A.J. Hinch, Jeff Luhnow suspended by MLB, fired by Astros

[@GhostFaceLives44]

Astro players are definitely gonna get beamed at the plate

[@BoleDaPole]

in 5 years one of these Asterisks will be on your favorite team and you'll be cheering him on.

[@SemperSalam]

Constable Dodo Cole?

[@omariparker3769]

Big Blue Elo80 Yup they deserve a few in the earhole. And when they get them, they better just take their bitch asses down to first and not say a gott damn word about it. They earned every boo and every headhunt they get this year... unlike that World Series trophy they stole.

[@TheToxicity]

@david wtf

[@ThirdCoastNative]

david I remember when I was 12

[@johnnykarate_SweepLeg]

"... they walk around like they invented baseball." 😂

[@jakes3799]

@Qualified Automotive Solutions LOL, they didn't even exist for the majority of the 20th century.

[@aro327]

Yankees fans?

[@jakes3799]

@@aro327 The difference is that when we do it, it's true. ;)

[@ForCedar777]

Take the “championships” and banners away from the Asterisk. If you can’t punish the cheating players because of their union, take Houston’s cheating accomplishments. #peterrosenberg100%correct

[@ThirdCoastNative]

MJ McDonald my shoulder is here for you hun🥺

[@shuatreee]

"what would you have done? Suspend all the players?" Um... YES!!!

[@MST3Killa]

Yup. Black Sox were banned for life for game fixing... a suspension is well within reason here.

[@take1994]

Exactly. Maybe not ALL but those that have irrefutable evidence against them. If the Astros had to call up 14 guys...oh well, don’t cheat.

[@msgtblbj]

It'd be cool to see an entire AAA roster get called up. I bet there would have been some diamonds in the rough

[@johnanthony2333]

All this does is teach kids that you can go ahead and cheat, accept a fine and you can be Champs too.

[@KEN-tg4qy]

Yeah, the manager and coaches get all the blame.

[@yourmomshouse8993]

We gotta stop making these athletes the role models for our kids.

[@omariparker3769]

Boyd Well, even Little League has more teeth than the MLB. Kids lose championships when they cheat. So they might learn that they gotta wait til they get to the bigs to cheat. Smh

[@LunaticTheCat]

@@yourmomshouse8993 Some athletes are role models though like Damian Lollard for example. Athletes in general need to be better.

[@skipbayless557]

Everyone cheats including you and if you say no then you're lying.

[@wreckim]

MLB: "If you cheat, and win a World Series, you're out of the game for a year". I wonder what Pete Rose thinks of that punishment.

[@tyletharris21]

The oldest recorded instance of a team attempting to steal signs dates back to 1876, when the Hartford Dark Blues hid a person in a shack to tip off their hitters when the pitcher would throw a curveball.[1] In 1897, George Stallings, the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, had Morgan Murphy, a backup catcher, hide in a clubhouse beyond center field with a pair of binoculars and a telegraph that he used to alert Stallings to what pitch the opposing catcher was calling.[11] In 1900, Pearce Chiles, a coach for the Phillies, was caught standing on a box with electric wires that relayed to him coded messages about what pitch was coming, which he relayed to the batters by stomping on the ground.[12] Del Baker, Joey Amalfitano, and Joe Nossek were considered to be among baseball's best sign stealers.[4][13][14] In 2001, members of the 1951 New York Giants admitted to stealing signs against the Brooklyn Dodgers using a telescope to win the National League that season.[15] Bobby Thomson, who hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", denied being tipped off to that pitch.[16] In 2017, the Boston Red Sox were caught stealing signs against the New York Yankees and relaying them using an Apple Watch, which was not allowed to be in the dugout.[17] The incident resulted in a fine for the Red Sox and warning issued to all 30 teams concerning sign stealing.[18]

[@rfujii1]

All the commentators say the owner was so disgusted, he fired them. What else could he do? He needed a manager and GM in those positions. The players who did not participate in the cheating still benefitted from the scheme. Vacate the title and pit the MLBPA between the cheaters (1 team) against the aggrieved (the rest of the league). These guys are homers for the commissioner.

[@AV57]

Rose didn’t cheat-he gambled. Gambling carries a lifetime ban.

[@jvjustvibes9103]

@@AV57 gambling isn’t bad. What the Astros did was

[@AV57]

@@jvjustvibes9103, gambling compromises the way the game is played at every level, because the end goal is different than what the fans believe it to be. I don’t watch the game to see if Pete Rose defeats his bookie. I watch to see if the Reds defeat whomever. When you change the objective on the fans, you are essentially lying to your fans.

[@tonythebull25]

Red Sox and Cora are next

[@VMan29397]

@J S corra will get banned he is the architect of both cheating scandals

[@feddyvonwigglestein3481]

Someone needs to make sure the president's gifted jersey from the red sox when they visited the WH is thrown out. Worthless now

[@beta_cygni1950]

@cfm1181 obvious troll is obvious (and also oblivious)

[@sjang816]

it sucks but unfortunately cora is not gonna get fired. sox punishment gonna be much lighter. and beltran, what happens to him?

[@beta_cygni1950]

@@sjang816 Passan is reporting that while Cora will "face harsh punishment" (whatever that means), Beltran will not be disciplined.

[@robertdanyus6836]

It's getting harder and harder to watch any kind of pro sports especially since these players make so much money but they still need to cheat to win

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, the NEW ENGLAND PATS figured it out!! YOU GOTTA CHEAT TO WIN!! aahh.....how many WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS do they have!!?! YOU GOTTA CHEAT TO WIN!!!!!

[@dannyurena3328]

@@samuelmoulds1016 Its All Good Dude. Our GIANTS TOOK CARE OF THE BRADY'S BUNCH

[@LouLou-cm3pp]

Dude wait til you learn about capitalism

[@LouLou-cm3pp]

@@dannyurena3328 Who?

[@yabba133]

@@LouLou-cm3pp good takes all around

[@sockdong1544]

I think we can all agree on one thing... thank CHRIST for the Washington Nationals

[@im_waffles2920]

I’m waiting for the reports that the Nats were cheating.

[@im_waffles2920]

Comedy Room I know, but at this point who knows. Everyone seems to be cheating.

[@insearchofYAH]

They faired better because they stayed focused during at bats as opposed to waiting for a cue. The Astros hit better away than they did at home. This is wild.

[@davidrisinger7750]

Imo they unjustifiably treated Harper like shit, but ya... Nats > Astros*

[@marcosc7375]

Comedy Room I so agree with you and I’m a Yankee fan but the Nats were geniuses in switching the signs and movements.

[@Attackingk]

"Thorough investigation" my ass. This Is a joke of a punishment. This is the best they could come up with in the time they had to investigate? They could fine the players involved on top of a harsher punishment. It's beyond absurd that none of the players got punished. They participated and didn't report or say anything about it sooner. They have plenty of money, fine them for it. Punish them.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

aaaah.....actually, I do not know what all the "hubbub" is all about!!! sign stealing has ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!!!! sign stealing in MLB has been in baseball for ALL OF MY LIFE! HANK GREENBERG bragged how the DETROIT TIGERS did it in the 1930's, even in the WORLD SERIES!!! WHAT IS THE BIG RIP!!! SIGN STEALING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!! SHOW ME IN THE RULES WHERE SIGN STEALING IS IN THE RULES!!! and I was a baseball umpire for 23 years!!! LET IT BE KNOWN, THE NEW COMMISSIONER HAS HIS HEAD TOO FAR UP HIS ASS!!!!!!!!!

[@darealnellyb4794]

every team does it and sign stealing isn’t so much of an advantage it actually hurts the players and many didn’t do it that much because it would make them play worse normally and the world series isn’t tainted cuz the dodgers do it too and the astros didn’t even do it in the world series

[@Attackingk]

@@samuelmoulds1016 Short and quick about what their method of sign stealing is they had a camera from the outfield watching the catchers signals and then banging when it was an off speed pitch. Using technology to intentionally cheat. In game 7 of the ALDS they sign stole from the pitcher that was tipping his pitches, which was clearly different.

[@dharmaram7527]

Samuel Moulds No need shout bro. Sign stealing is illegal when you use illegal means to get those signs especially relaying that information back on the field to players. The Astros used a secret and concealed camera to steal signs. Where have you been man, they are guilty of it and it’s been confirmed. Wtf, lol.

[@Hornsfan64]

They traded punishment for immunity to get the players to talk.

[@andrewlurito5660]

I feel bad for the dodgers, and I’m a yankee fan Edit: Guys I obv feel bad for the yankees and all other teams too, I just feel especially bad for the dodgers, who lost back to back years to cheaters

[@andrewlurito5660]

QuevoTV No duh I feel bad for yankees I’m a fan of them

[@christyler7391]

Why not feel bad for the A's?? They might've avoided wild card by winning division if Houston didn't cheat. That's a huge difference for them in playoff hopes

[@christyler7391]

And I'm also a Yankee fan.

[@christyler7391]

I'm still waiting for a Verlander tweet on hating cheaters like he's always done.

[@MrJusticeM]

Yes and look at the split, YANKEES WON AT HOME BUT WHEN THEY HAD TO GO TO THE ASTROS LOST ALL GAMES HMMMM WONDER WHY BECAUSE THEY CHEATED

[@JonathanSirico]

I agree with this being a slap on the wrist.

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

It’s not

[@humanoid_typhoon_17]

Yeah, it’s really not.

[@adamenglish9123]

It most definitely is a slap on the wrist. Should've damaged the players and ownership more. MLB was too worried about the fans of the Houston Asterisk

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

It's not enough but it's not a slap on the wrist. More like a spanking. Hinch and Luhnow should have been permanently banned, as well as fines to the players.

[@frankvarela7462]

Hunch and Luhnow should have been banned from baseball. This is worse than Pete Roses ban

[@SolitarySoldier]

Frank Varela they didnt condone this. Cora and the players did. Read the report

[@frankvarela7462]

@@SolitarySoldier the players got off easy

[@T76boosted88]

Yeah ban Hinch and Hunch.

[@joshfox4479]

Qualified Automotive Solutions he should have tried harder. Glad he was punished as well

[@SolitarySoldier]

Frank Varela i agree but its not hinches fault. Hes an ethical guy who went to stanford. He believes in integrity. He could’ve only done so much when his players were outta control doing this

[@joseph4822]

4 picks 5mill and losing a coach and GM and in return you get a World Series championship , I’ll make that trade.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

sure! there is no CRIME for stealing signs in baseball!!! STEALING SIGNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!! HANK GREENBERG BRAGGED ABOUT STEALING SIGNS IN THE 1930'S!! EVEN IN THE WORLD SERIES!!! STEALING SIGNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!!

[@im_waffles2920]

Samuel Moulds the fact that they used technology and how they did it is the problem.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

@@im_waffles2920 thanks for the reply. actually, I don't see the difference! if they used spy glasses instead of the naked eye in 1930, they used the technology of the day!!

[@dharmaram7527]

Samuel Moulds Ok Boomer.

[@HufflepuffBaseball42313]

@@samuelmoulds1016 doesn't make it right.

[@OJTheBLAK]

The Astros barely got punished.

[@AV57]

OMJUWARA, the punishment will be the boos that these guys will hear for the rest of their careers. And this next season should be hilarious whenever they’re on the road and they take the field. The Astros players are going to have to learn to deal with being called cheaters for the rest of their lives.

[@eysselinck]

Should have vacated the title and the MVP award.

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

Then the nfl would have to take away the patriots super bowl 49 trophy which won’t happen

[@leesmitty362]

Different sport so no they wouldn’t have

[@tyletharris21]

Lol your stupid as fuck. Everyone cheats we just got caught. Like the red Sox. Cheating is in any sport in almost anything you do in life. We still won the world series on the road how did we cheat in la. We won game 2 there. And game7. Please tell me how we cheated.

[@tyletharris21]

The oldest recorded instance of a team attempting to steal signs dates back to 1876, when the Hartford Dark Blues hid a person in a shack to tip off their hitters when the pitcher would throw a curveball.[1] In 1897, George Stallings, the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, had Morgan Murphy, a backup catcher, hide in a clubhouse beyond center field with a pair of binoculars and a telegraph that he used to alert Stallings to what pitch the opposing catcher was calling.[11] In 1900, Pearce Chiles, a coach for the Phillies, was caught standing on a box with electric wires that relayed to him coded messages about what pitch was coming, which he relayed to the batters by stomping on the ground.[12] Del Baker, Joey Amalfitano, and Joe Nossek were considered to be among baseball's best sign stealers.[4][13][14] In 2001, members of the 1951 New York Giants admitted to stealing signs against the Brooklyn Dodgers using a telescope to win the National League that season.[15] Bobby Thomson, who hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", denied being tipped off to that pitch.[16] In 2017, the Boston Red Sox were caught stealing signs against the New York Yankees and relaying them using an Apple Watch, which was not allowed to be in the dugout.[17] The incident resulted in a fine for the Red Sox and warning issued to all 30 teams concerning sign stealing.[18]

[@jayit6851]

@@joetheastrosfan3460 The NFL doesn't have to do anything. They are completely separate and independent entities.

[@baseballheaven6755]

The fact that anyone believes jim crane had no involvement is a fool. He's an owner, he can fire whoever he wants to try to make himself and the organization look like they care and did something. They got caught, that's the bottom line

[@bsx132]

todd zeile everyone top to bottom knew about this and the MLB knew about it from the start. The only reason this “punishment” happened it because Mike Fiers came out and said it happened. The MLB tried sweeping this under the rug and that’s why they said in 2017 they were only disciplining the staff.

[@bobbowie9350]

theres a bigger cover up here. this makes the scandal go away...for now

[@rf7814]

Altuve to Guantanamo for a year

[@ptownzfinest12345]

Cheaters not terrorists 😂

[@feddyvonwigglestein3481]

@@ptownzfinest12345 Cheating in baseball = terrorism!

[@SolitarySoldier]

R F shuttup you bum

[@javiersp15]

Calm your tits man.

[@courtgizzle]

R F and no salary

[@ethad123]

The Astros got off easy imo, they should of been stripped of all there draft picks for at least one season. To me losing only there top two picks in the next 2 years is a slap on the wrist

[@1aml3g3nd13]

Bret Hauser The only picks worth a damn are in those rounds. The rest of the time you’re looking for a diamond in the rough in later rounds of the MLB draft.

[@1ind170jm]

I'd take away 1st and 2nd round for 5 years, no international signings or ability to participate in free agency for 3 years. Any player caught up in the scandal 2 year ban half pay, asterisk next to world series champions title and lastly public apologies for every one involved

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

You’re joking right? That’s a pretty harsh punishment

[@TL2354]

Where are the draft picks?

[@michaelmasi5220]

-$500M Fine. -Loss of picks in Rds. 1-3 for next five years. -Hinch and Luhnow suspended for three years, Cora for two years. -Stripped of all titles since 2017 (Division, League, and WS). -All players that were involved suspended for a year.

[@vgymgy1]

So basically thanx for cheating heres a slap in the wrist🤦🏻‍♂️

[@GMtransmissiontech74]

The players got off and they were apart of it. WTF they should be suspended and fined too. MLb is a joke

[@skipbayless557]

Can't blame MLB or the Commissioner on this tho. The players are protected by the players union. Manfred would've punish them.

[@lalalafayette3283]

Joseph Poulin it makes me want to throw a full milkshake at Manfred

[@bmcminn8838]

The whole team should be banned from the next season

[@GMtransmissiontech74]

Brian Mcminn absolutely, all the players should man up and resign from the game , the game they tainted

[@hiprod1]

Instead of the 5 million fine, you lower their cap to a certain number for 2 years. You want to stay competitive then you pay the tax or you trade away players to get below the cap. So you hurt them financially or in the standings.

[@spacemanspiff2601]

Great idea

[@icepick859]

Never ever going to happen. What you and the two people in this video fail to realize is that the MLB is a business and what makes the most money? Winning teams, not failing teams. Winning teams creates a lot more fans who buy stuff like tickets , merchandise, tv views etc. They will never hurt a teams chances to win that much because it will affect revenue. If you were the MLB commissioner and this was your business would you do something to harm it? Absolutely not. So you clueless, emotional fans should seriously get real. The MLB is an entertainment business first and foremost. No matter how much this offends you and how much you cant stand the astros, there is nothing that a team can do short of murder that would actually call for any type of penalties that will directly affect a teams revenue, which in turn affects all revenue of the MLB. Anyone that thought they would do something like that does not want to see things for what they truly are, and I know why. Most sports fans are completely delusional or maybe naive to the fact this is entertainment and a business first. When you realize this, then you will understand so much clearly why these teams and organizations/commissioners make the moves that they do.

[@Talkinsports91]

Fuck that ! Take away the dam trophy or put an asterisk next to it

[@humanoid_typhoon_17]

Jesse Garcia-saenz I don’t think you truly understand what the trophy means to people. I understand that you’re angry but you’re failing to see it logically, when you’re being spiteful. It’s hard to explain you would have had to been in Houston when it happened. I’m mad too and wish that I could look back on that memory without thinking about this, all that joy, excitement, and proudness is washed away like dirt on a shoe.

[@Talkinsports91]

@@humanoid_typhoon_17 well you have a conscious and I respect you for being honest but many people till this day defend the Astros and I understand why nobody wants to believe the team they admired are in reality just a bunch of cheating frauds

[@wesleydavidson4678]

anybody remember how closely contested the 2017 WS was.... hard to say this didn't push the Astros over the top.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

aahh...tell me what all the "hubbub" is all about!!!! STEALING SIGNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!! show me in the rules where sign stealing is wrong!!! and I was an umpire for 23 years!!!

[@DLC32]

@@samuelmoulds1016 STFU, 23 years of dog shit is what you are.

[@michaelsweeney920]

@@samuelmoulds1016lmao.. If you dont know its illegal to steal signs ELECTRONICALLY then you were a shit umpire and I see why you arent one anymore.. You're an idiot

[@wesleydavidson4678]

Samuel Moulds it’s the use of the technology genius.

[@Talkinsports91]

The dodgers were clearly the better team

[@okrajoe]

"They found a better way!" -- Yeah, cheating. All the players get away scot-free... Void the wins like NCAA does in college football.

[@elvincortez2111]

absolutely. strip the world series championship

[@awthompson80]

@@elvincortez2111 players made alot of money by cheating. Won awards, got contracts to play elsewhere. Owner made alot of money by the team cheating, got slapped with a 5 million dollar fine. Him and the players take that hit every time. There is no reason for every team in baseball to not do this.

[@Talkinsports91]

Take the dam trophy away

[@dharmaram7527]

The Astros owner got away too with massive profit earnings! No way he did not know what was going on. The whole organization is crooked.

[@omariparker3769]

okrajoe See, this is what gets me. EVERY lower league in sports would strip the championship FOR LESS!! NCAA strips all the time, high school sports strip championships.. hell, even the Little League World Series will strip teams if championships. Yet Major League sports don’t have the balls to do that kind of thing?? Straight BS

[@EvilClowns69]

Alex Cora is next! Yankees and Dodgers should recuperate those draft picks

[@richardblanco4019]

Yes they should

[@richardblanco4019]

@Reds Central why they suck

[@EvilClowns69]

Reds Central Yankees and Dodgers both missed out on WS chance

[@richardblanco4019]

@Reds Central lol ok talk when it is 100

[@OTFDanny11]

EvilClowns69 Yankees? Last time I checked the Dodgers lost against both of them not the fucking Yankees

[@yasielpuig9991]

"Very problematic and insular" sounds like my marriage

[@nomercy9474]

Suspend the players too

[@darrylmcphee7897]

If it was the Yankees they would’ve came harder than that smhh

[@edep3970]

Darryl Mcphee shut up

[@snootypb599]

E DeP no u

[@im_waffles2920]

If it was the Yankees they would’ve swept it under the rug.

[@kev1277]

@@im_waffles2920 They might as well be sweeping this under the rug now with the limp slap on the wrist punishment they gave out

[@tyletharris21]

The oldest recorded instance of a team attempting to steal signs dates back to 1876, when the Hartford Dark Blues hid a person in a shack to tip off their hitters when the pitcher would throw a curveball.[1] In 1897, George Stallings, the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, had Morgan Murphy, a backup catcher, hide in a clubhouse beyond center field with a pair of binoculars and a telegraph that he used to alert Stallings to what pitch the opposing catcher was calling.[11] In 1900, Pearce Chiles, a coach for the Phillies, was caught standing on a box with electric wires that relayed to him coded messages about what pitch was coming, which he relayed to the batters by stomping on the ground.[12] Del Baker, Joey Amalfitano, and Joe Nossek were considered to be among baseball's best sign stealers.[4][13][14] In 2001, members of the 1951 New York Giants admitted to stealing signs against the Brooklyn Dodgers using a telescope to win the National League that season.[15] Bobby Thomson, who hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", denied being tipped off to that pitch.[16] In 2017, the Boston Red Sox were caught stealing signs against the New York Yankees and relaying them using an Apple Watch, which was not allowed to be in the dugout.[17] The incident resulted in a fine for the Red Sox and warning issued to all 30 teams concerning sign stealing.[18]

[@aaronscore]

None of the players got punished, which is absolutely ludicrous.

[@Talkinsports91]

Yup agree they actually benefited from the cheating lol

[@ERizzo5]

I agree it’s ridiculous that the players get zero punishment. But at least they will forever be tainted. And their championship didn’t get taken away but the world will know that championship is tainted from now until the end of time. And they will live with that shame pretty much their entire lives.

[@Talkinsports91]

@@ERizzo5 not everyone cares about reputation , those players go to bed every night millionaire's & with their tainted championship rings and sleep like babies

[@yoichirowatanabe8098]

Including Beltran who is now the Mets manger, even though he was one of the masterminds behind this. SMH

[@Talkinsports91]

@@yoichirowatanabe8098 yup baseball just looks so dirty now , I can't watch a game and actually believe what I'm watching is legit

[@sylpascale7673]

I agree with Don, this was a slap on the wrist.

[@samuelmoulds1016]

aaaah.....actually, I beg to differ with you! SIGN STEALING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!! show me in the rules where sign stealing is illegal!! (and I was an umpire for 23 years) THE NEW COMMISSIONER HAS HIS HEAD TOO FAR UP HIS ASS!!!!

[@ERizzo5]

Samuel Moulds you gotta be kidding 🤦🏼‍♂️. Sign stealing has always been apart of Major League Baseball but it’s the use of stealing signs through a third party that’s damning. This being a camera in center field whose video goes directly to the Astros clubhouse and relaying that message to the batter in real time. If that’s not bad then let every team just do that. The game would be very different if that was 100% legal and made part of the game. It wouldn’t be the same game we all love anymore. It’s either you care about the integrity of the game or you don’t. It’s just that simple.

[@troddy3925]

Take away Altuve's MVP and Betts as well, once they're done with the Red Sox investigation.

[@giantelvis626]

The mvp awards are awarded by journalists , Mlb does not have a say in that... if anything it should’ve been their titles stripped away

[@Peter_Larsen]

@@giantelvis626 The awards could be taken away if the governing body determines that the awards were won fraudulently. If your hitting percentage is markedly different cheating and not cheating, and you won your MVP during cheating, isnt that cause to strip the award?

[@nomercy9474]

What a disrespect to baseball, all of them shouldn’t be able to walk into another stadium! If you can’t appreciate the game for what it is, you shouldn’t be involved!

[@samuelmoulds1016]

STEALING SIGNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!

[@nomercy9474]

Samuel Moulds NOT IN THE WAY THEY DID IT!!!!

[@asiaroberson3442]

@@samuelmoulds1016 they used technology to steal signs. Where have you been

[@samuelmoulds1016]

roberson: aah...actually, what difference does it make!!?! to relay the signal, they used banging on a trash barrel!! aah, not exactly HI-TECH!!!! in the 1950's and 1960's the YANKEE'S 3rd base coach used to WHISTLE to Mickey Mantle when the YANKS stole the sign!!! the point is: STEALING SIGNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!! whether it was spy glasses in the left field stands in the 1930's when HANK GREENBERG was up!!! or in the 1950's and 1960's with FRANKIE CROSETTI whistling to Mickey Mantle when he stole the sign that a fast ball was coming!!! or in TODAY'S GAME when "technology" is used!!!?! STEALING SIGNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!!!! no offense, butt you remind me of the complaining made by professionals when the movie "STAR WARS" came out, that the animation was done by computers instead of HARD WORKING PROFESSIONALS!!!! (I personally liked that the movie "THE LONE RANGER" used over 137 computer specialists to put that motion picture together) the fact is: NONE OF THOSE INVOLVED SHOULD BE PUNISHED!!! STEALING SIGNS HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!! and notice!!!! NONE OF THE PLAYERS HAVE BEEN DISCIPLINED (or ruined, would be a better way to put it). NO!!! Major League Baseball does not want to go against the Players UNION LAWYERS!!! all the MLB execs would be in their underwear with no workspace, after the Players UNION LAWYERS got finished with them AND THEY KNOW IT, TOO!!!

[@jvjustvibes9103]

@@samuelmoulds1016 you are a loser

[@j29maniac]

This is just a slap on the wrist. They should have been banned forever, not just a year. This is worse than what Pete Rose did.

[@arimfshapiro7907]

No. Rose is worse.

[@j29maniac]

Ari MF Shapiro please help me to understand how betting on your own team to win (not betting on them to lose, where he could have thrown the game), is worse than using an electronic buzzer to tell hitters what pitch the pitch is. I was never a Pete Rose fan while he was playing. During his playing years he was an arrogant jerk. I was happy when he got caught betting. But he was a great player and deserves to be in the HOF based on his overall playing career. Wait a minute... Maybe your comment was meant as a joke?

[@arimfshapiro7907]

@@j29maniac My God, man, you have access to Google. What's wrong with you? MLB's prohibition on gambling is comparatively strong, and explicitly sets permanent ineligibility as the punishment for betting on a baseball game in which you had a part. From Rule 21 of the Baseball Business Rules (which govern off-the-field rules of the league): Misconduct: (d) BETTING ON BALL GAMES. Any player, umpire, or club official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has no duty to perform shall be declared ineligible for one year. Any player, umpire, or club or league official or employee, who shall bet any sum whatsoever upon any baseball game in connection with which the bettor has a duty to perform shall be declared permanently ineligible. That's a rule that's posted in every major league clubhouse, and has been since the Black Sox Scandal. That's simply the punishment doled out if you're found to have bet on a game in which you had a role. Rose bet on games while he was the manager of the Reds, and eventually admitted to betting on Reds games. He claimed that he never bet on his team to lose, but even betting on his team to win specific games could impact his strategy as a manager; he might, for example, overexert his bullpen trying to win a game that he bet on, while letting players rest on games he wasn't gambling on. He's claimed that he bet on the Reds every night, but it's hard not to question his credibility on the matter considering he'd lied before. The report on the matter (investigated by John M. Dowd) officially discovered no evidence that Rose bet against his own team, but asked about it in 2002, Dowd said that he believed it was "probably right" that Rose bet against the Reds. It should be noted that Rose voluntarily accepted a permanent place on the ineligibility list; in exchange, MLB never officially made a finding on whether he bet or not (which he denied at the time, but has since admitted).

[@arimfshapiro7907]

@@j29maniac Rose is a liar. He thinks he is bigger that the game itself. When he was caught and given a chance to quit betting, he denied the truth and doubled down & continued betting. There is no gray area. Rose is a piece of shit who forever belongs outside the HOF. Why do you care so much? Is your sense of societal fairness disturbed? Rose knew the consequences, but did it anyway. Fuck him.

[@curtismartin9054]

None of the players penalized... what a joke.

[@HiddenSoulsMusic]

Gerrit Cole is a Yankee! I’m happy!

[@LouLou-cm3pp]

He's TAINTED

[@ttsbobby71]

Hellllll yea

[@ttsbobby71]

@@LouLou-cm3pp watch your mouth he's a Yankee now

[@1virgosmith]

@The Hidden he is only one signing just like Arod was.

[@HiddenSoulsMusic]

TTS bobby 👍

[@gregalmonte8]

I was expecting a “SEE YA”

[@eddyeddy3243]

R A D O N chill don’t mess with m Kay catchphrase

[@bran3227]

As a Dodger fan I'm pissed game 5 at Houston

[@Hornsfan64]

bran3227 games 2 and 7? Astros cheated in game 2... forcing K. Jansen to enter the game. Cheatin bastards!

[@zachperez8937]

@@Hornsfan64 they literally could not have cheated in games 2 and 7. Those were at Dodger stadium and the Astros only had the sign stealing camera and monitor setup at Minute Maid Park.

[@Hornsfan64]

Neil Hatrick Harris ... Thaaaat was my point. Dodgers lost two at home... they can’t bitch about losing two at home. They still managed to win one in Houston.

[@jefflewis4]

@@zachperez8937 Sure if your team (Yankees /Dodgers) lost to the Astros you now have a ready made excuse to fall back on now to make you feel better. Why let the facts get in the way.

[@worldtraveler721]

@@jefflewis4 Exactly. Excuses, excuses, excuses. Could have, should have, would have.

[@courtgizzle]

Taking away a championship for this type of cheating is fair

[@derekalvarado7185]

2017: banging a trash can 2018: buzzing wristbands 2019: vibrating butt plugs

[@nickmorris56]

You can’t CHEAT FOR AN ENTIRE YEAR and keep your WS win

[@Talkinsports91]

In baseball you can apparently

[@Talkinsports91]

@Karafallout 1992 take those to then shit

[@FR0MUNDA]

I wish they’d suspend the entire Houston Astro organization for the entire next season. Let the AL go the season with one less team.

[@SolitarySoldier]

Bongo Cat thats stupid, you cant do that. What would u say if the yankees did the same thing or something really close?

[@SolitarySoldier]

Bongo Cat well what would u say if your favorite team did something like this?

[@kupacmac]

"They're a very good team" ... it blows my mind that people still think of them as a good team as though the cheating had nothing to do with it. IT HAD EVERYTHING TO DO WITH IT. Just look at their record prior to the 2017 cheating season.

[@tonyg7990]

@Michael Shaffer foolish baseball did a video on it, and it showed that the stolen base nambers, batting average was pretty much the same home or away. So im not really sure that it helped them that much

[@tonyg7990]

@Michael Shaffer im not, ima red sox fan. I couldnt give less shits about stros

[@tonyg7990]

@Michael Shaffer lol like it bothers me that sox "cheated", mlb put that video room in place. What do you expect? The guy not to look at the signs. Patriots also cheated and the legacy of greatness still stands. New yorkers crave any type of success. But hey, at leastyou got the yankees. Another ALDS choke coming yo way

[@tonyg7990]

@Michael Shaffer hahah 27.. yeah sure. Maybe one in your life ..2009? Brady still the goat, bill still the goat. I dont see anything stained. And you dont need to be so hurt bro. You dont have to spam 3 replays every time. Its okay, youdont see titles in ny, and its fine, you justget a little unlucky

[@luisomar_oo]

Ooooooouuuuu yeaa. I think they should have suspended some players too.

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

Agreed

[@anonymousgoogle8462]

Players should have been punished too. The Astros got off easy.

[@Frankieefootballmundial]

Anonymous Google ya I agree

[@TehZNCify]

If Pete Rose is banned for life, so should all those bums.

[@tyletharris21]

Your stupid as fuck.

[@AAAAA-es8zn]

@@tyletharris21 *You're

[@tyletharris21]

@@AAAAA-es8zn The oldest recorded instance of a team attempting to steal signs dates back to 1876, when the Hartford Dark Blues hid a person in a shack to tip off their hitters when the pitcher would throw a curveball.[1] In 1897, George Stallings, the manager of the Philadelphia Phillies, had Morgan Murphy, a backup catcher, hide in a clubhouse beyond center field with a pair of binoculars and a telegraph that he used to alert Stallings to what pitch the opposing catcher was calling.[11] In 1900, Pearce Chiles, a coach for the Phillies, was caught standing on a box with electric wires that relayed to him coded messages about what pitch was coming, which he relayed to the batters by stomping on the ground.[12] Del Baker, Joey Amalfitano, and Joe Nossek were considered to be among baseball's best sign stealers.[4][13][14] In 2001, members of the 1951 New York Giants admitted to stealing signs against the Brooklyn Dodgers using a telescope to win the National League that season.[15] Bobby Thomson, who hit the "Shot Heard 'Round the World", denied being tipped off to that pitch.[16] In 2017, the Boston Red Sox were caught stealing signs against the New York Yankees and relaying them using an Apple Watch, which was not allowed to be in the dugout.[17] The incident resulted in a fine for the Red Sox and warning issued to all 30 teams concerning sign stealing.[18]

[@AAAAA-es8zn]

@@tyletharris21 Still doesn't change the fact that you used the wrong you're

[@tyletharris21]

@@AAAAA-es8zn lol good job 3rd grade English teacher

[@KenDrPH]

Can you imagine if, Boone had worked for the Astros and then came to the Yankees, the storm that would have followed that...🙏⚾️

[@samuelmoulds1016]

yeah, I couldn't believe it when he got his nose into this sign stealing business!!!! SIGN STEALING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!!! HANK GREENBERG BRAGGED ABOUT THE DETROIT TIGERS DOING IT IN THE 1930'S, EVEN IN THE WORLD SERIES!!! WHAT IS THE BIG RIP!!!! SIGN STEALING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!!!

[@KenDrPH]

Samuel Moulds absolutely, Samuel but not with computers, the purpose is not to cheat which is what this comes down to and then lying about it for 2 years...there’s already to much of this pervasive behavior for Washington...there’s no room for this BS and baseball and Astros ownership have now said so. 🙏

[@jvjustvibes9103]

@@samuelmoulds1016 shut up cheater

[@randyflowz]

15:50 if it was hard why would he accept being a commissioner in the first place ? Also why would the new generation lose their opportunity of being drafted so the consequences are going to be on the young studs??? They had nothing to do with the scandal... in my opinion that punishment was weak because 2 of the 3 managers that were fired and suspended got their jobs back one (Alex Cora) in the same team and the other one (AJ Hinch)in a different organization to just think about the fact that there was absolutely no punishments given to these players is a sick to my stomach.

[@e2go]

It was absurd. MLB is so corrupt. They all kept whining about how hard it would be to handle the punishments. Completely bogus. Almost just like how the NFL handled the Patriots issues over the years. Just deflect until it eventually goes away.

[@djsjetsteve1]

The best punishment is to take away that World Series ring.

[@djsjetsteve1]

Tylet Harris The Lastros . Loser cheaters. Bang Bang ....Bang Bang...

[@djsjetsteve1]

The Asteriks

[@tyletharris21]

Great insult. I'm so hurt you wrote bang 7 times and called them some stupid name good job buddy.

[@djsjetsteve1]

Tylet Harris I’m from Fort Worth and everybody knows y’all are a dirty city and now known as cheaters. Put a asterisk next to that fake title. Yankees will be throwing at the Asteriks head this year bet

[@tyletharris21]

@@djsjetsteve1 lmao. Why because they have cole now. You do realize stanton will never be Stanton again right. Judge is good but hes not gunna hit 50 Homer's again. The yankkes have a great bullpen but cole and Tanaka are the only ones to worry about in your rotation. Gelber Torres is the best player on the yankkes. The guy is clutch and a great player. As for a dirty town of cheaters. You can talk about everyone. Everyone one has cheated in something in their life. Weather its winning a world series or cheating a match test in 7th grade. It's all the same

[@jordan12118]

I agree with La Greca, the Astros can mess around and win the World Series next year they didn't do anything to stop the players who benefited most

[@whomadethatbeat]

“One year?? That’s harsh!!!” -Pete Rose

[@peted7687]

I actually saw a TV monitor in the Dugout, when they showed a replay when the Houston player gestured Japanese eyes. and he still didnt get punished until next year.

[@ryanh3951]

The players knew exactly what was going on lol. They didnt see the gius setting up or hear them banging on a can the whole game? Of course they knew

[@itsalwayssomething7490]

What do you do with the pitchers that probably knew, but didn't benefit from it?

[@Tremonti4ever]

Micheal is way off on this one, they ABSOLUTELY should’ve suspended players! You can’t participate in something like this and come out unscathed! This punishment was WEAK!

[@jessepatterson8823]

I feel like they all knew what was coming from Chapman. And when this all came out that was the first thing that went through my mind

[@Acetag31]

Chapman throws 2 pitches let's be real here and his Fastball stunk so he's a bad example

[@jessepatterson8823]

He throws 3 and how often do they leave the stadium like that? Especially when he's on like he was.

[@beautifulsurprise9424]

Am I correct that the investigation was for 2017 - 2019, but it revealed that the cheating took place during 2017 and the beginning of 2019? If so, how could Altuve have known about Chapman's pitch since they investigated the time frame for the cheating and the investigation revealed that the cheating was not going in in 2019 at all?

[@jessepatterson8823]

There's no way that they weren't. They said post season of 2019 as well. If they were doing this, they didn't just randomly stop before the playoffs. Hinch lied in October saying this was all false. They cheated and its bullshit. I do not believe they just stopped doing this. Im not stupid. They cheated till they got busted

[@robertocruz8429]

The owner of the Astros had no knowledge of the cheating... THE LIE DETECTOR DETERMINES THAT IS A LIE!!!

[@DerekDominoes]

Still a relative slap on the wrist and not enough to discourage more of this.

[@profesormanuelnava9965]

They started cheating since they started tanking, I hate the Astros, I hate Lunhow and Hinch... Punishment is too light to that whole organization.

[@genefucarino702]

Can’t you take away the players World Series and playoff bonuses And any contract awards received because of the tainted achievements

[@curtismartin9054]

A 1 year suspension for a WS ring... I'd take that deal. What a joke...

[@MJAdams-js7np]

All players involved should have been suspended.

[@courtgizzle]

Emjay Adams and have no salary

[@calffreyturner6300]

Ridiculous!! What solid evidence do you have on who all was involved? What about the steroid ERA, where we know for a fact that several high profile stars(Bonds,Soto, Conseco,Clements Pizzaza,Rodriguez) were guilty of cheating by using steroids. What kind of punishment did MLB do to those players and their teams? The answer is NONE! All MLB teams cheat, some better than others. Stop crying and face facts.

[@MJAdams-js7np]

Calffrey Turner ridiculous to suspend cheaters? Ok, astros fan.

[@jpw29]

I don't care what anyone says. The title should be stripped completely. I don't think the Dodgers should just get it because if the Yankees beat the Astros in the 2017 ALCS, who knows if Yankees would've beat the Dodgers or not. This is a load of crap. Astros should get stripped.

[@fullhousefrek]

the Astros will be booed by every place they play

[@eleven2170]

I just imagined Bryan from Family Guy as the guy named Don talked.

[@bobbowie9350]

something isnt adding up here. im sure theres more to this story never trust MLB

[@JeepersCreepers2013]

As a Rangers fan I can't stand the Astros and they do act like their crap doesn't stink. I don't know the guy on the left but what does he want to do? Set the stadium on fire??

[@SpartanJJC]

Can’t wait for the 1st NY vs Hou at Yankee stadium. Astros are going to get roasted at every away game this year.

[@robby1265]

Wanna be money on that ?

[@michaelsweeney920]

@@robby1265 Youre an idiot if you think otherwise buddy

[@faze_happyg0524]

Lol i cant wait

[@SpartanJJC]

@@robby1265 gladly

[@Cwmbran1984]

Watch for trash 🗑 being in abundance at all Stadiums where the Astros go. Bang bang 🗑 🗑

[@marktoken6052]

WS 2017, AL 2019 championships should be vacated for cheating.

[@kamb26]

Michael Kay: “I don’t know what you wanted them to do!” Me: ban Hinch and the GM for life and suspend players for a year. Then fine them $20 mill and take away their drafts picks, all of them next year. That would absolutely cripple the team for a while. If MLB did that then NO ONE would steal signs

[@icepick859]

Never ever going to happen. What you and the two people in this video fail to realize is that the MLB is a business and what makes the most money? Winning teams, not failing teams. Winning teams creates a lot more fans who buy stuff like tickets , merchandise, tv views etc. They will never hurt a teams chances to win that much because it will affect revenue. If you were the MLB commissioner and this was your business would you do something to harm it? Absolutely not. So you clueless, emotional fans should seriously get real. The MLB is an entertainment business first and foremost. No matter how much this offends you and how much you cant stand the astros, there is nothing that a team can do short of murder that would actually call for any type of penalties that will directly affect a teams revenue, which in turn affects all revenue of the MLB. Anyone that thought they would do something like that does not want to see things for what they truly are, and I know why. Most sports fans are completely delusional or maybe naive to the fact this is entertainment and a business first. When you realize this, then you will understand so much clearly why these teams and organizations/commissioners make the moves that they do.

[@Eric-ui3nk]

@@icepick859 On that note, what's stopping every team from cheating then if the punishment won't end up being severe? I guess what you mean, but you're also opening up pandora's box by doing that.

[@kamb26]

shaun rinker you know there’s a point to having a healthy debate and then saying something that’s totally mean spirited. I hope you have much better things to do then write extremely long comments and calling people names.

[@drbryant23]

I think that the only players from the 2017-2019 Astros that will be given serious consideration for the Hall of Fame will be pitchers (Verlander, Greinke, maybe Cole). The door just closed on Beltran, and no matter what guys like Altuve, Correia, Bregman, etc. do, I think they will be blackballed.

[@arimfshapiro7907]

Greinke is a big no. Cole is young, and has a whole lot of pitching to do before he gets in any HOF conversation. Verlander is a probable depending how this mess shakes out. Fuck Beltran. The others have to do what they've done for another ten years; then we'll talk HOF.

[@peted7687]

Hell yea Dodger fans are pissed! I'm Pissed!!!!

[@EEVOL]

AJ Hinch - "Bu bu bu but muh analytics-driven team doe!!"

[@SolitarySoldier]

Joe if you read the report. He wasnt the leader of this cora was. Hinch didn’t condone this. All im saying is if the redsox get suspended be ready for the yankees punishment next. The redsox if they get punished will talk to the boston globe and say the yankees did something too.

[@EEVOL]

@@SolitarySoldier Nah, there's nothing on the Yankees. MLB clarified the use of the bullpen phone as Larry Rothscild asking if a ball was a strike or not. That is NOT cheating. It was "improper use of a bullpen phone" according to the MLB, that was it. The Yankees were NEVER accused by the MLB of cheating and stealing signs like the Sox and Astros did. AJ Hinch is just as guilty as Cora no matter how you slice it!

[@SolitarySoldier]

Joe they all cheat. The yankees did something. Im telling you if the redsox get severely punished, they will play tit for tat and say the yankees did something. They probably did. The reason why they didnt get caught is because they knew other teams were doing it so if they ratted other teams out they were fucked

[@Yankee_Dood]

It’s so obvious to me the last 3 years that Bregman was up to no good every time camera would cut to him. It’s a shame that he gets off with nothing, dude looks sneaky in every game. Am I the only one noticing this?? This guy was definitely the ring leader I guess along with Beltran in 17, but for sure after Beltran left for the last two years. Almost feel bad for Hinch......almost, not really though.

[@yankeeluver100]

Funny to think the Astros lost all their home games in the 2019 World Series.

[@creates100]

They SHOULD'VE been stripped of the world series title.

[@ArcadeGame5]

Fans should protest this in Opening day , calling for a vacated title. It’s disgusting how easy the punishment was .

[@wacojohnnydean1777]

Like Bolo said to Van Dam in Bloodspoort: Cora and the Red Sox, YOU ARE NECKS!!! 👀

[@GSP-76]

Let's the Yankees and Dodgers play a 1 game "take it all" in spring training.

[@Peter_Larsen]

Unfortunately, this doesn't work, because we would never know if the Astros would've won fairly on not in either the ALCS or WS. Its the Barry Bonds argument: he probably would've hit a bunch of homeruns, and maybe even still held the record, but we can never know because of steroid use.

[@josegrullon024]

Micheal, i said the same thing with that final at bat last season altuve vs chapman. Looking at the at bat again and again. It looks as if he guessed it soooo perfectly. 99mhp, 98, to then sit on an 87 slider AWAY??? As a former baseball player. Its really hard to hit that. Its really fishy.🤷🏽‍♂️

[@bulleits]

To me, they should have gotten a punishment similar to what the NCAA does and ban them from the postseason for at least a year.

[@mouser003]

They should vacate the championship along with the Red Sox’s...the dodgers didn’t win but they sure as hell didn’t loose.

[@djmoendjlatinoentertainmen5259]

The players should get punished too for getting involved on cheating

[@TheWoodlandsMusicLessons]

I've been an astros fan since the early 70s. Screw em. Fire all of the players too.

[@MrSanjuPM]

So the Astros just took the mantle for the most hated team in MLB right now.

[@Cwmbran1984]

Ok wow AJ has been fired. Alex Cora I’d be watching your back now. Get your ‘P45 ready’, as we say in 🇬🇧 when you’re about to get fired or lose your job.

[@x-ray3431]

What is a P45?

[@Ryouski]

@@x-ray3431 Pew pew

[@Cwmbran1984]

X -Ray it’s a term we use in Britain, like a type of slang for being unemployed. The US equivalent is like ‘getting your pink slip’.

[@Cwmbran1984]

Well Cora has now his ‘P45/Pink Slip’.

[@rizzioni]

Astros need to be booed every time they take the field in every visiting stadium. They need to vacate the championship and any player awards need to be taken away.

[@johnwx25]

Cora and Beltran are next.

[@asiaroberson3442]

Beltran clear because he was a player on the team

[@johnwx25]

@Vincent Cuttolo you have a thing for Beltran? Idiot

[@johnwx25]

@Vincent Cuttolo no one is allowed an opinion but you? STFU and go troll someone else buttolo

[@courtgizzle]

Cora got fired too

[@robertocruz8429]

Somewhere in the world Pete Rose is smiling

[@antoniov.258]

I can't wait for baseball to start

[@KingPhoenix47]

Put Pete Rose in the Hall of Fame this is garbage should've been a bigger punishment

[@aaronkast1715]

Carlos Beltrans punishment is that he has to manage the Mets!!

[@Bs60182]

Aaron Kast haha yup!

[@skipbayless557]

Vacate the Astros Championship and Red Sox 2018 title as well.

[@garcia81ful]

They should investigate all mlb team not just one. Mlb should investigate ALL MLB TEAM

[@garcia81ful]

@Chadwicked B I agree 👍just the teams doing good the the standings

[@bryanking5454]

I think every player on the 2017 championship team should be fined the amount of any bonuses that they recieved because of winning the world series.

[@rickycalderon6220]

Weak penalty!

[@joetheastrosfan3460]

No it’s not

[@estilodevida6441]

If the "actors" in this movie are not hold responsible in participating in cheating then BRING BACK Pete Rose and apologize to Arod for suspending him!!

[@natrone23]

And give Shoeless Joe a Statue.

[@Platerpus7]

Estilo de Vida I agree

[@HillMadeMedia]

I agree with Don on this one.

[@bobtrambley6210]

Everyone involved in the cheating should be punished by suspensions in 2020. Every player should get an 80-game suspension. Every coach should be suspended for a period. I agree with Don every player and every coach including those that have left and manage other teams.

[@blahblahblah6]

The 2017 title should have been vacated.

[@bryc2675]

This is a slap on the wrist players shouldve been suspended and the title should have been vacated. Hinch and the GM should have been banned from baseball

[@rangergun]

5 million... that’s like pennies! Should take some rings away! Also should be 3-5 years of draft picks

[@samuelmoulds1016]

WOW!!! THAT IS REALLY, REALLY COLD!!! SIGN STEALING HAS ALWAYS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL!!

[@courtgizzle]

All the players shouldn’t get paid in the 2020 season

[@curtismartin9054]

No punishment for Cora or Beltran?