I’m sure this was written by an Astros supporter, I still think he is correct.
Nick Markakis frightens me
Yes, that’s a safe bet:
“To all the Astro haters out there: you can collectively EAD! I hope the bag you eat has an STD that will give you mouth sores so you lose the ability to talk.”
I might be mistaken, but wasn’t he one of the PED guys?
Never mind. He wasn’t one of those guys.
mob mentaliry is ugly
It’s crazy. I’m trying to think of another time in major sports where active players were openly calling for violence against other active players. Has this happened before?
The NFL back in the 60s. Sam Huff and guys of his generation.
I can’t wait till all these hypocrites have to eat crow and face the same music they are throwing our way! Long shot? Maybe, but as long as there are reporters with a job there is a story worth them digging to find and announce to the world.
How much of the outrage is the twitter effect? I wonder if this is what the blow back on steroids would have been like had there been twitter during that era? These type of things were being said in forums but not where players could see them without going to look for them.
I think it’s about 99-percent the twitter effect. Though had we just failed to kick the Yankees out of the postseason three times in the past 5 years that effect would not have quite the tenacity we see in it now. Also the offseason-effect augments it too, as there is nothing else to talk about. Then Jim Crane’s handling of it has been peculiarly awful. Everything amplified by, for, and on Twitter.
Don’t know if this has already been posted, but Astros County linked to a Harold Reynold’s tweet where he demolished the ideas that Altuve would never have expected a slider on the 2-1 Chapman offering, or that he ran to the dugout to ditch the evidence under his shirt. Nice to hear at least a little national pushback on the mob insanity.
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ESPN’s Buster Olney asks, “where is our pound of flesh?” Why is Manfred protecting the Astros?
WFW
President Trump should pardon the Astros.
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Or go fuck himself.
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I like the bit at the end where Joel Sherman suggests they suspend the team owner for 2 years.
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