Biggest cheaters: pitchers or hitters? Friday, February 14, 2020
But in terms of a ratio for the 100 years since the spitball has been outlawed, it would have to be astronomically more spitballs than stolen signs. Which makes the reaction to what the Houston Astros did even more absurd. I'm waiting for an active pitcher to confess and apologize for throwing spitballs ... out of conscience. Even more, how about someone quantifying the "edge" that so many, like Yankee general manager Brian Cashman, attribute to "knowing" what pitch is coming...
Today the Los Angeles Dodgers, who lost the 2017 World Series to the Astros, were the lead complainers featuring 2019 NL MVP Cody Bellinger. He complained that Astro second baseman Jose Altuve cheated Yankee Aaron Judge out of the 2017 AL MVP ...
The points were not really that close and Altuve got 27 of 30 first place votes, which are the types of things that get ignored throughout this silly "crisis"...
Altuve's 2017 home/road OPS splits: .834/1.081. 30% higher on the road. Did Cody Bellinger even bother to check before he ran his mouth? There are plenty of examples of people not checking, just babbling on.
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Carlos Correa addresses criticism of Astros
By Brian McTaggart @brianmctaggart February 15, 2020
Mike Fiers knows that Altuve didn’t use the trash can... Altuve’s integrity is going to be intact because of what was said today. Because he earned that MVP and nobody can take that away from him...
So when [Cody Bellinger] stands up there and says he cheated Judge out of an MVP? A guy that hit .400 on the road? Are you kidding me? That doesn’t sit well with me.
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Sounds credible to me. I'm not inclined to mindlessly be the umpteenth self righteous person to unnecessarily pile on. Be sure to watch the video interview included in the Correa article.
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