As a liberal democrat, I’ll tell you that my friends mostly all liberal democrats believe that Jessica Mendoza’s comments and opinions are wrong. Also, Chris was dead wrong when he tried to argue this was the same as stealing signs on the field where the tech was not used.
Yes! I agree! That guy needs some soul-searching if he thinks using technology to steal signs in baseball is A-OK. If you use your eyesight to steal signs, it's ok. Obviously, the commissioner of baseball is NOT ok with using this technological method of cheating, if he just levied a pretty big suspension to the former Astros GM and Manager. It wasn't a big enough suspension, though. Baseball's draft is 40 rounds! Football's draft is 7. A Patriots penalty of one first round draft pick would hurt, IF Goddell ever fined his beloved Patriots for their cheating ways. A first round pick for the Astros would not hurt so much at all. The $5 million dollar fine that the commish slapped the Houston Astros owner with is couch-cushion-searching pocket change, as he is a billionaire. He could wipe his own butt with $5 million bucks and would laugh himself into a frenzy. The Astros players complicit in the cheating scandal, like Jose Altuve, are not going to be suspended by the league. The MLB players union is toooo strong. The team gets to keep their 2017 World Series Championship trophy. This Astros team got off pretty light, all things considering. They aren't untouchable, like the Patriots, but they dodged a pretty big bullet, nonetheless.
This is where we are at today?? The guy that grew a conscience is the bad guy? Not the assholes corrupting the game. Geez, wtf. Honor, integrity, strength of character are OUT the window both in the sport and in the media that covers it with the exception of Eisen and a select few it seems.
Jessica Mendoza is an Assistant to The Mets GM as well as broadcasting baseball. That is a conflict of interest. Get rid of that or shut up. Mendoza has no credibility.
@@bigunone yeah but my team plays about 7 games on Sunday night against big time rivals so I'm stuck watching their dumb asses. Half the broadcast is focused with them sittings in the booth not talking about baseball. They constantly miss showing hits and strikeouts ESPN baseball production crew is just as bad
What the heck is Chris talking about here? There is a very solid line between gamesmanship and what the Astros did. Mike Fiers went to the reporter about cheating, not gamesmanship. If you’re not cheating, then I don’t see why you would have a problem with what Mike Fiers did.
What Mike Fiers did doesn't sit well with Jessica Mendoza? Bet he's losing a lot of sleep over that one. Fiers is probably channeling his inner Bill Tobin: "Who the hell is Jessica Mendoza, anyway? Jessica Mendoza has no more credentials to do what she's doing than my neighbor. And my neighbor's a postman ..."
that Mendoza woman spoke like a perfect latina..I'm a latino myself and that's what we see all the time in our countries. We'll attack whistleblowers as "traitors" or "goody two shoes" and praise druglords, conmen, etc.
and to point out the obvious that almost all these players are latino's so she is trying to protect them instead of being honest. the whole league knew the stros were stealing signs.
@@morgott13 exactly..that's human nature i guess. We all protect our own and struggle to be fair and honest. Altuve, Beltran..Cora...all latino..all probably friends with her and perhaps ppl she covers and put money in her pocket
Lostit777 he certainly let the “Boston fandom” in him come right out with that comment, what I say to him and any other Red Sox fan that’s desperately reaching to mix the Yankees into this scandal, enjoy your tainted 2018 WS title knuckleheads. Smdh.
I think it was a heroic thing he did even if he did it late...good for Fiers and good for the game because it had been (unkbeknownst to many of us fans) what we thought were fair contests were essentially corrupted. Mendoza's name is close to the word mendacious and the resemblance is appropriate it seems. Her comments were indicative of someone who values loyalty to your team over integrity of the sport. Pathetic and despicable I think.
A.J. Hinch laughed at his accusers and challenged someone to put their name on an accusation. Mr. Hinch meet Mr. Fiers and Mr. Farquhar. So, how's the unexpected job hunt going, AJ.?
Don’t understand brockmans reasoning If you’re using an outside tool to steal signs that’s cheating If you use a player at 2nd and your wits it’s gamesmanship been that way since baseball became a professional sport it’s not hard to comprehend
Chris... this is not just a difference of opinion. Clearly the league and most pundits across all of sports believe it to be wrong and a clear violation of the rules. But yea... u stand on that hill that you dont believe its a big deal. Your opinion is the minority and according to those that matter in baseball... they categorically dictate youre wrong lol
And look at it too... it was spreading beyond. Clearly effective as Cora and the Red Soc not only benefitted from it... won a world series. But he also took it a step further all from what they learned and got away with in the Astros organization. How far would it have to go before it became realized across the league without the call out? And how long are the games tainted and the wrong team crowned champion? But Jessica doesnt feel good about it lol And Chris doesnt think its a big deal. Morons
Exactly, we blame the manager and gm for not stopping it, or not knowing supposedly in Lunhow's case. Then in the same breathe roast the guy who essentially stopped it? And MLB never said why they stopped. You telling me they did in 2017, then at some point in 2018 just decided "ehhh let's drop it?!!??!" The only reason they stopped is probably because they got spooked and then went to the buzzer!
@Karafallout 1992 MLB said the video room use to steal signs stopped in 2018. The question is why?Did someone finally put an end to it, or did they move on to something else.
Jessica... WOW. Shame the guy who comes clean? And you are so head in the sand to not know how many other teams have turned the 'Stros in for stealing signs? Unreal.
@@Jevildury baseball has long claimed to self-police... If Fiers is released for revealing being honest and talking about the Astros secrets, that illusion is gone forever... along with any credibility baseball has left.
@@Jevildury haha oh? Being honest sort of implies telling the truth because you feel it's the right thing to do. How can you be honest by keeping secrets?
The WS championship should be vacated for both the 2017 and 2018 seasons because of the cheating scandals by Houston and Boston. My Dodgers lost both WS, but it wouldn't feel good for the league to "award" them those world championships, just because the Astros and Red Sox cheated. I think the league should just vacate the two years. In the Sports almanacs, just say nobody won the Series for both years. Vacated.
"How do you think its not cheating?" Gamesmanship? Ok, so let's start placing cameras and mics on opposite locker rooms to steal info, lets start wire tapping GM´s and coaches phone calls, let's start hacking computer systems to steal signs and info. Its amazing that somebody who appears on TV can blatantly defend cheating as this Chris does. Shame on him.
RESPECT FIERS. 2020: I say every Los Angeles Dodgers fan customizes a Dodgers jersey with the name FIERS on the back. Wear it as much as often this season. Warped mind. BRILLIANT, I love it.
If Fiers is such a brave hero for going public, then why isn't he brave enough to pitch against the Astros instead of finding a way to get "skipped" every A's/Astros series?
I totally agree with R.E. FOR TELLING THE OTHER GUY "YOU HAVE A WARPED MIND". You know some people just shouldnt be sport analyst! Some have no frigen idea what there talking about!!!!
Spot on Rich. Wild times we live in where the cheater is looked at more favorably than the person who called them out. And for those that don't think gaining signs like that is not a big advantage, then you haven't played the game.
OK. Everybody chill out. I demand a whole investigation of each of the other 29 teams and see what kind of electronic resources they were using to help themselves. Let's open that Pandora box and see what happens. Anybody thinking Astros were the only ones doing that is naive. Let's do it
There is no honor code in baseball. You can get a 95 mph fastball to your head because you stared too long at a homer or flipped a bat. That’s how stupid baseball is.
I think if the Astros got stripped of the title and the players asked to pay back the bonus, Fiers wouldn't have a problem with complying. I don't see the point of Fiers going out of his way to do all those things himself.
Rich is 100% right I think many fans agree with him. His side-kick is almost always on the wrong side of every disagreement and is shady as hell - no moral compass whatsoever. He seems unable to make the distinction between what is cheating and what is gamesmanship and is either intentionally thick for drama or...well it comes naturally. Good for Rich to emphatically state that we want a clean up and up baseball "product".
Fiers said because hound pitcher were getting lit up, that’s a good reason because not everyone is a top prospect who gets multiple chances at the big leagues, for some prospects you get on shot and for what you’ve worked for your entire life to be taken away by cheaters is terrible
Chris!!! The perpetrators (however many) no doubt had to go to PAINSTAKING lengths to get this electronic equipment set up and operating properly for their own benefit - and you are STILL!! gonna classify that as gamesmanship?????? You are out of your friggin’ mind .... 😡😡
Mike Fiers, the fans of the game owe you a standing ovation. Thank you sir for doing the job that the commissioner did not do in the first place. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
This is starting to feel like what happened with the steroid scandal, players and in particular, batters gained an advantage that put more runs on the board, baseball games became more exciting as a result so the cheating was overlooked by everyone involved because it benefited the bottom line.
I see it both ways. Stand on second and flash signs to the batter, that's good cheating. Use a center field camera with a sophisticated system to relay signals to the batter, that's bad cheating.
Using your wits to decipher the sign is NOT cheating... Using technology to do it IS! Thats the literal rules of the game... MLB knew they were cheating and gave them a verbal warning that is all you need to know. Its not a team problem... Its a MLB thing they are just corrupt.
What is up wit sidekick? Is he alright. Deception is a pitchers strongest strength. Wearing buzzers and using technology, i mean it not even competative at that point.
I wholeheartedly agree Rich. Soon stealing from second is something you've earned. And it's something both teams can do. Having a special camera and special setup in your home stadium that the other team doesn't have isn't gamesmanship... It's cheating.
Jessica is in a league of her own on this. She's protecting cheaters. Mike Fiers deserves recognition, not condemnation. As for Chris, he is missing the point altogether on Fiers. In the midst of this scandal, which affects the outcomes of games and corrupts the sport of baseball, he's arguing against the one guy willing to reveal it.
Rich Eisen has the best take on this whole situation. You can’t take the banner down. Tainted, but not discarded. The players should be punished though. Great take Rich!
Mike Fiers played in all of those games, of course he deserves the bonus. Regardless of the fact he clocked in and at the end of the game clocked out, so of course he deserves to be paid..What if he got hurt during the game or something.
Someone had too step up unanimously or it would be. B story some wouldn't believe. Fiers did. Some will label him as a bad ex teammate, rat, snitch, or a mediocre player using this too get his name out there. But he did the right thing.
There is a massive difference between a guy who can figure out signs standing on second and placing your own camera pointed at the catcher and relaying what the pitch is going to be in real time. I truly believe anyone who thinks otherwise just doesn’t know baseball. Chris, players around the league have spoken about how upsetting this system is.
"Cheating is okay as long as you don't get caught" - Jessica Mendoza
Jessica Mendoza is probably a liberal/Democrat who loves all things/people who don't follow the law as well as being anti morals/values/ethics.
@@nickt1262 She sounds more like a crooked cop to me.
As a liberal democrat, I’ll tell you that my friends mostly all liberal democrats believe that Jessica Mendoza’s comments and opinions are wrong. Also, Chris was dead wrong when he tried to argue this was the same as stealing signs on the field where the tech was not used.
Total idiot
Snitches get stitches? Go back to the time machine and get out in the 50s where you belong.
Bahaha she couldn't even read the commissioners 9 page report
ESPN get rid of her for lying just like Beltran
Don't watch Sunday baseball because of her and A Rod , the only reason she has a job is ESPN wants to show how enlightened they are
@@bigunone I thought they had her in the booth for all her MLB experience...
I am SO GLAD Rich told him on camera he has a warped mind for thinking that.
HyPrix he was hurt when he heard Rich say that 😂
well said Rich, you're sidekick needs to get his morals straight
Absolutly! I don't get his arguments... electronic sign stealing IS NOT THE SAME as "stealing" with the human eye / brain!!
Yes! I agree! That guy needs some soul-searching if he thinks using technology to steal signs in baseball is A-OK. If you use your eyesight to steal signs, it's ok. Obviously, the commissioner of baseball is NOT ok with using this technological method of cheating, if he just levied a pretty big suspension to the former Astros GM and Manager. It wasn't a big enough suspension, though. Baseball's draft is 40 rounds! Football's draft is 7. A Patriots penalty of one first round draft pick would hurt, IF Goddell ever fined his beloved Patriots for their cheating ways. A first round pick for the Astros would not hurt so much at all. The $5 million dollar fine that the commish slapped the Houston Astros owner with is couch-cushion-searching pocket change, as he is a billionaire. He could wipe his own butt with $5 million bucks and would laugh himself into a frenzy. The Astros players complicit in the cheating scandal, like Jose Altuve, are not going to be suspended by the league. The MLB players union is toooo strong. The team gets to keep their 2017 World Series Championship trophy. This Astros team got off pretty light, all things considering. They aren't untouchable, like the Patriots, but they dodged a pretty big bullet, nonetheless.
He's right. You scream "foul" after the fact. Unless he gives back that ring and bonus, it's hypocrisy at its finest
Russ Richer he didnt even play during the playoffs ...
my love songs soul searching doesn't get you that money
This is where we are at today?? The guy that grew a conscience is the bad guy? Not the assholes corrupting the game. Geez, wtf. Honor, integrity, strength of character are OUT the window both in the sport and in the media that covers it with the exception of Eisen and a select few it seems.
Dean Allen ...well said...
👍👍👍🙌🙌🙌
I totally agree.
Best comment of the year! You got my vote.
Criss es un pendejo
Jessica Mendoza is an Assistant to The Mets GM as well as broadcasting baseball. That is a conflict of interest. Get rid of that or shut up. Mendoza has no credibility.
at least she swallows albeit "hard to swallow"
She no longer works for the Mets. That's a price to pay for condoning and advocating attacking a whistleblower.
I do believe her!
She should be let go from sunday night baseball
One can only hope, please she is sooooo bad at commentating
@Kao Saechao quit watching because of her and A$$ rod
@@bigunone yeah but my team plays about 7 games on Sunday night against big time rivals so I'm stuck watching their dumb asses.
Half the broadcast is focused with them sittings in the booth not talking about baseball. They constantly miss showing hits and strikeouts
ESPN baseball production crew is just as bad
I rather drink a glass of buzzard puke instead of having to listen to her and ARod on Sunday night they suck pond water cheaterssssss!
What the heck is Chris talking about here? There is a very solid line between gamesmanship and what the Astros did. Mike Fiers went to the reporter about cheating, not gamesmanship.
If you’re not cheating, then I don’t see why you would have a problem with what Mike Fiers did.
What Mike Fiers did doesn't sit well with Jessica Mendoza? Bet he's losing a lot of sleep over that one. Fiers is probably channeling his inner Bill Tobin: "Who the hell is Jessica Mendoza, anyway? Jessica Mendoza has no more credentials to do what she's doing than my neighbor. And my neighbor's a postman ..."
Mendoza works for the Mets so what she originally said was the first public statements from a Mets employee.
that Mendoza woman spoke like a perfect latina..I'm a latino myself and that's what we see all the time in our countries. We'll attack whistleblowers as "traitors" or "goody two shoes" and praise druglords, conmen, etc.
I was about to say the ExAcT same thing . Right on point .
and to point out the obvious that almost all these players are latino's so she is trying to protect them instead of being honest. the whole league knew the stros were stealing signs.
@GGG GULFTONxGHETTOxGANG totally agree with u...he's no innocent little kid either...he only snitched because he got clobbered by his old boys lol
@@morgott13 exactly..that's human nature i guess. We all protect our own and struggle to be fair and honest. Altuve, Beltran..Cora...all latino..all probably friends with her and perhaps ppl she covers and put money in her pocket
Maybe that’s why Mexico is a shitty county
Chris is delusional
Spoken like a true Masshole defending his cheating franchises Red Sox and Patriots.
@@Lostit777 fr
His Boston really came out
Lostit777 he certainly let the “Boston fandom” in him come right out with that comment, what I say to him and any other Red Sox fan that’s desperately reaching to mix the Yankees into this scandal, enjoy your tainted 2018 WS title knuckleheads. Smdh.
Glad to see this thread, what a Boston homer! Jesus Christ...
I couldn't care less about fiers I'm just glad it was found out.
I think it was a heroic thing he did even if he did it late...good for Fiers and good for the game because it had been (unkbeknownst to many of us fans) what we thought were fair contests were essentially corrupted. Mendoza's name is close to the word mendacious and the resemblance is appropriate it seems. Her comments were indicative of someone who values loyalty to your team over integrity of the sport. Pathetic and despicable I think.
Wow, that Mendoza woman is pretty awful.
Hephaestus she’s trying to run with the big boys. She’s clueless
I'll say this. A garbage can probably wasn't all the Astros players were banging. She seems pretty butthurt. They were probably banging her, too!
HA! That's exactly what I was thinking when I heard her "expertise". She just wants to stay in the club in case she wants to blow some of them later
A.J. Hinch laughed at his accusers and challenged someone to put their name on an accusation. Mr. Hinch meet Mr. Fiers and Mr. Farquhar.
So, how's the unexpected job hunt going, AJ.?
I’m sure he is counting his millions aside from that
He is at home counting his 80 million dollar net worth . Sucks to be that guy . I mean how do you survive on that kind of money ?
ZL1Speed43
It’s a tragedy
Respect for Mike Fiers and Rich Eisen.
Chris sounds like a Pats fan.
Dislike is for Chris.
Hahaha!! I fuckin love how Rich hit em with that "With all due respect" line!! 👌🤣🤣
Eisen's right.
The other guy... Chris... Is either clueless or stubborn.
If i were Rich, i wouldn't have that guy on my show anymore!
He’s a Red Sox fan, and patriot fan... that’s all that really needs to be explained
he's a legal moron
Don’t understand brockmans reasoning
If you’re using an outside tool to steal signs that’s cheating
If you use a player at 2nd and your wits it’s gamesmanship been that way since baseball became a professional sport it’s not hard to comprehend
Agreed! Chris is warped!
Nope. Totally disagree. It was jomboy media. Not the Dodgers. Not the Yankees. Not MLB. Fiers confirmed it.
reginaldino enchillada
Jomboy confirmed it AFTER Fiers blew the whistle.
@gothatway09 and since Jessica Mendoza is so butthurt over Fiers blowing the whistle, the Astros were probably banging HER, too!
Chris... this is not just a difference of opinion. Clearly the league and most pundits across all of sports believe it to be wrong and a clear violation of the rules. But yea... u stand on that hill that you dont believe its a big deal. Your opinion is the minority and according to those that matter in baseball... they categorically dictate youre wrong lol
Hes a redsox fan
Its entertainment morons stop getting so worked up
The guy with all the Patriots stuff on his desk thinks its not cheating 🤔
gimme a break eisen, how about the altuve homer and then rounding the bases with a death grip on his jersey. he knew that pitch was coming
All responsibility falls on Astro management. How and why it was exposed is not relevant.
And look at it too... it was spreading beyond. Clearly effective as Cora and the Red Soc not only benefitted from it... won a world series. But he also took it a step further all from what they learned and got away with in the Astros organization. How far would it have to go before it became realized across the league without the call out? And how long are the games tainted and the wrong team crowned champion? But Jessica doesnt feel good about it lol And Chris doesnt think its a big deal. Morons
Def is relevant
The players need to pay for this. End of story
Exactly, we blame the manager and gm for not stopping it, or not knowing supposedly in Lunhow's case. Then in the same breathe roast the guy who essentially stopped it? And MLB never said why they stopped. You telling me they did in 2017, then at some point in 2018 just decided "ehhh let's drop it?!!??!" The only reason they stopped is probably because they got spooked and then went to the buzzer!
@Karafallout 1992 MLB said the video room use to steal signs stopped in 2018. The question is why?Did someone finally put an end to it, or did they move on to something else.
@Karafallout 1992 and they probably started the Jessica Mendoza banging at that point.
Stealing signs electronically to gain an advantage in real time is akin to insider trading on Wall Street.
Really Jessica? You're more interested about protecting your teammates than the integrity of the game? Seriously?
Jessica... WOW. Shame the guy who comes clean? And you are so head in the sand to not know how many other teams have turned the 'Stros in for stealing signs? Unreal.
Nah bro that's snitching if you go public That's gonna effect his team they'll probably release him
@@Jevildury baseball has long claimed to self-police... If Fiers is released for revealing being honest and talking about the Astros secrets, that illusion is gone forever... along with any credibility baseball has left.
@@shuatreee yeah if you say so.
@@shuatreee you can be honest by not telling no one had a gun to his head
@@Jevildury haha oh? Being honest sort of implies telling the truth because you feel it's the right thing to do. How can you be honest by keeping secrets?
Thanks Mike. You did well and thank you again
I just don't see how this story can possibly end without stripping the Astros of the World Series. This story is mushrooming by the day.
The WS championship should be vacated for both the 2017 and 2018 seasons because of the cheating scandals by Houston and Boston. My Dodgers lost both WS, but it wouldn't feel good for the league to "award" them those world championships, just because the Astros and Red Sox cheated. I think the league should just vacate the two years. In the Sports almanacs, just say nobody won the Series for both years. Vacated.
@@mylovesongs2429 Agree.
@@mylovesongs2429 Um, go back and look. Boston was doing the same crap!
@@mylovesongs2429 sorry. LA got hosed
You're exactly correct Rich!
"How do you think its not cheating?" Gamesmanship? Ok, so let's start placing cameras and mics on opposite locker rooms to steal info, lets start wire tapping GM´s and coaches phone calls, let's start hacking computer systems to steal signs and info. Its amazing that somebody who appears on TV can blatantly defend cheating as this Chris does. Shame on him.
Mony de Swaan haha excellent comment
Baldy doesn't know what he's talking about
They were WARNED by MLB not to do it ffs
You're absolutely spot on Rich!! Was a fan of yours before this, am an even bigger fan now.
RESPECT FIERS. 2020: I say every Los Angeles Dodgers fan customizes a Dodgers jersey with the name FIERS on the back. Wear it as much as often this season.
Warped mind. BRILLIANT, I love it.
If Fiers is such a brave hero for going public, then why isn't he brave enough to pitch against the Astros instead of finding a way to get "skipped" every A's/Astros series?
I totally agree with R.E. FOR TELLING THE OTHER GUY "YOU HAVE A WARPED MIND". You know some people just shouldnt be sport analyst! Some have no frigen idea what there talking about!!!!
Spot on Rich. Wild times we live in where the cheater is looked at more favorably than the person who called them out. And for those that don't think gaining signs like that is not a big advantage, then you haven't played the game.
Respect Eisen.
Maybe He called Out because the people who were supposed to do something didn't.
Jessica I have question for you,what would you tell a women that's sexually harassed keep it in family or go public?
Amazing that Mendoza gets a paycheck. Wow~, just wow.
Is Chris an Astros fan?
Evidently.
No he's just a prick with ears!
I can’t wait for the movie.
OK. Everybody chill out. I demand a whole investigation of each of the other 29 teams and see what kind of electronic resources they were using to help themselves. Let's open that Pandora box and see what happens. Anybody thinking Astros were the only ones doing that is naive. Let's do it
Totally Agree!!!!!!!! Astros just got caught!!!!!!!!
NONSENSE!
Character self-assassination...
Well done Jessica
All teams cheat in Baseball, Astros just got caught. Remember they did win championship on the road
The huge lead helps verlander’s confidence.
CORA AND BELTRAN BROUGHT IT THE QUESTION IS WHERE DID THEY LEARN IT??? PROBABLY YOUR FAVORITE TEAM
Why did Fiers wait two years later to say the Astros cheated their way to the World Series and why didn’t he expose them while he was with the team?
wheres the interview with Mike Fiers since he's brought this to the public???
West Point Honor Code something like--"I will not lie, cheat, steal nor tolerate those that do." What is the honor code of MLB? Is there any?
There is no honor code in baseball. You can get a 95 mph fastball to your head because you stared too long at a homer or flipped a bat.
That’s how stupid baseball is.
I think if the Astros got stripped of the title and the players asked to pay back the bonus, Fiers wouldn't have a problem with complying. I don't see the point of Fiers going out of his way to do all those things himself.
Rich is 100% right I think many fans agree with him. His side-kick is almost always on the wrong side of every disagreement and is shady as hell - no moral compass whatsoever. He seems unable to make the distinction between what is cheating and what is gamesmanship and is either intentionally thick for drama or...well it comes naturally. Good for Rich to emphatically state that we want a clean up and up baseball "product".
Fiers said because hound pitcher were getting lit up, that’s a good reason because not everyone is a top prospect who gets multiple chances at the big leagues, for some prospects you get on shot and for what you’ve worked for your entire life to be taken away by cheaters is terrible
Chris!!! The perpetrators (however many) no doubt had to go to PAINSTAKING lengths to get this electronic equipment set up and operating properly for their own benefit - and you are STILL!! gonna classify that as gamesmanship?????? You are out of your friggin’ mind .... 😡😡
Shout out to Rich for calling it like it is. Not too many people willing to do that nowadays.
Mike Fiers, the fans of the game owe you a standing ovation. Thank you sir for doing the job that the commissioner did not do in the first place. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
100000000000%%%!!!!!!!!
Of course it doesn’t work every time but what if it just works at the right time. That’s all the edge a good team needs.
chris just represents the average brain locked, what me worried frat boy sports fan.
This is starting to feel like what happened with the steroid scandal, players and in particular, batters gained an advantage that put more runs on the board, baseball games became more exciting as a result so the cheating was overlooked by everyone involved because it benefited the bottom line.
I totally agree with Chris!! I wouldn’t like Miers in my team never!
Buzzergate. Can't wait to hear from the Astros that the equipment manager has been promoted to head baseball scout in Outer Mongolia.
Damn Rich! He just set his side kick straight!
FIERS spoke up. Good job dude
Thank You JOMBOY!
MLB knew....but when it went public, Manfred HAD to act. Fiers has done more the the 'integrity' of baseball than Manfred ever will.
“Let’s send Verlander out for the 9th inning...” a much easier decision with I’ll gotten run support
Not all heroes wear capes!
@2:36 - Exactly!
Are we ignoring that for the majority of the Astros wins in the 2017 playoffs were the result of their pitching?
maybe chris thinks cheating is normal and this why he doesn't see any wrong doing by the cheaters
Rumalo M well you notice the patriots helmet on his desk, I’m sure he doesn’t have any problem with cheating
Yea, now blow it on the Yankees, Sox, and the other 27 teams!! THEY ALL DO IT!!! AND WE HAVE PROOF!
Rob Manfred should step down, bring in a second party investigator. Rob Manfred is hiding information from the fans.
I see it both ways.
Stand on second and flash signs to the batter, that's good cheating.
Use a center field camera with a sophisticated system to relay signals to the batter, that's bad cheating.
Using your wits to decipher the sign is NOT cheating... Using technology to do it IS! Thats the literal rules of the game... MLB knew they were cheating and gave them a verbal warning that is all you need to know. Its not a team problem... Its a MLB thing they are just corrupt.
@@spenserswain7885 Only using cameras is cheating. Disgraceful.
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Terry Sandusky agrees with her
Fires was the only player to speak out that was willing to put his name on it. Fires owes no one anything.
@Billy Boudin ASININE!
Didn’t Fiers use pine tar last year when he threw a no hitter for the A’s?
But no one is talking about that
What is up wit sidekick? Is he alright. Deception is a pitchers strongest strength. Wearing buzzers and using technology, i mean it not even competative at that point.
I wholeheartedly agree Rich. Soon stealing from second is something you've earned. And it's something both teams can do. Having a special camera and special setup in your home stadium that the other team doesn't have isn't gamesmanship... It's cheating.
Then you should have say something when it first started not after you won a ring right?
Thats pitching.... Batting is total different
If "Spygate" is unethical, than using technology to learn incoming pitches is definitely wrong.
Mendoza has a warped mind too
Wrong - Yankees complained about this.
Ask Fiers about the pine tar he puts on balls. Waited two years after he got his money to snitch. Better not let him pitch in Houston.
It’s not gamesmanship if only one team has that ability because they’re the home team
Maybe now we know why Garrit Cole bolted from Houston & fled to NY.
didn't people complain to MLB about this before and nothing was done? It takes people to come out publicly before things gets done unfortunately.
Jessica is in a league of her own on this. She's protecting cheaters. Mike Fiers deserves recognition, not condemnation. As for Chris, he is missing the point altogether on Fiers. In the midst of this scandal, which affects the outcomes of games and corrupts the sport of baseball, he's arguing against the one guy willing to reveal it.
Rich Eisen has the best take on this whole situation. You can’t take the banner down. Tainted, but not discarded. The players should be punished though. Great take Rich!
Mike Fiers played in all of those games, of course he deserves the bonus. Regardless of the fact he clocked in and at the end of the game clocked out, so of course he deserves to be paid..What if he got hurt during the game or something.
How does the sidekick not see that cheating is not gamesmanship? If you’re ever in a dressing room and see an eyeball in the wall, it’s probably his.
Love the way Rich ended this clip
Much respect for checking that clown.
Someone had too step up unanimously or it would be. B story some wouldn't believe.
Fiers did.
Some will label him as a bad ex teammate, rat, snitch, or a mediocre player using this too get his name out there.
But he did the right thing.
100%!!!!!
There is a massive difference between a guy who can figure out signs standing on second and placing your own camera pointed at the catcher and relaying what the pitch is going to be in real time. I truly believe anyone who thinks otherwise just doesn’t know baseball. Chris, players around the league have spoken about how upsetting this system is.
MLB knew about it before Fiers just didn’t want it to hit the public to tarnish the view of the sport.