LOLEvidence of Beltre wearing a buzzer on his head:
View: https://twitter.com/QuadAplayer/status/824416834963329024
No, the Growth in his WAR is distinctly not Human.Does Trout show any of the signs of continued HGH usage?
HGH is not used for any thyroid condition.I haven't seen this posted in any of the threads yet, seems like this is the best place to put it:
We're reaching a new level of absurdity here. The MLB can't have people coming out of the woodwork taking snipes at random teams and players in some kind of dirty laundry arms race. And even if the above is true, what a supremely shitty thing to do to Trout if he actually does have a thyroid condition that requires it.
Yea, I should have thrown the IANAD disclaimer out there, had no idea if that was even a feasible reason.HGH is not used for any thyroid condition.
I agree. Except that: (1) we know the Astros already had a sophisticated way to cheat, (2) there were VERY SPECIFIC allegations made about Altuve wearing an electronic device on the inside of his right shoulder (exactly where that strange little wrinkle is), (3) we have video of him holding his shirt after the game (and series) winning HR, telling his teammates to not rip off his shirt, and (4) while his teammates were celebrating, Altuve went right to the clubhouse to change.yeah nothing is more "look at this photo of Nessie kissing Bigfoot" than the jersey-wrinkle analysis, circled as if it's obvious and 100% of people would agree on that conclusion.
View: https://twitter.com/battedball/status/1217963363541692418?s=21I'm pretty stunned by players just going out on a limb and calling players out. They must have all known that the Astros were up to stuff and were pissed about it. Now the dam has broken and they are coming for heads.
View: https://twitter.com/TphamLV/status/1217953635574976513
I saw that earlier. It's so funny.
I kind of agree. But Tommy Pham going out there and accusing Altuve of it is really something else.yeah nothing is more "look at this photo of Nessie kissing Bigfoot" than the jersey-wrinkle analysis, circled as if it's obvious and 100% of people would agree on that conclusion.
Pham lost a Game 5 to them where they utterly blasted Glasnow out of the gate. Don’t blame him.I kind of agree. But Tommy Pham going out there and accusing Altuve of it is really something else.
I'm not blaming him of anything, this is just a wild thing to watch unfold, with players accusing each other of cheating out there on the world wide web.Pham lost a Game 5 to them where they utterly blasted Glasnow out of the gate. Don’t blame him.
I agree; the dam has burst. The cheating could have cost both fringe players and regulars an incalculable amount of lost salary and championship bonuses.I'm not blaming him of anything, this is just a wild thing to watch unfold, with players accusing each other of cheating out there on the world wide web.
The Rays had Charlie Morton come over from Houston in 2019, who must have spilled the beans on all this stuff to his new team. Maybe he was their professor of defense against the dark arts?Pham lost a Game 5 to them where they utterly blasted Glasnow out of the gate. Don’t blame him.
I don’t know, I analyze frames for a living and to me - it looks like Josh Beckett has put on a few extra pounds.yeah nothing is more "look at this photo of Nessie kissing Bigfoot" than the jersey-wrinkle analysis, circled as if it's obvious and 100% of people would agree on that conclusion.
This is going to get ugly.I'm not blaming him of anything, this is just a wild thing to watch unfold, with players accusing each other of cheating out there on the world wide web.
In the comments he says he has never witnessed cheating that crossed the line like this before, and he has been around the block a bit.
I appreciated this, thanks for posting
Buster Olney said something along these lines on his podcast today. Said that the Astros might have thought it wasn’t that bad since teams sometimes skirt the line, but for lots of teams learning what the Astros did was clearly way over the line.In the comments he says he has never witnessed cheating that crossed the line like this before, and he has been around the block a bit.
Seems like what the Stros were doing really crossed the kind for a lot of opposing teams.
Worth it for the Thor joke at the endI appreciated this, thanks for posting
It's interesting to see how the views on stuff like this have changed so radically over time. It seems to me that stuff like spitballs and corked bats was always treated with a "boys will be boys" attitude and largely forgotten if and when someone was caught. Maybe its different now that getting an edge can result in someone getting a nine figure contract.Buster Olney said something along these lines on his podcast today. Said that the Astros might have thought it wasn’t that bad since teams sometimes skirt the line, but for lots of teams learning what the Astros did was clearly way over the line.
The Astros set up a system that only they had access to.It's interesting to see how the views on stuff like this have changed so radically over time. It seems to me that stuff like spitballs and corked bats was always treated with a "boys will be boys" attitude and largely forgotten if and when someone was caught. Maybe its different now that getting an edge can result in someone getting a nine figure contract.
Did the USA have a national PEDs program for the olympics?Cheating always sounds worse when you’re the visionary. Same thing happened with steroids - the USSR was much better at them so they were villainized here.
I recall corked bats being taken fairly seriously in the 80's - 90's. My memory is fuzzy but I recall a above the fold infographic in the USA Today showing what a corked bat was and why it would have been advantageous after someone had been caught. That said, I'm sure if someone today had their bat explode revealing that it was corked it would be wall-to-wall coverage and outrage for at least 24 hours until the next squirrel grabbed social media's attention.It's interesting to see how the views on stuff like this have changed so radically over time. It seems to me that stuff like spitballs and corked bats was always treated with a "boys will be boys" attitude and largely forgotten if and when someone was caught. Maybe its different now that getting an edge can result in someone getting a nine figure contract.
"I'm going to whistle-blow this thing now because I'm getting tired of this crap," McDowell told the station.
McDowell then said that La Russa, who managed the White Sox from 1979 to 1986, was the one who had the system installed. McDowell debuted with Chicago in 1987, the season after La Russa left
Pretty similar accusations to Houston’s scheme, with a Gatorade sign in place of a trash can:
Speaking to WFNZ-AM in Charlotte, where he serves as baseball coach for Queens University, McDowell said the White Sox had a camera zoomed in on opposing catchers and a light in an outfield Gatorade sign that could be controlled from the manager's office and would presumably let hitters know which pitches were coming.
Not necessarily total hearsay. From the article:McDowell's first season with the White Sox was in '87, which was his major league debut. LaRussa was gone after the '86 season.
So either the White Sox kept LaRussa's system going for years, or McDowell is repeating hearsay.
Meant as a rhetorical question but my friend was a 1988 Olympian (non-track) and had friends on the US track team. He told me later that all of them were doing it, keep in mind that was the year of Ben Johnson.Did the USA have a national PEDs program for the olympics?