I read this in the Houston Chronicle. Hopefully it is wrong....

Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling acknowledged he'd "lean toward" hitting Houston batters intentionally as a form of retaliation.

If that statement is accurate hopefully he has a good lawyer.

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pepe the dog said:

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If that statement is accurate hopefully he has a good lawyer.

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better make sure he's board certified

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In something other than tax of course.

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The guys that scare you are the ones that exact retribution without having to say sht.

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Randy Johnson or Nolan Ryan on a normal day.

Frok said:

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Astros lit him up in the All-Star last year, he's still upset about it..

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Does that mean the AL is better at stealing signs than the NL?

Many are gonna bean our players, they know it and they'll handle it.

People need to get the **** over it.

Go Astros.

PatAg said:

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pepe the dog said:

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I read this in the Houston Chronicle. Hopefully it is wrong....

Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling acknowledged he'd "lean toward" hitting Houston batters intentionally as a form of retaliation.

If that statement is accurate hopefully he has a good lawyer.

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Sad that you would choose loyalty to Astros over A&M

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If you want to hurt/maim a fellow human, I pick life over loyalty every day.

Any good Ag would never try to hurt someone on purpose. That is why I said I hope that story is wrong.

West Point Aggie said:

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Take the trophy away
Take rings away
Remove title from record

Do the same for 2018 and state NO WS winner each year...

Any other punishment is pointless...apologies are pointless...and only happen because they got caught.

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This one is still pointless. What are you thoughts on all the NCAA championships that have been taken away?

PatAg said:

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pepe the dog said:

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I read this in the Houston Chronicle. Hopefully it is wrong....

Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling acknowledged he'd "lean toward" hitting Houston batters intentionally as a form of retaliation.

If that statement is accurate hopefully he has a good lawyer.

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Sad that you would choose loyalty to Astros over A&M

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To defend their cheating, nonetheless.

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Good Ags also hold to the Aggie Code of Honor

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When convenient.

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Good Ags also hold to the Aggie Code of Honor

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When convenient.

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Or they amend it.

"Aggies do not lie, cheat, or steal, nor tolerate those who do.... unless you can convince yourself others do it. Then it's okay."

Big Al 1992 said:

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I have yet to see any dodger beech about the Red Sox in 2018. And they are now teammates with one. Where's the outrage?

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No other team took it to the extreme that the Astros did. That's why there's no outrage.

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Big Al 1992 said:

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I have yet to see any dodger beech about the Red Sox in 2018. And they are now teammates with one. Where's the outrage?

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No other team took it to the extreme that the Astros did. That's why there's no outrage.

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You mean the others team didn't win the WS. That's the differentiator. There's zero basis to say they didn't do it to the same extreme. It may be the case but the report on the Red Sox isn't even out yet.

Every player interview that i've seen/heard has said sign stealing happens, they can use technology and recordings to go back through their AB's in-game, etc. But they've all said that they've never seen/heard any team doing what the Astros did. If the Red Sox did too, same punishment. But everything we've heard so far has put the Astros in their own category.

PatAg said:

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pepe the dog said:

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I read this in the Houston Chronicle. Hopefully it is wrong....

Dodgers pitcher Ross Stripling acknowledged he'd "lean toward" hitting Houston batters intentionally as a form of retaliation.

If that statement is accurate hopefully he has a good lawyer.

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Sad that you would choose loyalty to Astros over A&M

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Sad that an Aggie is willing to purposely try to hurt someone else over a game

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Big Al 1992 said:

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I have yet to see any dodger beech about the Red Sox in 2018. And they are now teammates with one. Where's the outrage?

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No other team took it to the extreme that the Astros did. That's why there's no outrage.

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How bout you pipe down till we see the report on the red Sox. They had the exact same dude leading the effort and they had already been busted for cheating before 2018.

The beaning should be allowed and the only punishment in the first place. This is how the game regulates itself

investorAg83 said:

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Every player interview that i've seen/heard has said sign stealing happens, they can use technology and recordings to go back through their AB's in-game, etc. But they've all said that they've never seen/heard any team doing what the Astros did. If the Red Sox did too, same punishment. But everything we've heard so far has put the Astros in their own category.

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Only because they were the only ones who were fully investigated. Which is fine, they were punished. Why do you think they haven't suspend the players? Because those players would open up about what happens across the league and mlb would be played in 2020 with a bunch of Arlington level players.

They Yankees had many players cheating for over a decade with steroids. They had 9 diff players on the 2000 championship team on illegal drugs to enhance performance. They had players on the 96,98,99 and 2000 championship teams on Roids. Arod was using them again in 2010-2012. They were fined for cheating in early 2017. You don't think that's extreme? They have been cheating for over 20 years.

You think the Yankees, Astros and Red Sox are the only people going to "extremes" to get an edge? For as long as baseball has been played there has been cheating going on. You can put up some mental theory of who took it to what extreme to justify ur hate of the Astros but you can't ignore that this is a flawed sport. It's not ****ing golf. Corked bats, scuffed balls, Pine tar, black Sox, Mets cameras, roids, Astros, Yankees, Red Sox etc. and I bet we are barely touching the tip of the ice berg but by all means carry on with your Astros outrage.

Several Astros admitted that Beltran/Cora told them when they joined, the Astros were behind the times about this stuff and needed to catch up. Hell the Yankees were using their own TV network (YES) to record and steal signs.
It's not an excuse or a cop out to say "they all were doing it" because a lot of teams WERE doing it.

Big Al 1992 said:

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Several Astros admitted that Beltran/Cora told them when they joined, the Astros were behind the times about this stuff and needed to catch up. Hell the Yankees were using their own TV network (YES) to record and steal signs.
It's not an excuse or a cop out to say "they all were doing it" because a lot of teams WERE doing it.

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Everyone is allowed to use technology to gather data...that's the box that the MLB opened when they started to allow it. But no one except the Astros (whatever other investigations are pending) were relaying info in real time. They were behind everyone and then massively in front of everyone in an instant.

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Big Al 1992 said:

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Several Astros admitted that Beltran/Cora told them when they joined, the Astros were behind the times about this stuff and needed to catch up. Hell the Yankees were using their own TV network (YES) to record and steal signs.
It's not an excuse or a cop out to say "they all were doing it" because a lot of teams WERE doing it.

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Everyone is allowed to use technology to gather data...that's the box that the MLB opened when they started to allow it. But no one except the Astros (whatever other investigations are pending) were relaying info in real time. They were behind everyone and then massively in front of everyone in an instant.

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You aren't paying attention. It's been happening since 1900, when an box was buried under the first base coaches feet and would vibrate depending on the call, which would get relayed to the batter. It continued in the 80s with a Gatorade light in the white Sox outfield. iPads are allowed in the dugouts bc of a contract with apple. BoSox and Yankees used apple watches. And that's just some of the info that made its way out without a full on investigation like the one into the Astros.