OT Red Sox - say it ain't so Alex

[wc1934]

Yikes!!! 2nd thread - same topic.
My home teams are taking a beating.

https://www.bostonglobe.com/sports/r...BpI/story.html

[veloduffer]

Coupled with the Patriots Deflate-Gate and video spying, Boston championships are looking like the equivalent of Lance’s TdF wins.


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[kohagen]

Originally Posted by veloduffer

Coupled with the Patriots Deflate-Gate and video spying, Boston championships are looking like the equivalent of Lance’s TdF wins.


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Ouch! That stings!

[MattTuck]

Indeed, "[Insert Boston Sports Figure] ran the most sophisticated [Insert alleged misdeed] programme ever"

[SpaceOdyssey]

Connect the dots

Houston followed by Red Sox = Alex Cora

[saab2000]

When people start getting year-long bans, or longer, it’ll change.

[EDS]

Originally Posted by saab2000

When people start getting year-long bans, or longer, it’ll change.

If I were MLB I would fine owners and have the team forfeit draft picks - Hitting ownership's wallet in the short term (the fine) and long term (lack of draft capital can result in a lack of young, cheap talent going forward).

[72gmc]

Originally Posted by EDS

(lack of draft capital can result in a lack of young, cheap talent going forward).

some baseball teams may not be afraid of having no future (I live in Seattle)

[veloduffer]

Originally Posted by 72gmc

some baseball teams may not be afraid of having no future (I live in Seattle)

That was funny, but sadly true (add the Orioles).



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[madsciencenow]

Originally Posted by veloduffer

That was funny, but sadly true (add the Orioles).



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I kinda thought Seattle was at least pretending whereas the O’s just resigned themselves to sucking. Could be that as a BoSox fan I’m more tuned in to the AL East too. Regardless, the business of the game is becoming ever more apparent.


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[Mr. Pink]

Originally Posted by madsciencenow

I kinda thought Seattle was at least pretending whereas the O’s just resigned themselves to sucking. Could be that as a BoSox fan I’m more tuned in to the AL East too. Regardless, the business of the game is becoming ever more apparent.


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The Os will never be winners under current ownership. They refuse to play in the expensive free agent game. Which is good for me, because I'm a Yankees fan, and spend a lot of time in Baltimore, so I can walk up to the window and buy a good seat face value at Camden, a really nice ballpark. I swear there are more Yankee and Sox fans in the seats when they visit.

Speaking of managers, I'd like to see Buck Showalter get a job with a good team again. He did wonders with what was an awful Oriole team when they hired him for his last job, but, alas, he needed some support from the top at trade and free agent time, and never got it.

[cgolvin]

Originally Posted by EDS

If I were MLB I would fine owners and have the team forfeit draft picks - Hitting ownership's wallet in the short term (the fine) and long term (lack of draft capital can result in a lack of young, cheap talent going forward).

Well this was a prescient comment, did MLB consult you? ;-)

Realistically, the fine is minimal ($5M, maximum allowed), especially in light of the 2018 profit increase attributed to the 2017 championship, which I recall reading was in the $65M range.

In addition, because the Astros will remain a good team they will draft at the back end in the affected years so the lost draft picks are of much lower value.

As a Dodger fan it provides little solace. Maybe the city should put on championship parades, with Dave Roberts riding in a clown car down Figueroa with a papier mache trophy. I especially feel for Kershaw (though he has plenty of other postseason mishaps that one can't attribute to cheating…for now).

[EDS]

Originally Posted by cgolvin

Well this was a prescient comment, did MLB consult you? ;-)

Realistically, the fine is minimal ($5M, maximum allowed), especially in light of the 2018 profit increase attributed to the 2017 championship, which I recall reading was in the $65M range.

In addition, because the Astros will remain a good team they will draft at the back end in the affected years so the lost draft picks are of much lower value.

As a Dodger fan it provides little solace. Maybe the city should put on championship parades, with Dave Roberts riding in a clown car down Figueroa with a papier mache trophy. I especially feel for Kershaw (though he has plenty of other postseason mishaps that one can't attribute to cheating…for now).

Ha! They did not, but for sure my post is where they got the idea!

That said, I did not know about the fine limitation. It is such small dollars for an owner that I do not think it is a sufficient penalty.

[trener1]

Yeah $5 million for a MLB team is a joke.
Considering that the value of some of these teams is in the billions.

[XXtwindad]

Now comes more allegations of Tony LaRussa cheating. Is nothing sacred?

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mlb...cid=spartanntp