Posted by pumpkinmcp on 6/26/2022 11:57:00 AM (view original):
Posted by captmurphy on 6/25/2022 10:57:00 PM (view original):
Teams that cheated and won the World Series with sign stealing:
Astros
Red Sox (the next year!)
Cleveland
Teams that engaged in gambling and or throwing the World Series:
Reds
White Sox
Teams that did massive amounts of drugs:
Pirates
Mets
(Probably literally all of them)
Teams that engage in rampant service time manipulation:
Rays
Astros (again!)
Organizations that literally change the rules of the game and the ball used:
Major League Baseball
And those are just the ones off the top of my head! Please spare me your pearl clutching.
Maybe a big part of why people like to tweak the Astros about it is because their fans like to present full court cases as to Why You're Not Allowed To Be Mad At The Astros, Actually
I don't recall saying the Astros did no wrong. But I find it deeply frustrating that others project onto fans. It's hard enough following a broken sport run by the absolute most craven people in our society. Why do you need to ensure others can't enjoy the team they support? Because if it's cheating, that's disingenuous at best, hypocritical at worst.
I am more or less limited to talking baseball with friends of mine who also support the Astros. Because to talk otherwise just means people spit **** at you for no reason. We live in a society obsessed with demeaning others and ensuring they can't enjoy what you don't like. It sucks and I'm tired of it.