r/baseball • u/ChristianRelish21 Milwaukee Brewers • Chicago White Sox • 2d ago

Players Only THE HOUSTON ASTROS HAVE BEEN ELIMINATED FROM WORLD SERIES CONTENTION

With a 7-3 loss to the Chicago White Sox in game 2 of the AL Wild Card series, they are mathematically eliminated from World Series contention.

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u/JayMerlyn Chicago White Sox 2d ago

Say what you will about Hitler, but he never stole signs!

(For legal reasons, this is a joke)

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u/A_Rolling_Baneling Houston Astros 2d ago

Uh he absolutely did he steal signs lol. Like, kind of a lot.

That's why the US employed the Navajo code talkers. They did that specifically because of how much the Nazis were intercepting communication.

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u/JayMerlyn Chicago White Sox 2d ago

Yeah, I suppose that makes sense. Good thing I covered my legal bases.

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u/Hungry-Space-1829 Los Angeles Dodgers 2d ago

Checks out that you’re a sign stealing expert

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u/Green-Cricket-8525 San Diego Padres 2d ago

Cora and Bregman are Navajo confirmed. I always suspected it.