The Astros are cheaters! - Max Kellerman is furious about 2017 sign-stealing allegation | First Take

Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman react to pitcher Mike Fiers' comments that the Astros stole signs using an outfield camera during Houston's World Series title season in 2017.
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[@MIKELIN8]

If you think Yankees fans are angry, imagine how we Dodgers fans feel.

[@davidkaminsky9289]

MIKELIN8 I’m disgusted, couldn’t even see the dodgers at least win 1 World Series in my lifetime

[@angeldavila9226]

The astros won game 7 in the World Series I don’t understand how we’re the astros cheating

[@lillianvidal2720]

@@angeldavila9226 using a camera to steal sighs at home.

[@michaellittlewood3032]

Give the 2017 Championship to the Dodgers!

[@brianhalligan9268]

Michael Littlewood I don’t think the dodgers would want it. You want to win a celebrate with your fans in the moment not be awarded something years later that is tainted

[@curtismartin9054]

Jomboy has the evidence...

[@maxamillionnyy]

Facts

[@zendood]

Jomboy is all over this! F*&%in cheaters for sure!

[@MegaMclovin007]

there's multiple at-bats throughout the past 3 years with similar evidence that people are finding, their punishment should be severe. Hopefully

[@ramathorn8287]

MegaMclovin007 There is around 8 teams right now that are being mentioned about cheating also including the Yankees and Red Sox (I think Boston was using Apple watches). Now when the Astros make it to the AlCS or World Series next year people are going to assume that they have their own satellites in space stealing signs from other teams.

[@MegaMclovin007]

@@ramathorn8287 True, The Atlantic alluded to more teams. But, a severe penalty, given to the Astros, would encourage these teams to hopefully stop their non-on-field sign stealing.

[@edbashline]

When I side with the Yankees something terrible happened

[@a_texan7503]

The Yankees have been cheating for decades

[@edbashline]

@@a_texan7503 Not like this bud.

[@charlescruz2180]

@@a_texan7503 That is a weak/childish defense.

[@AlientheMan]

Astros didn’t cheat, we Yankees cheat

[@killoalvarez8721]

Yankees fan 4 life, then you are not a real Yankees fan

[@chuyozuna2398]

Rockets: we are the most unlikable team in Houston Astros: hold my beer

[@Kingofsweaters]

Young Chuy 23 hold my camera

[@jasminewashington5953]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@mackwolfe6619]

At least the Texans are somewhat likeable

[@chuyozuna2398]

mack wolfe somewhat likable yes, here’s the sad part tho nobody especially the media cares about them

[@rickvon809]

Does Houston have an WNBA team?

[@201cag]

During the 2017 World Series, Clayton Kershaw got 11 Innings and 1 Earned run at Dodger Stadium. In Houston, he pitched 4.2 innings and gave up 6 runs

[@jordan12118]

Naw Kershaw is just garbage in the playoffs can't use him as an example

[@turdferguson8175]

Jordan Davis Yu Darvish might be the better example dude was never the same after this series

[@javya699]

201cag Kershaw would’ve choked anyway bruh 🤣

[@Mark-cc5bv]

Lol this guys dedicated, he’s posted this on like 5 other videos

[@201cag]

@@javya699 men lie, women lie, but numbers dont....

[@Edp-jf8zn]

So yankees were right they were accusing Astros of stealing signs this year

[@RealMikeMiller13]

Jason Ash yea but y’all had to cheat to win

[@VMan29397]

@Jason Ash are u if you cant win without cheating

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

No, the Yankees just needed to point the finger at someone other than themselves for stinking up the joint yet another season with their $200M roster.

[@billysummers1616]

@Jason Ash You cheated.....

[@hookemdagawd5607]

@@billysummers1616 cry

[@luisbeltran937]

It's gonna be fun hearing the crowds in stadiums across the nation when the Astros get introduced. Specially dodgers and Yankees

[@thedude7567]

Yankees are the worst and most dangerous fans. I don't want to imagine that.

[@lorenzogarza3585]

Well do the sane to the Yankees

[@muthias4582]

They’ll be chanting “Cheeeaaa- teeeers, cheeeeeaa- teeeeers”

[@luisbeltran937]

@@muthias4582 that'll be the ones keeping it clean 😄😄

[@NYCHeavyHitz212]

As a Yankee hater, I’m furious because they didn’t go down fairly.

[@arshanazmon7745]

Dodgers are more mad

[@jasminewashington5953]

Tbh, every team who won more than 10 WS is in the state of pistivity 🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️🤦🏽‍♀️

[@AlientheMan]

J.R. Spliff 212 astros didn’t cheat idiot

[@vincentlira1956]

life stfu, it's clear youre an astros fan who made this fake account.

[@brendankenneally4667]

No one wants to say it but Molly actually did a good job in this. She didn’t interrupt once

[@raymondsmith2040]

A dead clock is right twice a day

[@ArmySetsTheHorrorCreator]

Brendan Kenneally this was a great comment

[@albertoguerra3995]

Or maybe she just really didnt know what to say (as usual) and just didnt want to pretend like she knows anything about baseball lol

[@masongman9717]

I hate people shitting on Molly because they don't understand her job. She is given a timer on each subject to make the analysts move on she has to interrupt to keep the show moving. Hope you learned something.

[@shiftyisEli]

it’s about time jesus christ😂

[@blixmas]

Real winners here are the children in Africa who got the real WS champs shirts lol

[@jackhussain1565]

This is exactly what I thought lol

[@aLLsTaR_617]

😂😂

[@jerryfusilli8152]

Dodgers 2017 world champs Lol

[@zachgraham6543]

But the cheating team lost in the World Series. Your line would've worked properly in 2017

[@joeybatmania9327]

DEEEEEEEAD

[@deel1312]

As a Yankee fan...I blame Tom Brady for this.

[@ttvframez3030]

Dee L he deflated the baseballs

[@agentcharm4806]

Same

[@taco2728]

Same.

[@bonedyou3933]

Somehow James Harde gets 3 foul

[@raysanchez7311]

🤣🤣🤣

[@Hamandcheese29780]

It’s so odd how the Astros were irrelevant before 2017 and then they’re in the postseason 3 times in a row

[@TransitjusticeBlogspot]

They were irrelevant in the 20th century😂😂😂.

[@ricardotorres5524]

What about the acquisition of better players? Or they are cheater just because "reasons"?

[@manatortv]

I believed it at the time. I'm a Ray's fan and we went from bottom of the barrel in 2007 to the AL champs in 2008. But we didn't cheat. We used moneyball and timely draft picks to get us their. Not a camera and a trash can

[@cbassyokum9582]

Usually how it goes. If a team is irrelevant then all of the sudden they're world beaters then it's usually one of 2 scenarios

[@empathy800]

@Blake Herman because they improved due to having a great hitting coach and great players

[@DavidBagga]

Stephen A “HES NO SCRUB!...BUT IF IM BEING HONEST” Smith 😂😂

[@InstinctVSM]

Damm so many of y’all are triggered. There’s a lot of teams that do this

[@nala3038]

Thanks Houston, you’ve given me a new strategy. If my wife accuses me of cheating on her, i’ll investigate myself!

[@pc5050]

😝😂

[@MrFaDookie]

Bang 2Xz 4 off speed stroke......

[@BloodoperaBlackvomit]

TAKE the title, BAN the manager. Greetings from a Dutch MLB fan with NO DOG in the race... this is dirty.

[@salozmen29]

Title is still theres. Always will be. So keep crying crybaby.

[@BeeHatGuy]

@@salozmen29 lol. Astros are trash

[@salozmen29]

@@BeeHatGuy When the Astros win the division again you won't be saying that.

[@yb000]

salozmen29 he'd be long dead because the Astros would have to tank decades' worth of seasons to find actually talented players willing to work with a tainted organization

[@willseest3732]

Everyone cheats bud, but whoever is better at cheating among the most elite teams are usually the winners.

[@cb613]

Altuve was my favorite player. Now I can't even look at him. Such a sad disgrace

[@freezy8593]

All that is a lie!

[@kimchi2780]

Furious about the Yankees? What about the Dodgers!

[@JMTZ-sp7cl]

Yeah, that the Astros won the 2017 World Series!

[@Jordan64Games]

They are yankee fans clearly. Probably why they never mentioned the dodgers

[@Matt-wy6zf]

Dodgers are shitty choke artists, lost to the nationals this year

[@ruthless12street]

I’m still paying for game 6 at home 😩

[@ruthless12street]

Matthew Stirchak god and trump are Nats fans they did the damm thing

[@szetodacheeto9589]

JomBoy already did a breakdown if you were wondering

[@ranelgallardo7031]

SzetoDaCheeto JomBoy also said all Houston pro sports teams used PEDs since 2010. Brian Cushing was the only the athlete that got caught. James Harden, Jose Altuve, George Springer might need to be tested.

[@gregg5269]

This practice came from Carlos Beltran who brought it over from his previous team. He was a Yankee from 2014-2016. Then worked for Yankees this past year. Just like I knew when this story broke when all re facts come out its going to be ugly for majority of teams. It will all come out and the Astros will only be a part of a huge MLB scandal implicating many teams.

[@gregg5269]

Good for him he can break down the Yankees next. Astros implemented what Yankees had already been doing.

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Greg g Same with every WS winning team in the 90s and 00s cause everyone in those rosters juiced

[@coleschrader2611]

@@gregg5269 ugh... theres no conspiracy the Yankees were cheating, there is however alot of evidence against the astros. And I hate the Yankees but come on dude use your brain.

[@PerunaCox]

They forgot the racism towards darvish in the World Series

[@willc5208]

Lol you stole my comment

[@lastylehustle]

Houston Astros Cheaters and Racist

[@brozier6672]

How are they racist? It was one moment from one player

[@ChiefBlue4298]

And supports domestic abuse

[@lancelotdulacful]

Carrying your bat past first base for your homerun trot is just one more thing. And then their constant totally extrovert out of dugout celebration. So many things that add up with this team that never sat right with me for a long time.

[@DojKim]

Feels really bad for Yu Darvish on 2017 WS game 7 :(

[@chrisdavis4230]

Everybody should watch Jomboy's video on this and you can see it in real time. There's no doubt about their cheating because it's too quick how it was done in real time and how obvious it was.

[@frankyprime]

Chris Davis great thing about Jomboy, he’s more ahead than espn. He’s the best analyst.

[@nickwagner6545]

Jomboy our lord and savior

[@ericcasanova29]

Fiers said all this was done in the regular season. You really think with all the comotion going on in a Playoff game they would be able to use this tactic?? Comon man

[@ericcasanova29]

And if you do think so, show me the video, cuz iv'e already looked...

[@jefflewis4]

Yeah but the Jomboy video also shows the pitcher picking up on it and changing signs. Meaning the benefit would have been very limited.

[@fender24100]

I like how they made it about the Yankees and not the Dodgers who played the cheaters in the WS smh

[@danl8016]

Ughhhh.. that's because to get to the Dodgers they had to first go thru NY.

[@deuceswild117]

Dodgers always choke

[@omariparker3769]

GREATEST CHEATS OF ALL TIME Not mad about game 7. It wouldn’t have even got to game 7 if the Astros didn’t cheat to win game 5.

[@runningwithcat6195]

They had to go through the Yankees first, and it doesn't help that the Astros bat .120 average at Yankees Stadium and got swept on the road. Then magically they started hitting .300 at Minute Maid Park.

[@frontrowseats582]

Because the yankees would have won the chip

[@peterortega716]

I rather face someone on Roids vs someone knowing the exact pitch that’s coming to you.

[@johnsikon4530]

Trevor Bauer has been accusing the Astro's of cheating for the past 3 years. People called Bauer "nuts", well where's there's smoke, there's fire. Apologies to Bauer.

[@manuelfilimon2779]

You got to feel for the Dodgers more than the Astros

[@krnpowr]

Why would anyone feel for the Astros? They're cheaters.

[@angelmarin9072]

👍👍👍 Go Dodgers Baby

[@TopGuardDawg]

lance murrell dude the dodgers were going back to back during that world series winning at there house in houston and there house too

[@sentinurse]

Kershaw 2017 WS Game 1 at Home 7IP 3H 1ER 11K Game 5 on the Road 4.2IP 4H 6ER 2K Game 7 at Home 4IP 2H 0ER 4K

[@elcrow113]

@@sentinurse Kershaw would've choked even if they weren't cheating. He's a bad example to use.

[@areitz1962]

Why are we asking Stephen A baseball questions. He doesn't watch baseball. Move along.

[@gianniciccolone3477]

Willing to bet he still knows far more than you

[@areitz1962]

@@gianniciccolone3477 He doesn't

[@arizonamadegamer9994]

@@gianniciccolone3477 Only when he reads a script

[@frankp1047]

Although it was funny when he said stealing signals

[@seanmccann3623]

A Reitz Stephen A is a diehard Yanks fan I’m pretty sure

[@nickniehaus1763]

Max hit it on the nose, they assembled maybe the most excellent squad ever. And yet they still cheated?

[@peterfrknpan6674]

Nick Niehaus and they assembled it by tanking for years to obtain the top draft picks

[@johnwayne6482]

Here’s the thing, we should look and see that this proves how great Stephen Strasburg actually is. That many dominant innings.

[@Brandon-ww9rk]

The Nats are smart enough to use multiple signs every pitch...its that easy

[@manatortv]

It's crazy to me that the nationals KNEW the Astros were stealing signs, never said anything publicly, and just changed signs CONSTANTLY. Begs the question, how many other teams and players knew the astros were cheating but never said anything

[@Brandon-ww9rk]

@@manatortv everyone did...they were known for it.

[@yb000]

Santa Stras brought bags of coal and L's for these naughty boys

[@worldtraveler721]

So if the Nats changed signs, did they forget to change signs in D.C where they lost all three games and were outscored 19-3 by the Astros? The Nats won all games in Houston. If by your logic, they would have kept changing signs in D.C., they would have swept the Astros to win the WS in D.C.

[@CjVeloso]

2:35 Stephen A: "El-Jose Altuve"

[@ranelgallardo7031]

CJ Veloso He is suspected of using PEDs

[@allthesmallthings1041]

Stephen A is also an idiot

[@ricbradley5323]

He wanted to use his first name too. That was clear.

[@rm5surf3r39]

Ranel Gallardo blah blah blah

[@dbass9767]

As a NATIONALS fan I feel sorry for the Yankees and Dodgers, crazy!

[@jakecarrasquillo7562]

As a Dodgers fan, all respect to the Nats for winning the world series and embarassing the Astros in Minute Maid.

[@robertmaxwell6065]

I'm glad the Nats beat them. The Asterisks have put a huge blemish on MLB! it was 100 years ago when this happened once before...

[@sheldonpegram8421]

As a NATS fan & 202 life long resident. I feel nothing for NYY or LAD.

[@coinraker6497]

@robert maxwell, 100 years ago that technology was used to steal signs? You sure about that? 🤣

[@robertmaxwell6065]

@@coinraker6497 hahaha

[@Justin_Case702]

Astros and Red Sox both cheated to beat LA in the World Series

[@checkingmypito3125]

Kershaw was being cheated

[@Justin_Case702]

Raider Nation101 true that!! A’s had a better roster than them

[@greggately5782]

Exactly! I’m a Yankees fan, but there’s LOTS of teams that have a right to be pissed. Which includes division rivals who were constantly being cheated by the stros. For all we know the A’s win the division and probably do or another team, etc. the Astro’s screwed EVERYONE.

[@MrKnowitall934]

*cough *cough YANKEES *cough *cough

[@davyt0247]

Greg Barnett and pitchers who got screwed because the Astros destroyed them causing them to be sent to AAA and never pitch in the majors again. Astros screwed them over too

[@windwalker5765]

And yet, the Nats beat them four games at home while they were cheating!

[@Maserbeams]

It sounds like the Nats were onto it, so they changed their signals.

[@tennisdude52278]

Maserbeams Yes, the Nats knew the Astros are shameless cheaters so they had 5 different sets of signs for each pitcher.

[@speterj]

2017 not 2019

[@brucegelman5582]

Because the Nats knew they were cheating and mixed up the signs successfuly.

[@windwalker5765]

​@@brucegelman5582 "I know he's cheating, and he knows I know, and I know he knows I know. But he doesn't know I know he knows I know!"

[@qqlifestyle3766]

SAS pretending that he watched more than 0.34 baseball games last season

[@costellotocustelow03]

QQ Lifestyle Smh i wished baseball was more talked about.. the greatest sport ever

[@stpbasss3773]

@@costellotocustelow03 nah hockey is the best sport, baseball is boring af.

[@scootahwootah4843]

QQ Lifestyle Next he's gonna say injured Hunter Henry gonna have a good game...

[@Ak_Aj]

Dodgers: You guys cheated Houston: No we just have a good eye

[@BoxingWithChris]

Lol

[@DjDobleU809]

What are the specs on this so called eye??

[@joescott778]

Best money can buy.

[@Ak_Aj]

Larry Kenobi best money can also get you cought

[@rm5surf3r39]

Wheres mysticc 😂😂😂😂😂

[@Michael-ew1ys]

They need to take away their 2017 title.

[@jamesgordon6483]

Nah

[@monarch2980]

Naw it wouldn’t matter

[@Mark-kj3hy]

Yep I agree

[@juliannoble6]

And give it to the dodgers 😤

[@jordanrogers3915]

I’m a astros fan all the way but after this. I don’t know if I can go for this team anymore.

[@philipjames751]

I’m sorry Yu Darvish for blaming you when my Dodgers lost in the 2017 WS, pls forgive me 😔

[@yakuzaohtani3631]

Astros fake Boy Scout persona is done! 😂

[@michaelgriffin1349]

Yakuza Ohtani dude weren’t u the guy who commented on my comment on Apex’s video, u almost caught Michael Brantley’s home run

[@Leo-ly3qg]

HOUSTON ASTERISKS!!!

[@AlientheMan]

They didn’t cheat dumbass

[@chrisnewman8007]

@@AlientheMan literally reports saying they did

[@AlientheMan]

Chris Newman Nope and I’m a yankees fan

[@winstonsmith11]

@@AlientheMan I'm also a Yankees fan. But, that doesn't matter here. They cheated, dude. You can't just ignore facts.

[@mexicandruglordjerry5940]

Yankees fan 4 life Ive never met a person with the mentality of an abortion, congratulations fam. Your officially more fucking idiotic than the people that still believe OJ Simpson is innocent.

[@nepcruz72]

Let’s talk about that ridiculous mustache on Steven A!!! 😭😂

[@gojichan55]

I thought he had a mole on his face 😭

[@yb000]

that's probably the least ridiculous thing about him

[@hersh1739]

First take baseball topic: Stephan A Smith: I don’t care 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@joshloach7670]

😂😂😂😂

[@lukiepoo6554]

Diego Costa facts

[@rubenbon5475]

Abdirahman Hirsi Steven a don’t know baseball

[@fuccckckkkkckkck]

As a huge baseball its a shame this is the only time they care about baseball.

[@WarPigs413]

Nassim El Ansari World Series gets more views than nba finals

[@samuelsandate9804]

What's more bothering is him coming now and saying it and not when it was happen in 2017.

[@BryanX64]

Mike Fiers was more than happy to get that ring so clearly it didn't bother him at the time.

[@pigs6486]

@BryanX 64 Honestly how do you know he was happy about that? He was benched in the World Series. They did him kinda dirty. Why do people have opinions on stuff they are completely clueless about?

[@deloreanflashback4991]

@@pigs6486 totally agree

[@zavier4767]

@@pigs6486 To be honest if it really upset him I don't think he would have taken the ring. I also feel some way because he waited so long. If he really felt bad about it he would have came out with this information a long time ago. So when someone says he is happy about the ring I agree. He might not be happy about how he got it but I dont think he is going to throw away a ring he feels he earned the right way. As a astros fan the only series I feel it was noticable was the White Sox series. One because we smashed them. Two because whenever the pitcher threw a changup I could here the trash being banged on. Also from reports he never stated about how he felt about winning the ring he complained about the cheating. Which I feel if the cheating bothered you so much you would not want anything that associates with the cheating. Hints his ring but he never stated he got rid of his ring hints people feeling he is happy about getting the ring.

[@sethchafee6080]

In Fiers' defense, he wanted to keep his job a the time. He's not exactly a superstar player, so getting another job after snitching was no guarantee.

[@roguewookiee]

People have been cheating in baseball since the game was invented

[@mikepaek27]

Come on. Yankees? Yankees? No team got more screwed than the DODGERS.

[@andrewtm85]

I have to agree

[@WDB2005]

Exactly why are we talking about New York when we should talk about L.A

[@vinnythewebsurfer]

It’s pretty sad after all the feel good stories like Verlander

[@713db7]

I guess but verlander is 0-6 is the WS

[@DenalPvP]

vinnythewebsurfer nah verlander definitely knew. What’s also weird about the astros is once players come to the astros. They all magically start throwing harder.

[@dropdtune9199]

Who feel good about that? CY should have gone to Cole by a landslide.

[@trevorbrueningsen8203]

DenalPvP the astros have the best pitching coach in the mlb. Are you implying that, what, they give steriods to all their pitchers?

[@fuccckckkkkckkck]

They use special pine tar to increase their spin rate. Or they use some substance that helps their spin rate more than other teams

[@h1989w7373]

I can't believe I'm going to say this, but I completely agree with max!

[@BryanX64]

You must be a die-hard Yankees fan then

[@unc54]

The MLB is a league where some teams have the 2 to 3 times the cap space of some other teams. In a league like that getting mad over filming the dugout is very trivial.

[@hatemail_]

awh did the astros eliminate your team too in 2017? :(

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

​@@unc54 Precisely. Finally someone else mentions it. Yankees spent $206M in payroll this year while most of the league spent under $113. Red Sox and Cubs are well over $200M too lol. But we're worried about signs ok.

[@brodssn]

Awww cue all the Astros fans saying everybody cheats...

[@Jameswilllee]

The Astros march to the the beat of a different trash can.

[@SomebodySaveRap]

This is good

[@ray7fm224]

Booooooo! Booooo!! all you’re going to hear at Astro away games.

[@khaotix64]

And home games

[@Yeahpuh]

Dodgers/Yankees would have been a much better series in 2017.

[@ondaslab]

For second place

[@xxxxbigrich5752]

Completely agree‼no wonder Cole doesn't want to come back.

[@MistaMaxG]

IDK that 2017 WS was a classic even though game 7 was anti climactic

[@Jboy19916]

@@MistaMaxG just think about it , the astros cheated and the dodgers still took them 7 games lol

[@sovietmcdonalds5180]

@@Jboy19916 The asstros ruined Darvish's career for a year

[@MasterChief806]

Alright every away game the Astros go to there needs to a cheater chant going.

[@RJGrimReaper]

I can already hear it in the bleachers at Yankee Stadium

[@jarvisstewart]

How many dingers would Barry Bonds have hit if he knew what was coming?

[@perriello66]

1500

[@nicknettel7394]

Angels still won in ‘02

[@mikeresch3014]

My guess is 75 or more

[@Donjuanantoine]

All of them.

[@scootahwootah4843]

"If they were cheating" multiple times = Astros are cheaters 🤔

[@MrDefaultplayer1]

Scootah Wootah In today’s world, it’s a Kangaroo court for any accusation. Guilty until proven innocent, and society loses their fucking minds.

[@tehcaptainandy5]

They legally have to say it, or else they can get sued. That’s why max backs it with “it’s my opinion”, to reinforce it’s not legally a fact

[@sstar202]

Time to rename the Houston Astros as the "Houston Asterisks" lol

[@robertmaxwell6065]

Let's remake their Jersey with the Asterisks on it! Put Cheater as the players names

[@coinraker6497]

Ha ha, good one!

[@angelsfreeek]

How about Houston Patriots? Or New England Astros?

[@adi6267]

Houston trashcans

[@gabeg1152]

That look at 1:45 😂

[@davidhernandez5673]

In Los Angeles we still talk about that 2017 series. That’s how much it still haunts us. So to know there’s a chance they cheated is bittersweet. It gives us some consolation, but at the same time makes us more bitter lol

[@matthewchampagne5792]

I just realized that my Ray's won all games at home and lost all in Houston, they are cheaters

[@carlvonfuckwits2934]

GTFOOH! Stros lost all home games in the World Series! STFU.

[@bv6377]

@@carlvonfuckwits2934 and the nationals said they had many sequences in place because they KNEW the asstros cheat.

[@batgangonone]

No cap I'm trying really hard to not be upset as a dodgers fan

[@faze_happyg0524]

batgangonone u have every right to be upset you got a WS title stolen from u smh

[@miltonjr245]

Yeah I have so much hate towards the Astros rn

[@hankshepherd2310]

As a Rockies fan, and a major rival of yours, I’m mad. It’s not good for baseball

[@RobertMichael]

You should be! I’m mad as a Yankees fan, I can’t even imagine as a dodgers fan

[@RichieB40444]

They should be banned from postseason for 10 years and 2017 championship vacated

[@bracarbone]

Is it just me or does anybody else not take them serious when they talk about baseball?

[@Chr1ShawnKPD]

Cause they don't actually watch it consistently lol

[@mattrosich]

Ya they don't care about it. U need to hear from FS1 and their staff. These guys don't have a clue about ⚾

[@xdarkknightx09]

Baseball is a comical sport

[@miklo6907]

I don't take Max seriously about anything

[@seanmccann3623]

xdarkknightx09 that’s a comical statement

[@Ozone7709]

1:46 that should be a meme or gilf lol

[@Anolis9]

This was horrible. Punishment needs to be harsh to best deter any similar acts in the future.

[@yaahlabanyamyan144]

The New England Astros 😂😂😂

[@captainnutty4168]

Except the Pats legally cheat.

[@bigdc202]

Houston Asterisks

[@rjw19]

Captain Nutty uh no

[@yaahlabanyamyan144]

@@bigdc202 😂😂😂

[@boochtron]

@nikesback wah wah wah. when is NY gonna win some chips?

[@chuckdalybeatz]

The glow up of Houston was suspect

[@haydenthomas_LoveYWH]

Chuck Daly rip chuck

[@TheIcecreamtaco]

It’s been happening since 2015 lol. They lost in the ALDS to the Royals who ended up winning. 2016 wasn’t quite as great and then 2017 was their year

[@alvojnikovic2171]

Chuck Daly agree. I was always suspicious

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Houston also has PED manufacturing plants. They supply plenty to the pro sports teams. The Houston teams recent seasons (Rockets, Texans, and Astros) all would’ve had asterisks.

[@theytoldobama5197]

Chuck Daly wdym? Teams go through ups and downs

[@hectorluevanos3369]

Houston Astros are the Patriots of MLB!!!!

[@TheMrPeteChannel]

Tainted victory. Yankees vs Dodgers was gonna be great.

[@johnnunez8432]

It's 1919 all over again

[@Cwmbran1984]

John Nunez the irony that it was exactly 100 years since the White Sox threw the 1919 World Series to the Cincinnati Reds.

[@staidenofanarchy]

Agreed to an extent, but the 1919 fix nearly killed baseball. The MLB mightve died if not for Babe Ruth. This won't kill baseball, but yeah this is very, very serious

[@redsoxfan88]

Well the Nats beat them anyway, so at least we know the World Series wasn’t tainted this year.

[@jrealdahoodsgreatest]

As a Yankees fan im deadass tight rt now😤

[@DC4L1991]

jrealdahoodsgreatest I’m dumb tight right now my guy

[@clinicalhazard]

can i see bro? 🤤

[@good_to_be_gold8]

Players who aren't held accountable is a joke.

[@pablogrijalva1581]

I don't get that. All of those bitches were on it, why are they not getting any heat. Ridiculous

[@rricheyjrful]

“If you’re not cheating than you’re not trying to win” Bill Belichick

[@Fatal2929]

If you ain’t cheating you ain’t trying*. @richard

[@joey_mck]

@RSSS68 Camaro No one talked about the Atlanta situation? Did you not watch any sports coverage while it was going on? It was ALL they talked about for a while. Not to mention led to lifetime bans and loss of prospects. And in my opinion that is nothing compared to what needs to happen in Houston.

[@rricheyjrful]

RSSS68 Camaro they won those Super Bowls because they were the better team BUT how do we or anybody know that they aren’t doing other things to make sure they have an advantage deflated football, patriot coaches hanging around the end zones watching Bills practice before their game, players in the visitor’s locker room in New England writing notes and shredding them before halftime and after their games vs patriots why because they are scared of the patriots cheating but hey if the patriots do it and get away with it than more power to them 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

[@joey_mck]

@RSSS68 Camaro Wasn't addressing your Pats comment. Genuinely dgaf about NFL football. As far as the Braves go, you're right that they typically don't get a lot of love in sports media. However to say that no one talked about the international recruiting scandal is just obtuse. When that was going on it was a main story on every sports show I watch and got tons of internet coverage. You asserted that no one talked about it or cared about it. You are wrong. Sports fans, sports media, and the heads at the mlb all cared about it.

[@joey_mck]

@RSSS68 Camaro Makes way more sense now! Thought you were talking about the Braves and the recruiting scandal. Had no idea the Falcons had been caught doing anything. Like I said dont care about the NFL. Whole conversation makes more sense now lol

[@g.martinez2890]

WHAT ABOUT THE DODGERS? HELLO 2017 LA DODGERS WS CHAMPS!

[@justino5222]

gabe martinez well if they dont cheat, yankees would have probably won. And it would have been a great series between yankees and dodgers

[@g.martinez2890]

@@justino5222 It would have been close, We will never know I feel robbed!

[@abc12398456]

@Red Riot but the stros won in a great series.... sweet victory

[@shenanigans981]

@@abc12398456 they won because they cheated you donk

[@markcamarena2506]

@@shenanigans981 not really when the world series was won inside Dodger Stadium

[@Equinox0418]

I’m a Houstonian and an Astros fan, it is extremely embarrassing to have this happen and obviously none of us realized what was happening. We thought we could have a genuine great and honest team that would bring us the championship. Even though, there is no evidence so far of the Astros using the illegal camera in the postseason, we did cheat and break the rules during the regular season. And I am extremely sorry for those people who had their lives torn apart during hurricane harvey and believed along with me that we were great and won the World Series. I am disgusted but will still remain an Astros fan, they are my home team and have been a fan my entire life. But I would rather suck honestly than win cheating. I will say that there are some players on the team who chose not to cheat and I applaud them for that. I know this reflects badly on the entire city, but I want to make it known that we are just hopeful fans that were betrayed.

[@RC.41]

DJ_B0418 _ YOU SUCK

[@Deeplycloseted435]

Busted by a silly, yet very entertaining baseball youtuber......way to go Jomboy!!! Proud to have been a subscriber back in the 30,000 days, now almost a half million! When is ESPN gonna call?

[@georgehenry76]

Well said Steve!

[@bondcast3630]

Makes me wonder in Game 6 of the WS when Straus said he was tipping his pitches, were they doing it then? This would be a HUGE controversy if they had won

[@wq198mnr]

Jacob Bond makes zero sense bro. Astros lost every home game... in World Series

[@bondcast3630]

BRO SKI I know, I’m saying they did it and still lost, because the Nats caught on

[@chancegv]

Jacob Bond Coming from a Nationals fan (no Houston bias at all) the Astros noticed Stras tipping his pitches by looking at him on the field not by cameras. With that said, there are instances where I believe they did use cameras but this World Series wasn’t one of them I think.

[@ryanmcauley1626]

@@wq198mnr yeah but the yankees accused them in the 2019 ALCS and Hinch said it was "ridiculous". So they prob stopped doing it cuz people started to catch on and won that series fairly. But they couldn't do it in the WS after those accusations

[@nickwagner6545]

JomBoy Media put out a video showing Straus tipping pitches in that game, but as preciously said in that case it wasn’t using technology to steal signs it was noticing his set rhythm to determine whether he was throwing a fastball or offspeed, which is complete fair play.

[@miguelcoronado850]

Strip their 2017 title! It’s clear as day that they were cheating

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

Then strip every team that won a championship with known cheaters. Like the Yankees of the early 2000s. Didn't they Clemens for two of those titles? Yeah. And lets not even get into the Red Sox with Manny Ramirez.

[@Myrick313]

How is it clear as day i want an explanation cause i dont see how it clear as day they were cheating

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Max 117 redsox cheated as well

[@ranelgallardo7031]

Michael Ye They has juiced players

[@THE_BEAR_JEW]

@Michael Ye Lol are you serious? Clemens, Stanton, Knoblauch, David Justice, Andy Pettite, Clemens, Grimsley, Neagle,. And they kept juicing with guys like A-Rod, Melky Cabrera, Sheffield, Cano, and Giambi through the 2000s. People just think of Jeter and get a hard-on but the Yanks were a bunch of cheats.

[@chuyozuna2398]

As an Astros fan im truly thinkin about being a cubs fan

[@catcherboy96]

Young Chuy 23 love me my cubbies

[@mavtzak1853]

I’d like to ask altuve if he knew the slider was coming

[@studioeproductioncompany1494]

MavTzak facts !

[@chinita1pr]

It was a meatball hanging mid of the plate. I am sure he knew the moment the ball left the pitchers hand.

[@mavtzak1853]

Chinita PR easier to jump on a hanging slider if you knew the pitch was a slider in the first place

[@sheldonknowles2174]

yall chapman was missing with the fastball up and out, the only pitch he could throw for a strike was the slider, altuve caught on the THAT and sat slider

[@Iceberg86300]

@@sheldonknowles2174 ROFL The fact that it has to be spelled out for so many people that any little leaguer who isn't a coaches kid would have been sitting on that pitch makes me feel like I'm taking crazy pills!! Still a bunch of cheaters though.

[@thegoosedaddy5753]

I’m disappointed in my astros I don’t think I’m an astros fan anymore....

[@Niftte]

Rip

[@BryanX64]

Good, plenty of real fans out there.

[@thegoosedaddy5753]

BryanX 64 ill still always love the players just dissapointed in the management and coaching

[@baller6897]

Let’s be honest, before 2017 u never saw the amount of fans as of now. Living in Houston, u never would see people wear Astros gear until they became good like in 2016. Before that, no one would ever wear Astros gear. Sad but true 😕

[@begreat2038]

PYthOn the players were in on the cheating too bro. They were the ones getting the calls from the dugout while batting. Can’t look at any of them the same anymore

[@davidgilde6296]

Don’t just take first round picks; take second round too. I’m glad they got caught.. because I’ve been arguing with my baseball friends/fans that Houston players have developed too fast to be legit.. going from a 500 team to best in the league over night. As soon as I heard about them stealing signs I said they’ll find out more for sure.. another debate I’m winning now. I’m sure an investigation will uncover more as well.

[@97dieu]

I'd go a few steps further and strip the ASSHOLES er Astros of the Division title, the pennant and the World Series title. They were caught cheating against my Yankees in the ALCS BUT who's to say that they weren't cheating throughout the entire playoffs and World Series and if that's the case I wouldn't be surprised.

[@wesleyblomquist5398]

They weren't "caught", they were accused of cheating and are being investigated

[@davyt0247]

They went from the most strikeouts in the AL to the least, in one season. No way that happens on one winter.

[@ezekielbell2709]

I swear I heard banging when Hudson struck out Brantley on the change up

[@A2T0L02]

Yeah, but who cares? We won, bro 💯👑💯👑

[@ezekielbell2709]

True, we still the champs 💯

[@AlientheMan]

Astros didn’t cheat idiot

[@ezekielbell2709]

I think you’re the idiot 🤷🏾‍♂️

[@brianwright5310]

Dodgers fan here! Was 10 years old when we beat Oakland in 88. I certainly didn't understand much of Baseball as I do now but I remember that euphoric feeling when Bulldog slammed that WS shut. Been in LA my whole life, hate the Angels (FYI they do not play in LA, it's Orange County), etc... but wow, I feel bad for Astros fans. I think back to those emotions I felt in 88 and have been looking forward to it again but I can't imagine how friggin horrible it feels as a fan for a team that I love to have done it this way. Knowing what's coming eliminates the amazing talent needed to be a great hitter!! Yu Darvish is a curse word in LA bc they cheated. Kershaw has had some similar issues in the post season but man, he got screwed too! Max Kellerman says it well on ESPN. GO LAKERS!!

[@wackedout13]

Yes the Astros cheated but that didn’t guarantee the Yankees winning in 2017 because the dodgers where in a whole another level

[@YanksPwnCC]

wackedout13 can’t assume anything, look at this year as an example

[@validitysports4344]

But the Yankees would’ve at least had a chance in the World Series, right?

[@mrvargas2582]

@eoe123321 if they were doing it at home last year they were probably doing it this year. And just because you beat them a different year doesn't erase the fact that you did it in 2017

[@cjlawlor95]

well they should've at least advanced to the big dance. cheating prevented them that award.

[@wackedout13]

CINOCI SPORTS @1:00 my point

[@NotExplicable]

Albeit known they have questionable character and all. Didn't the Nationals win 4 games in Houston?

[@GothamCityStills]

Jomaru Joestar I feel you on this but this is two years ago and the Nats were smart and knew that there were rumors (now more than rumors) that the Astros were stealing signs via technology. But you're right about the character issues as well. Astros a disgrace.

[@FAITHandLOGIC]

This is referring to 2017. Are you even listening?

[@ryanmcauley1626]

yeah but the yankees accused them in the 2019 ALCS of sign stealing and Hinch said it was "ridiculous". So they prob stopped doing it cuz people started to catch on and won that series fairly. But they couldn't do it in the WS after those accusations.

[@israymervalentin-arias6313]

Nationals were warned many times to watch out by former Astros players and other teams so they obviously were smart enough to change all of their signs when playing in Houston.

[@lucidelicuniverse6609]

The nats knew the stros were cheaters so they were able to prepare

[@bodyisablade]

1:46 max’s face is PRICELESS

[@theflash4life]

2-1 in Houston twice... sounds like the Yankees couldn’t SCORE

[@jasonk333]

Austin Milburn exactly. Stealing signals helps the offense of the team who’s doing it. It does not affect the opposing team’s offense.

[@baseball7309]

jasonk333 who says the astros wouldn’t have scored 0 or 1 run if they weren’t cheating?

[@jasonk333]

base ball maybe. But The Yankees had an opportunity to win that series and they couldn’t score when they needed to. Also, max talks about how the Yankees beat them at home by large margins because the astros couldn’t cheat on the road. The Yankees scored a ton of runs at home and didn’t score on the road and that has nothing to do with the astros stealing signals.

[@baseball7309]

jasonk333 definitely the yanks blew the series but who knows what could’ve happened

[@joejaroslaw527]

Even being a huge yankees fan i agree with you... yankees couldnt score cause the astros had really good pitching.. period.

[@gothard5]

Big Red Machine had solid pitching mostly because of the greatest catcher of all time, Johnny Bench.

[@andrewflanagan3658]

“Stinking cheaters” strong words from Max

[@captainkittles]

1:46 gonna be a new meme. Max’s facial expression might propel him to the top of the meme stratosphere

[@terryliamakeros1217]

I don’t know about the whole time but the clip with the banging after change ups can’t be fake

[@jmlive10]

At least now if I ever hit rock bottom I can just remind myself "it could be worse...I could be a Houston Astros fan"

[@scaz2181]

j29 enj fr

[@FadingB4U]

you mad bro

[@jmlive10]

@@FadingB4U mad?? I ain't a Astros fan...Am enjoying every minute of this 🤣🤣...not only did they lose the world series at home to the nationals...but apparently the Astros are domestic violence advocates...and now big time cheats?? What's next 🤣🤣

[@Ryan-gm3tq]

I’m an astros fan and I honestly don’t care if we cheated or not. We still got the ring. There also isn’t really any evidence yet of us even cheating on the postseason. Cheating or not we still won. Whatever it takes to win I guess.

[@mikepiazza4872]

😂

[@a.j.torres2898]

Strip the 2017 title suspend and fine everyone In the organization for 2-3 seasons

[@justinalvarez687]

someone's feeling got hurt...HAHAHAHA

[@zorack7030]

Strip their title and suspend them from the 2020 playoffs

[@BlackPantherFTW]

That we have osuda moment was pretty mild imo

[@Hiker63]

It doesn’t have to be in their own stadium. Most teams have their own television network and camera crews that travel with the teams. The signal was being broadcast on a monitor. You can’t do that with some spy camera that you can buy at Sharper Image. This is something more professional. I’ll be on it.

[@mact5530]

Fucken cheaters .. they should do a World Series Dodgers vs Yankee for 2017

[@Ethan-dn1wc]

People seem to miss the part that this has been an issue in MLB for a while and that multiple teams have used the practice of electronic sign stealing.

[@Brian-js6me]

What's your point? Should murderers not be punished when they're caught because other people have gotten away with murder? It's their fault for not doing a better job of not being caught. They're cheaters plain and simple.

[@TheIcecreamtaco]

Brian the point is scapegoating the only team that has any credibility to their allegations isn’t going to solve anything

[@mikesannitti6042]

@@TheIcecreamtaco actually that sounds like a great start.

[@TheIcecreamtaco]

Mike Sannitti scapegoating implies sacrificing someone for the sake of avoiding scrutiny against yourself. I can’t imagine anyone being okay with throwing one of the best teams (team members not franchise) in mlb history under the bus all because the Yankees didn’t get caught or any other team in recent history for that matter. There isn’t even enough evidence to even come to this conclusion yet anyway.

[@Ethan-dn1wc]

@@mikesannitti6042 that's an awful way to start. Scapegoating people is why you have issues such as Manny Ramirez and Barry Bonds not being in the hall despite having the numbers, because they used steroids, yet people think David Ortiz, who has worse numbers, is a first ballot lock despite the fact that he did the same thing guys like Bonds and Ramirez did.

[@k.s739]

In 2017 the Astros had to be the “home” team at other stadiums b/c of Harvey.

[@worldtraveler721]

Good point. And they still had the BEST ROAD record in ALL of baseball for two consecutive seasons 2017-2018.

[@manatortv]

Feels like a dreamland where baseball fans from all teams alike join hands with dodger and yankee fans to hate on the trashtos The enemy of my enemy, is my friend

[@jasminewashington5953]

Ikr

[@djt8870]

They lost 20 games at home all regular season. Then the Yankees caught them cheating in the alcs and they had to stop cheating in the world series at home and went on to lose every game at home in the world series. Whats that tell you?

[@musicoldies83]

So then how did they win every game in Washington? Also, the Yankees accused them in 2017, not this year. You need to check your facts.

[@Yooncelebtarot]

Music Oldies You need to check YOUR facts. Yankees complained about whistling from the dugout and everyone shat on them for being sore losers. Well... the Nats can thank us for helping them against the cheating Astros. At least the Nats played against a team that couldn’t cheat since they were being watched.

[@musicoldies83]

@@Yooncelebtarot Your comment is totally non-sensical, not to mention idiotic. How do you explain the 3 games that the Astros won handily in Washington if - like you stated - they were being "watched".

[@tbewin]

@music oldies i can explain it, the nationals were really a two horse team and their aces only pitched in the houston games, the astros faced some mediocre pitching in games 3-5 while having grienke and cole go 2 of those games

[@legoatjames2940]

Yoonbread so you’re saying no player can whistle ? I mean I get it, but like ? That’s dumb. Anything else logically is fin

[@iamdnice1]

I KNEW IT! I saw Alex Bregman during the 2019 Yankees series giving hand signals oddly and no one said anything. But it didn't start until game two.

[@JoseNegreteJr]

iamdnice1 This was in 2017 not 2019...

[@iamdnice1]

@@JoseNegreteJr I understand, but I'm speaking of this past season during the ALCS I notice Bregman giving hand signals on base and from the dugout or walking back to the dugout. It was fishy to me because I've never seen that before in all my years of watching baseball.

[@JoseNegreteJr]

iamdnice1 Well that itself isn’t cheating it’s just stealing signs legally

[@iamdnice1]

@@JoseNegreteJr that's correct. Is it frown upon, yes and it's not illegal but if they got the signals from videotaping their opponents then we have an issue.

[@JoseNegreteJr]

iamdnice1 I know that, but I’m saying that the cheating happened in the 2017 playoffs not 2019

[@runwithscissors4180]

What about the delay between the actual game and the cable tv The pitch would have already been pitched when the catcher’s call appeared on the TV

[@Pepuski]

Imagine max when he found out arod used steroids 😂😂😂

[@rm5surf3r39]

😂😂😂

[@jamieburchell1608]

The Yankees didn’t inject Arod.

[@thefreakyrobber0]

Yes deflect from the fact that Houston are CHEATERS. Yankees had nothing to do with Arod.

[@jamieburchell1608]

@@thefreakyrobber0 The Yankees organization didn't cheat, Arod did and he was punished. The Astros cheated from top down and will be dealt a massive blow.

[@worldtraveler721]

@@jamieburchell1608 During baseball's steroid era, 26 who played for the Yankees - 14 pitchers and 12 position players were implicated in the use of PEDs, more than any other team.