise some people
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Also heard he knew about it but didn't stop it, might as well be condoning it. Stealing signs is part of baseball, it always has been but not to this extent. Its a shame I have been an Astros fan for the last few years. I was even going to change my boys baseball team this year to the Astros but not anymore.
Yeah sign stealing is/was part of the game, but when you introduce the means to which they did, it's cheating, no other way to put it.
We'll never know, but I would like to know what players were involved, because from the sounds of it, not all were involved. Either way it stains the championship and that sucks because at the time the city needed that distraction with the Hurricane Harvey impact.
Even the Mets didn't screw this one up. Although their hesitation to take action gave me some cause for concern. As for Beltran, the bad news is that he has been fired; the good news is that he never lost a game as a manager.
Some of the takes on this subject on ESPN have been awful, and two of the worst were from Mendoza and Katie Nolan. I guess we should just be happy that ESPN is even talking baseball with all the money they have staked in NBA/NFL.
Beltran was an obvious choice to remove... glad to see the Mets do it, but now there are 3 manager jobs to be filled...
I will be interested to see if anyone comes out of retirement
I will be interested to see if anyone comes out of retirement
Saw Buck Showalter and John Farrell were possibly being considered in Houston.
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It looks to be getting deeper for the Astros. There are allegations that Altvue and Bregman wore signaling devices under their jerseys.
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MLB rumors: Astros’ Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman wore ‘devices that buzzed’ as part of sign-stealing scandal, report says
Carlos Beltran, the only player named in commissioner Rob Manfred's report on illegal sign stealing by the Houston Astros in 2017, stepped down Thursday as New York Mets manager.
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It looks to be getting deeper for the Astros. There are allegations that Altvue and Bregman wore signaling devices under their jerseys.
MLB rumors: Astros’ Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman wore ‘devices that buzzed’ as part of sign-stealing scandal, report says
Carlos Beltran, the only player named in commissioner Rob Manfred's report on illegal sign stealing by the Houston Astros in 2017, stepped down Thursday as New York Mets manager.
I mean once you go down this route and get busted, you lose the benefit of the doubt.
Imagine...
It looks to be getting deeper for the Astros. There are allegations that Altvue and Bregman wore signaling devices under their jerseys.
MLB rumors: Astros’ Jose Altuve, Alex Bregman wore ‘devices that buzzed’ as part of sign-stealing scandal, report says
Carlos Beltran, the only player named in commissioner Rob Manfred's report on illegal sign stealing by the Houston Astros in 2017, stepped down Thursday as New York Mets manager.
I'm not certain of the credibility of this account. But, it may not matter. In this day and age, allegations don't need to be proven true; they just need to be made. The Astros players will forever be associated with this scandal. It's definitely getting deeper and the careers of Altuve and Bregman will now be viewed with skepticism by many.
If they can prove it.. it’s a death sentence for them both
Man. Just when you think it's about over, new allegations about the buzzing come in. Crazy
No pun intended
No pun intended
Say it ain't so Jose.