South Platte said:
SquirrellyDan said:
AboutTreeFiddy said:
SquirrellyDan said:
AboutTreeFiddy said:
SquirrellyDan said:
We occupy everyone's mind. Boo away. Nothing stings like indifference.
How many times have you posted in this thread? Actions speak louder than words. It's also funny how you'e considering the Asterisks to be the victims here. As if cheating was some noble task and now the world is out to get you. Classic.
LOL. I'm saying people are clearly upset....that's not indifference. Also, if we're 'victims' after winning a WS and an AL pennant, I'll take it. Try again.
See, that's what I'm talking about. You live in some insane fantasy world where you're just indifferent while others are upset (LOL), where the Astros did some noble thing to cheat their way to a title (though given your defense of them, I bet you DO believe that cheating was a good thing), and where the Astros are poor helpless victims because other fans have the audacity to boo and criticize said cheating.
Whatever floats your boat, bud. I guess you've always got a World Series t-shirt and can plug your ears when everyone else rightly downplays it because it took cheating to do so. But given the futility of Houston sports historically, I don't blame you for taking whatever you can get.
You don't read very well. Again, I'm not saying I'm indifferent. I'm saying all the haters definitely AREN'T indifferent....I also said the booing doesn't bother me at all and that indifference would be worse (kind of like the indifference to Arlington cheating with steroids...doesn't really matter because they never won anything).
SquirrellyDan, I have to hand it to you. You aren't taking **** from anybody on this. You will defend them to your grave, sneaking in pops vs. Texas along the way.
You and the rest of the fanbase should embrace the fact that for the first time in the city's history, you have a pro sports franchise is actually relevant. Winning doesn't accomplish that. All of a sudden it's a team with national visibility. Every team should be so lucky, and most franchises have little control of getting to that status. Bad publicity or good publicity, doesn't matter how you get there. This window should be seized by the organization and try to stay there as long as you can. Be the team everybody hates. Be the Raiders of the MLB . . . the sport really needs a villain.
Which is funny because a lot of the Astros fans here keep directing their anger at the Rangers when it's all of Major League Baseball who criticize them, not just fans from one team. Star players across the league are doing so. I guess they feel like they can get under the skin of people by insulting another team, even if said people don't care? Or they can delude themselves into thinking it's okay? They're going to every length to do that already, and now are cheering injuries (and trying to justify it too).
Regarding your second paragraph, people WERE on board. Altuve's story was loved by everyone and everyone agreed that Game 5 was the best game they'd ever seen. Now that it's all a sham, it's all lost its luster as I said earlier. Fans are booing Altuve who was once a league-wide favorite. And now that everyone knows that the game was a farce, not some awesome, fair competition, people write it and the championship off.