The hardest thing in sports is to hit a round ball with a round bat...or a virus.
As much as it pains me, yes shut it down.
As much as it pains me, yes shut it down.
MLB Pseudo-Season 2020: Roger, Dodgers
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In the strip clubs that I visited many moons
ago in Chi-town, Russian was the dominant language, and their "wings" were of a different flavor back then. And someone stole my Magic City hat on the bus ride back home.
What has been old...has never changed.
Durocher the Spymaster: How much did the Giants prosper from cheating in 1951?
In the summer of 1951, the New York Giants under manager Leo Durocher began to employ an elaborate sign-stealing scheme. The Giants needed to overcome a 13.5-game deficit to the Brooklyn Dodgers to set up a historic playoff. The question is not whether the Giants stole signs, but what effect the sign-stealing had on the Giants’ remarkable comeback.
In the summer of 1951, the New York Giants under manager Leo Durocher began to employ an elaborate sign-stealing scheme. The Giants needed to overcome a 13.5-game deficit to the Brooklyn Dodgers to set up a historic playoff. The question is not whether the Giants stole signs, but what effect the sign-stealing had on the Giants’ remarkable comeback.Note: This article appears in the Fall 2012 edition of the “Baseball Research Journal.”
Leo Durocher, who is said to have said “nice guys finish last”—also the title of his autobiography— plausibly could have asked, “who said cheaters never prosper?”
That's baseball.
https://sabr.org/research/article/d...did-the-giants-prosper-from-cheating-in-1951/
Steal all the signs you want, take all the steroids, you still need to hit the ball.
That said, organized cheating of the Astros level should have resulted in a lot more punishment and stripping of any championships. The shit shouldn't have to be stuck to the clubhouse wall to be enforced.
That said, organized cheating of the Astros level should have resulted in a lot more punishment and stripping of any championships. The shit shouldn't have to be stuck to the clubhouse wall to be enforced.
Like betting on games? Or stripping the Patriots of a title or three?
btw, I have met Pete Rose upon numerous occasions, and have his autograph on many baseballs and wall-posters before he started charging $ for it. Johnny Bench is an a-hole also.
Just being his own privileged a-hole self. You would think a Oklahoma boy from Binger would be more modest. I have his autographs also.
Joe Morgan,Tony Perez and Sparky were never that way in my presence, total gentlemen.
More news from Philadelphia of the FUCK YOU, MIAMI variety:
6abc Philadelphia: 2 more Phillies staffers positive for COVID-19; Blue Jays series postponed
So in addition to infecting a staffer who works in the visiting team clubhouse, now one of the Phillies' coaches has tested positive, along with a staffer who works in the Phillies' clubhouse. So far no players have tested positive.
THANKS A FUCKING LOT, MARLINS. I HOPE THAT NIGHT IN ATLANTA WAS WORTH IT.
Unfortunately I believe you are right.
The hardest thing in life is to face the truth. Before this point the hardest in baseball was to hit a round ball with a round bat. "We" are in the box against a hard slider and there ain't no apparent way of getting out of the way, at this point. : (
Memo details new MLB rules to discipline electronic sign-stealing
Way to lock the barn after it burned down with the horses inside morons.
Way to lock the barn after it burned down with the horses inside morons.
Old fashioned sign stealing is one thing, using electronics is a whole different sorta b.s.
Rob Manfred is very quickly moving up the list of "worst MLB commissioners."
I was in and out of the truck all day so I didn't hear the full story, so someone else may want to confirm this, but this morning my local sports station was saying that no-where in the 119 page document worked out between the owners and the players dealing with the shortened baseball season is there section that relates to COVID -19 and what to do it a player or players become infected and only now are teams receiving memos that maybe they should have team physicians be on hand to consult with regarding the virus.
It wasn't worked out between the league and the union, it was a memo issued by the league with guidance for COVID protocols. However, that 103-page memo did not require teams to have physicians on hand for daily testing and left it up to the individual team's discretion.
The Marlins weren't doing daily testing, even though the false negative rate in the first four days of infection is over 90 percent.
Might be a coincidence but something might be happening with the Rangers pitchers. Jose Leclerc has a similar shoulder muscle tear as his teammate Corey Kluber and is most likely out for the rest of the season, too.
Did the Rangers inherit the old Mets pitching coach (I forget his name)?
Did the Rangers inherit the old Mets pitching coach (I forget his name)?
Yeah, fuck that shit. Stop forcing this season!
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