Admiralporkchops587 t1_iv91wan wrote on November 6, 2022 at 5:45 AM

Reply to comment by lonekthx in The Houston Astros have won the World Series by YnwaMquc2k19

A lot of teams cheated at the same time. Astros were just the only ones who got punished. If you kicked out all the cheaters you’d have no players left.

lonekthx t1_iv924c8 wrote on November 6, 2022 at 5:48 AM

Yes. They were doing similar things. The Astros didn’t stop after the league told the teams to stop.

Admiralporkchops587 t1_iv92dor wrote on November 6, 2022 at 5:51 AM

I’m not saying they shouldn’t have been punished. Cheating is cheating. But to say the players that are still on the team (which is very few) shouldn’t be in the league is absolute non-sense. 90% of this team players and coaches were not there in 2017. This team deserves the win and it’s a disgrace that fans are just blanket name calling a team when they are just flat out wrong.

lonekthx t1_iv92qd6 wrote on November 6, 2022 at 5:55 AM

When you benefit from having cheaters still on the team, you deserve the criticism. Cheaters should be out of the league. Full stop. The players were not punished for their actions and it’s a disgrace that people are defending them.

Don’t care what team they play on. If you cheat, you should be gone to try and keep what little integrity the game has left.

Admiralporkchops587 t1_iv938mz wrote on November 6, 2022 at 6:02 AM

By that logic get rid of 90% of the pitchers in the league. Oh wait, you can’t because then no one would watch the sport.

What you are suggesting is a fools pipe dream. It’s all about money and it’s the same reason the Yankees dodgers and Red Sox didn’t get punished. You say cheaters are cheaters. So the MLB should have punished them at first notice along with the Astros. But instead they told everyone to stop, Astros got caught and everyone else came out unscathed.

What you are suggesting for the ‘integrity’ of the game is just plain dumb.

lonekthx t1_ivgnx0q wrote on November 7, 2022 at 8:54 PM

Then let the game die if it can’t exist without cheating. Especially with the advent of legalized sports gambling. They should be straining to keep the game clean rather than just laying on the bullshit line of “everyone cheats.”