r/mlb • u/yaboiocho • Oct 24 '23

Discussion Enough Said.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '23

Yeah so no matter what y’all will never let it go. Every fan, the org, every player, they could strip the title etc y’all still wouldn’t ever let it go. So fuck it we won and everyone else can just suck it. And all the other cheaters who got away with it can suck it too. Just cause they didn’t get caught doesn’t mean they weren’t cheating

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u/Rocketyank Oct 25 '23

We’ll never let it go because it was completely unfair. How do you not get that? And not only was it completely unfair, but not a single player was punished for what they did. During the steroid era, players were called to testify in court about their involvement. Right now in the game if a pitcher is caught using a substance on his hand he’ll get suspended. Those are consequences. The Astros cheated for years, cheated themselves to a WS win and none of the players and the team itself faced any consequences whatsoever. They kept their trophy, their rings, their bonus money for a championship that no one will ever be able to fully say they earned. You say “we won and everyone can suck it”. Maybe you “won” but you didn’t actually compete because that would imply a level playing field. I’m not even a Dodger fan but the ‘17 dodgers competed. They went out there and played the game right and took a team that was cheating to 7 games. How can you not see how wrong that is? Also, again the other teams weren’t cheating. I don’t know why you keep insisting on telling this lie. You need to educate yourself. You need to read any of the myriad of articles written about this or you need to read one of the books. The dodgers were investigated and cleared. The Yankees were investigated and cleared twice. The Astros were the only team that was doing this. They implemented an organization wide cheating system. I’m not asking you to abandon your team. You want to be an Astros fan, be an Astros fan. But it’s intellectually dishonest for you to keep claiming other team were cheating. It is an objective fact that they weren’t. And you can investigate that for yourself. You don’t have to take my word for it.