A lecture on morality from a guy who makes ungodly bank off the backs of a bunch of kids in a Chinese sweatshop making a few pennies a day........yeah. That's rich. STFU and just keep flopping.Cromagnum said:
Lebron needs to stay in his own lane.
https://www.tmz.com/2020/02/18/lebron-james-houston-astros-baseball-cheating-scandal-rob-manfred/
DannyDuberstein said:
He's taking deserved heat because it was a weak punishment
03_Aggie said:
Harold Reynolds.
DannyDuberstein said:
i've noticed you like to round ages up a good 5 years. Did Fiers teach you that while he was employed by the stros? I mean, we know video screens and trash cans weren't the only thing management was looking the other way about
Aggies2009 said:Bunk Moreland said:03_Aggie said:
Harold Reynolds.
Post the video. The comment I have seen floating around from him in no way proves your point. I want to know the specific comments in question.
Plus, far better hitters say they'd do better knowing what's coming.
SquirrellyDan said:
Harold Reynolds said that the whole Altuve/buzzer thing against Chapman was silly. He analyzed the at bat, saw that Chapman couldn't locate his fastball (5 outside pitches in a row), sat on a hanging slider, and killed it.
Also said he never 'immediately ran to the dugout' and showed several minutes of Altuve celebrating on the field after the walk-off.
investorAg83 said:03_Aggie said:
Harold Reynolds.
You're a got damned fool if that's what you gleaned from his 'analysis' of the Altuve at bat.
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A major league player literally debunked this theory just yesterday. But please continue to question people's baseball knowledge because their opinion differs from yours.
BassCowboy33 said:
I came to this thread to see how people were frying Manfred for not punishing the culprits of a Top-3 scandal in MLB history only to find some people defending the perpetrators of said scandal. Interesting.
Bunk Moreland said:Quote:
A major league player literally debunked this theory just yesterday. But please continue to question people's baseball knowledge because their opinion differs from yours.
Still waiting on you to post the video of Harold Reynolds (or any current or former major leaguer) debunking the theory that knowing a fastball is coming is a huge advantage.
investorAg83 said:SquirrellyDan said:
Harold Reynolds said that the whole Altuve/buzzer thing against Chapman was silly. He analyzed the at bat, saw that Chapman couldn't locate his fastball (5 outside pitches in a row), sat on a hanging slider, and killed it.
Also said he never 'immediately ran to the dugout' and showed several minutes of Altuve celebrating on the field after the walk-off.
Right...his argument was that buzzer or no buzzer, the sequence of pitches made it easy to figure out what was coming and Altuve got to a point that he knew he wouldn't get a fastball (almost as if he had the info on the pitch...whether he did or didn't is irrelevant according to Reynolds). He then was able to smash the pitch because he knew he wouldn't get a fastball which flies in the face of everything 03Aggie keeps trying to promote; that knowing you're getting an off speed pitch 'isn't all that beneficial'. That's bull crap.
Buzzer or not, trash cans or not, Reynolds claim is that THAT at bat was easy to figure out. Fine...maybe that AB was. But it doesn't mean they're not the cheating *****s of baseball that they have come out and admitted.
I'm done. Enjoy getting pegged all season long and the black cloud that will forever hang over your franchise.
Bunk Moreland said:Quote:
A major league player literally debunked this theory just yesterday. But please continue to question people's baseball knowledge because their opinion differs from yours.
Still waiting on you to post the video of Harold Reynolds (or any current or former major leaguer) debunking the theory that knowing a fastball is coming is a huge advantage.
Whew....the anger. All I did was comment on what Harold Reynolds said. It was specific to that at-bat because that's what the mob says proved Altuve was wearing a buzzer. Geez man....check your heart pressure.investorAg83 said:SquirrellyDan said:
Harold Reynolds said that the whole Altuve/buzzer thing against Chapman was silly. He analyzed the at bat, saw that Chapman couldn't locate his fastball (5 outside pitches in a row), sat on a hanging slider, and killed it.
Also said he never 'immediately ran to the dugout' and showed several minutes of Altuve celebrating on the field after the walk-off.
Right...his argument was that buzzer or no buzzer, the sequence of pitches made it easy to figure out what was coming and Altuve got to a point that he knew he wouldn't get a fastball (almost as if he had the info on the pitch...whether he did or didn't is irrelevant according to Reynolds). He then was able to smash the pitch because he knew he wouldn't get a fastball which flies in the face of everything 03Aggie keeps trying to promote; that knowing you're getting an off speed pitch 'isn't all that beneficial'. That's bull crap.
Buzzer or not, trash cans or not, Reynolds claim is that THAT at bat was easy to figure out. Fine...maybe that AB was. But it doesn't mean they're not the cheating *****s of baseball that they have come out and admitted.
I'm done. Enjoy getting pegged all season long and the black cloud that will forever hang over your franchise.
03_Aggie said:
He has openly admitted he hates Altuve....
But it's Astros fans that are overly biased and have their heads in the sand.
03_Aggie said:Bunk Moreland said:Quote:
A major league player literally debunked this theory just yesterday. But please continue to question people's baseball knowledge because their opinion differs from yours.
Still waiting on you to post the video of Harold Reynolds (or any current or former major leaguer) debunking the theory that knowing a fastball is coming is a huge advantage.
Wait, I thought knowing a breaking pitch was coming was the huge advantage?
Been up all night checking to see if I'd posted it yet?
03_Aggie said:Bunk Moreland said:Quote:
A major league player literally debunked this theory just yesterday. But please continue to question people's baseball knowledge because their opinion differs from yours.
Still waiting on you to post the video of Harold Reynolds (or any current or former major leaguer) debunking the theory that knowing a fastball is coming is a huge advantage.
investorAg83 said:SquirrellyDan said:
Harold Reynolds said that the whole Altuve/buzzer thing against Chapman was silly. He analyzed the at bat, saw that Chapman couldn't locate his fastball (5 outside pitches in a row), sat on a hanging slider, and killed it.
Also said he never 'immediately ran to the dugout' and showed several minutes of Altuve celebrating on the field after the walk-off.
Right...his argument was that buzzer or no buzzer, the sequence of pitches made it easy to figure out what was coming and Altuve got to a point that he knew he wouldn't get a fastball (almost as if he had the info on the pitch...whether he did or didn't is irrelevant according to Reynolds). He then was able to smash the pitch because he knew he wouldn't get a fastball which flies in the face of everything 03Aggie keeps trying to promote; that knowing you're getting an off speed pitch 'isn't all that beneficial'. That's bull crap.
Buzzer or not, trash cans or not, Reynolds claim is that THAT at bat was easy to figure out. Fine...maybe that AB was. But it doesn't mean they're not the cheating *****s of baseball that they have come out and admitted.
I'm done. Enjoy getting pegged all season long and the black cloud that will forever hang over your franchise.
Proposition Joe said:
Could you guys quit with the back and forth with 03_Aggie regarding knowing the pitch?
No one else, not even diehard Astros fans, agrees with him. It's literally why signs exist.No one who has ever played the game or watched with any kind of attention thinks that knowing the pitch type isn't an advantage.
There's a lot to bicker about here, but 03_Aggie is getting you guys derailed into just mega-stupid stuff.
"We." I thought guys who did that when referencing pro sports teams were schleps. It also makes it sound like you're tying your identity to a pro sports franchise, and a certain tax attorney has told me that's the most worthless thing one can do. I'm sure it's "different" when you do it, and I'm a f'ing moron though.Flexbone said:investorAg83 said:SquirrellyDan said:
Harold Reynolds said that the whole Altuve/buzzer thing against Chapman was silly. He analyzed the at bat, saw that Chapman couldn't locate his fastball (5 outside pitches in a row), sat on a hanging slider, and killed it.
Also said he never 'immediately ran to the dugout' and showed several minutes of Altuve celebrating on the field after the walk-off.
Right...his argument was that buzzer or no buzzer, the sequence of pitches made it easy to figure out what was coming and Altuve got to a point that he knew he wouldn't get a fastball (almost as if he had the info on the pitch...whether he did or didn't is irrelevant according to Reynolds). He then was able to smash the pitch because he knew he wouldn't get a fastball which flies in the face of everything 03Aggie keeps trying to promote; that knowing you're getting an off speed pitch 'isn't all that beneficial'. That's bull crap.
Buzzer or not, trash cans or not, Reynolds claim is that THAT at bat was easy to figure out. Fine...maybe that AB was. But it doesn't mean they're not the cheating *****s of baseball that they have come out and admitted.
I'm done. Enjoy getting pegged all season long and the black cloud that will forever hang over your franchise.
We will. And John Smoltz is saying RIGHT NOW that the Astros were absolutely not alone. But please...keep telling yourself that the title is tainted. Let us know when your ****ty franchise erases its championships won by teams full of roiders.
By the way, are you on the same mission when it comes to requesting that titles be stripped from all teams that broke the "rules"? We might have about 2 legitimate winners in baseball history.
The only thing that pisses me off is that we didn't do it in 2019. Might have another title considering we lost all the home games. Strange how, yet again, we were better on the road and one of the best offenses of all time. I'm sure we'd have been lucky to break .500 if we hadn't "cheated."
