I watched the podcast and was one of the bored ppl who searched Astros home games from 2017. It is pretty bad especially in games where the stadium was pretty much empty whitch was most of the games. The broadcasters even mention that more fans should come to the ballpark because the team was playing well lol. I didn't even need to watch because tons of jomboy fans time stamped when it happens
@@edwinmaldonado1701 because MLB didn't want a scandal especially during or about the world series...over the past 30 years MLB has had several public nightmares ...Pete rose scandal..94' strike ... steroid scandal ...this would/could be far worse than those.
@Joe Sudz I mean did you watch this video? The man says you can have all the roads in the world, it won't make you see the ball better, maybe hit it farther. BUT knowing the signs? no one can miss
You're literally the only Astros fan I've seen or heard be remotely contrite. No offense but I hope they throw the book at your team and they wallow in irrelevance for a decade.
TheWatsonGreen if the allegations turn out to be true, I agree. They have to be punished severely. If it turns out to be true, I won’t have a team to route for till every guilty person is off the team.
ohyeayea I absolutely agree with you. If they’re guilty, throw the book at them. I hope MLB can put an end to shit like this. Win with your wits and your skills. Not with freakin espionage and covert activities.
@@Coreyy12 Makes you wonder how bangs can be heard so so clearly when you have over 40 thousand fans cheering an sceraming constantly especially in World Series game. Just saying.
Edwin Maldonado watch Jomboy’s video on the Astros bangin the can. It’s pretty clear ta hear it 🤷🏾♂️. Good thing I have no dog in this race tho 😂🤷🏾♂️
I love the Nats!!!! They did so much justice for all of MLB by beating their cheating asses in the WS...i love it! Go Nats! F^*k Houston!!! Great job by the 2019 Nats
They won't strip that title, but fan will know it will forever be with an asterisk, just like the home run record! So F**k the Astros and their forever tainted title!! And I'm not a Dodgers fan!
Strip them of the title. It can be that no team was the official winner. Just take it away. MLB teams laugh at money penalties. Draft picks? Cmon. You take that banner and title away, teams will take notice. If the Astros are allowed to keep their title, then teams will still cheat.
As a fan, I believe only stripping them of their championship is good enough if they did in fact cheat. Especially during the playoffs. Banning the manager, losing draft picks, or whatever else isn't good enough. The only thing that will dissuade teams is to lose their championship and then some more things like lifetime bans and such. Hinch should be banned for life for this and the players should get banned for at least a year for this in addition to losing their title and the benefits that came with it.
They didn’t get more wins than the Dodgers regular season, so the home field advantage was still the Dodgers. However with the Yankees, they had home field advantage, and both teams won every home game. That being said, if the Astros got more wins than the Yankees through cheating at home games (like any miraculous comebacks in late innings at home games) and the amount of wins attributed to that was higher than the difference of regular season wins, then yes, it may be safe to say the Astros didn’t deserve to be at the World Series. This is all assuming they didn’t cheat during the Postseason which is still unconfirmed. Yankees said they heard whistling but how is a batter going to pick up on and differentiate whistling in the first place during a loud postseason game? People will also try to say it was suspect how Kershaw game 1 got like 13 strikeouts and ended the game under 3 hours but Kershaw Game 5 was done in less than 5 innings giving up 4 runs which was at HOU. But everyone knows Kershaw is a historic choker whenever he pitches a second time in a single series (2019 NLDS, 2018 WS, 2017 WS, the list goes on). Point is: I care more about whether or not the Astros cheated postseason than regular season unless regular season helped them win ALCS. I also care if they cheated after 2017 which is also unconfirmed
TheIcecreamtaco I suppose it’s “unconfirmed” but I have to take strasburg (a man of few of any words ever) telling the media that Houston was sign stealing very very seriously. Why would he make that up after dominating them anyway?
TheIcecreamtaco then you can go back and see the homeruns and doubles on scherzer and Stephen all had a prevalent whistle that stands out above the crowd noise before them. Stephen has the best breaking pitches in baseball and early in both starts, they had no reaction to them. Not even a flinch. Nobody’s that good.
I'd go as far as no first rd picks for the next 4 years. Maybe a separate, lower salary cap by let's say 40 million from all other teams for the next 4 years as well.
@@phillipsouthard8285your comment comes from the Dodgers losing the WS, because the Astros cheated! If the Dodgers won it. You wouldn't have made that comment you made. Game 5, was a home run derby for Astros. You ever wonder about that. Or maybe u forgot because you ain't no Dodger fan! Look it up before you talk.
Peter Diaz well yeah my comment is coming from the Dodgers not winning because the Dodgers didn’t win lol the Astros MAY HAVE cheated (no proof they cheated in the World Series), but there were still 4 games in Dodger Stadium that the Dodgers could’ve won, but they didn’t. The dodgers are losers, get over it.
I don't understand anyone saying how that 2017 title should not be taken away...If I remember correctly that series vs Dodgers went 7 games and one game @houston required a comeback from Astros. Sure as hell an onslaught of homers came and Astros won. Knowing pitches is the ultimate. It's like knowing opponents cards in poker. Anything less than a stripped title is insufficient punishment
Here is what I think the punishment should be: 1. World Series title stripped away 2. AJ Hinch banned for life 3. GM also banned for life 4. Jim Crain has to sell the team 5. Team can make no trades, sign any Free agents for 10 years
Joseph Tramontozzi Nobody said it isn't lol but if you hardcore follow the game or AL then you understand how silly it is to compare a total tank team, to a rebuilding team, to a rebuilt prime team, the way he did ;o)
Joseph Tramontozzi I believe we agree... btw not asking for snark... I seriously don't remember what was the penalty when the Red Sox were caught a couple years ago using cameras & apple watches to steal signs? This seems pretty comparable & less tech savvy
Joseph Tramontozzi Totally agree! The Sox were caught using quite a complex setup compared to the Astros & I know alot of rules changed after (no apple watches, live video, or internet, allowed in dugouts etc) but I was thinking it's kinda similar enough we might get a clue to the penalty facing the Stro's if you knew what the Sox got. TBH i don't think it was very severe & the whole thing was kinda quiet compared to this fuss. TBH I think we have to assume that they've been doing it since 2017 because I don't see them just stopping on their own after winning a WS cheating :o( I'm a 3rd generation player/fan & it makes me sad. At least I know my Jays don't cheat.... we are rebuilding & stink right now lolol
Yes, I believe it would be within the Commissioner’s broad power to VACATE the 2017 World Series Championship of the Houston Astros, but it would not be automatically rewarded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
I’ve been a die hard Dodger/MLB fan for 20 years and if A.J. Hinch doesn’t get suspended for the year and if the Astros don’t lose 3 years of first round picks and free agency privileges then I have half the mind to just stop watching the MLB
This is a BIG DEAL. Worse than the Black Sox or Steroids. The 2017 WS was tainted and two AL Championship against the Yankees. Think about Springer and Altuve hitting bug time against Cy Young pitchers like it was BP. So many repercussions!! Barry Bonds would get 1,500 Homers under such circumstances... Altuve.... did he know Chapman was giving him that curve that pit them in the WS??? This is the worst scandal in MLB History.
5:55 you want it to be applied “swiftly” but at 10:30 you want it to be “not swiftly.” This is the problem with operating from emotions. I say this as a legacy Stros fan, this hurts and I want a THOROUGH investigation because I don’t think the Astros are the only team doing it. From what I’ve read, a player who then joined the team brought it over from his former team. Punish them accordingly, but equitably. Meaning, equal punishments for all teams doing it.
W P exactly. My first game was 87. If this goes away it is a win win for all other teams. Because they will avoid the resulting, league-wide investigation AND we get seen as the bad guys because “we got away with it.” Investigate it to the fullest, but follow the trail.
Say less An elementary level of reading comprehension might serve you well here. 😉 Perhaps you could familiarize yourself with the allegations before...Y’know what, never mind. Please display your ignorance before the world. If you need help, I will entertain you in a live stream debate regarding any point of contention. Since we both know your intellectually incapable, I will wish you the best. Take care, little child.
Facinated by the way people interpret bangs.Videos can be altered by adding and removing sounds to smear reputations just saying. How can a bang be heard when 40 thousand fans are cheering and sceaming and be heard so so clearly, Makes you wonder.
My mom is a huge Astros fan. I watched because of her. I have never ever liked AJ HINCH and I am so glad that I was correct: he is bad vibes all the way around. And Bregman, his little henchman, is just as bad. 💕 They can both rot.
I have been a lifelong Astros fan. No bigger than when they had Berkman, Oswalt, Lidge, Clemons and Pettite. Basically the age of the red jerseys. This is heartbreaking. I saw the Jamboy video and you can't defend it. This is a sad and disappointing day for Astros fans. Hinch needs to be fired and suspended.
Can someone answer me how we can hear these bangs through a video on the internet, but people couldnt hear them in 2017 right there and now 2 years later its clear as day? You’re gonna tell me nobody ever caught on to this up until now? How did nobody hear or catch onto this?
eljefereal why wasnt it investigated at that time? He couldnt have been the only one who noticed and even it he was, why wouldnt he say anything? If it was reported why would it take 2 years to come to light? I just find it crazy how big of a deal they’re making this out to be. I donr condone cheating but is this really any worse than what the redsox and yankees did with the apple watches? Its the same thing just a bit more extreme imo...the reason why its a bigger deal is it took 2 years to come to light. If it was brought up in 2017 it wouldnt be as big of a deal imo.
eljefereal but the Astros are BANGING ON TRASH CANS! If the batter can hear it then the umpire can hear it, the catcher can hear it. How does this go on without being dealt with in 2017
@@alessandroramirez2169 I was choked he made that comment on the world series that's why I remembered it, and now with all this Houston mess it just came to my enlighten me
Is anyone surprised by this? May want to also look into their pitching. Verlander and Cole have "career" years after joining Astros and playing in that bandbox. Look at the increased spin rates MPH for these guys.
The goal is to win a World Series, so if I cheat and won a World Series, in return I lost money and draft picks ? Sign me up... you can spend 300 millions on a player and you probably won’t even sniff playoffs... but to know exactly what pitch is coming ? That changes the ball game... aslong I keep my World Series trophy? I’ll do it, it took Astro’s 55yrs to win 1 World Series... even no draft picks for 10yrs, I’ll do it
@@gabetalks9275 yeah sadly the MLB has been riddled with cheating for years. Pine Tar on the pitchers hands, PED Use, Sign Stealing (illegally), Betting on games then throwing them for money, and Cork in bats... its been happening far too long.
The title previously granted to The Houston Asterisks by Major League Baseball in 2017 must be recinded to protect the integrity of Baseball. If it isn't why should anyone watch major league baseball any more than scripted professional wrestling?
This is what MLB should do Strip all 2017 titles including WS title Lose 1-5 round picks 4 years Lose free agencies 4 years Fine 2 million or as much as possible I can add more but this seems like a good punishment. One thing is for sure the the Astros will be forever be the team who still has not won a WS title even if the don't get stripped of there 2017 WS title. Also I dont hate the Astros but I would be okay with these conditions if it were my team in this situation.
suspend the manager for the full season?? hell no! Ban all management from baseball period! Fine every single player on that team, and take away draft picks on top of that and if the owner is involved, make him sell the team!
what's the point of not taking away the title?!?! if you don't do that, then it was worth it to cheat to win. I don't get the logic of not taking away the championship. no player on the astros cares about the fines or taking away draft picks. I will never think of the astros as champions now. manfred needs to set an example or else we have the 90's steriods era again where anything goes.
Their punishment should be one of the following plus the * 1. Suspend the team for 2020 2. Strip the title from the team for 2017 3. Suspend the manager and GM for the 2020 season with no pay *if they play for the 2020 season they need to have someone be in their dugout every home game to monitor them.
I agree with all of that except I highly doubt they'll take the title away. The whole having someone from MLB in the dugouts is also a good idea but should be implemented for every team not just Astros, you know other teams are doing it (or trying to) they just haven't been caught. MLB needs to make an example out of them for sure some type of suspension along with fines.
Here are two things I just can't understand. 1.) the Astros are supremely talented. Why in the world would the team even think they needed to cheat? It kind of makes zero sense to any logical thinking person. 2.) With all the technology and reporters, and film footage there is - some person named Jomboy pulled some CSI shit & produced film all the sudden? WTH is going on? This is honestly so bizarre. As a fan of baseball, I literally have to question everyone's motives at this point. Geesh
So a bitter ex ‘s (ex player) word is gold? Ha! Idk I’m not sold on these accusations. I have seen footage brought to light but would like to see footage archived before this came to light to compare audio/video. Me too there bubs, I’m glad the expos finally got a title .also you feel all hot and bothered when Red Sox got busted for this exact thing? Nah you didn’t. You didn’t even talk about it
Many of Astros' home games from 2017 on the MLB youtube channel are getting timestamps. These would have been uploaded in 2017, years before the accusations. There's no video tampering.
When you look at video from Game 5 of the 2017 WS, they were whistling from the dugout. “Charge” theme for the off speed pitches. Strip them or the title
And did you hear the latest? Mike Fiers just came out and said it wasn't cameras that they were using, it was actually UFO's!!! Go on cry babies, now run with this story! Hurry!!!! Maybe you can get a career off of this one like Jomboy. Thank me later!!! 😂😅🤣😅😂😅🤣
If Pete Rose (a well deserved HOF candidate) gets banned for betting? Why aren't the Astros, AT MINIMAL, have THEIR Championship taken away and an ASTERISK next to each post season win
Why not remove Astros as a team of MLB if you want to get so drastic? Geeez. Accusations have to be proven first. Not taking sides but l sense a resentment towards the Astros for being the best team in baseball.
@@johnfarr2738 time will tell. Lets wait for the results of the investigations. If it is proven they actually cheated they will pay the consequences but i don;t believe in a hanging before a trial.
Houston Astros 2019 home record 60-21 away record 47-34 Ny Yankees 2019 home record 57-24 away record 46-35 La dodgers 2019 home record 59-22 away record 47-34 Ill just leave this here
You can also raise an eyebrow on pitching, Verlander was not this good when he was traded for from Detroit and now he is unhittable, Garrett Cole was not this good in Pittsburgh now he is a top pitcher in MLB, maybe they are using something to improve the grip and spin rate, these are also things you have to look into, key games in 2017 WS game 3 and 5, game 5 they came back against Kershaw maybe they used it then.
Yes! They way they went about doing it (using technology). It's different if a pitcher dips his pitches and the other teams or if the man on 2B sees then sign and tips the batter, that is part of the game. But using technology to steal signs again is just as bad
My punishment: 2020: One year ban for draft, IFA, extensions and FA (trades ok) 2021: Astros can't resign FAs via QO, lose compensation picks to CHW, TB, NYY, CLE, LAD and BOS. After '21, Astros pay a 5 million dollar fine over 10 years. Hinch and his henchmen get banned for life.
What about imposing a hard salary cap? Astros cannot spend more than the lowest-payroll team. This would require them to release either Verlander or Altuve, and they'd lose all of their stars in arbitration
Thanks, Tierney ! I mostly agree with you that Commissioner Rob Manfred should impose severe consequences on the Houston Astros organization and team if a thorough investigation does conclude they grossly cheated during the 2017, 2018 and 2019 regular and postseasons. However, if I were the Commissioner of Baseball, I most definitely would VOID all their championships: Division, League and the World Series for those seasons. ROGER, THE LOS ANGELES DODGER (since 1961)
I don't think it would be fair to punish all the players. Who knows if every batter was using it and I don't think the pitchers were really a part of it either
The problem with not allowing the Astros to spend in free agency is the Players Association would never agree to that. By not allowing a team to spend in FA, you have effectively shrunk the size of the market for teams bidding on players, which in turn brings the overall value of the players themselves down. While sure the Astros would ultimately only sing a small handful of the available free agents, every single free agent would be effected by this, as there is one less potential bidder for their services, causing the demand for their service to go down, bringing down the value of their contact.
The texans don’t have a GM, Daryl Morey (GM of the Rockets) started a political war with China, and somehow the Astros the team with a recent title are the biggest embarrassment and most dysfunctional franchise ever
Physique Fuel im okay with that. never sat well with me having the media bash the rockets/texans for being “dysfunctional” (even tho they’re doing good now, in hindsight). especially didn’t sit well with me when a lot of those people were snobby astros fans lol. after every trade and/or news article it was “at least we still have the astros”, yeah ok they’re the scummiest organization now
Remy the Phoenix I know it’s always something... they talk shit about Harden, The Texans ups and downs, the dynamos stadium not being full, and now this lol...hope the Stros get thru it though
Jobs were lost cause of this, and they artificially enhanced themselves, so they would win. If Pete Rose got life for betting on his team, then they should be stripped of the championship in 2017. The coaches involved get a year, and they get the fined with the organization, and their 1st round picks get taken away for three years. Anything short of them getting stripped of their championship in 2017 would be incentive enough for other teams to do this too. Make an example out of them, so no other team would even think about doing this.
To the people who say everyone does it yes that's true but there's a big difference between a guy standing on 2nd and looking in and seeing signs and relaying them to his teammates when he gets back into the dugout vs a camera in center field specifically pointed at the catcher with a feed into the dugout which allows the hitters of that team to know exactly what's coming in real time. This is straight cheating
Maurice Nixon I’m looking into enough to where I’m waiting for all the facts to come out instead of just hearsay and emotional outbursts from salty fanbases...what about you?
Yeah, the Astros have cheated or how else they could beat both the Yankees and the Dodgers, two teams that MLB umpires have cheated for for years and still they beat both of them!? I guess that’s what happened when you beat the mighty Yankees, the team the umpires have always won games for by shrinking the strike zone whenever the Yankees are batting and increasing it whenever they are pitching -- you get accused of cheating! But the Yankees winning 26% of all the World Series titles in baseball with the help of the umpires isn’t cheating, eh? How dare those Astros dare to beat those west and east coast teams, two teams favored by the biased media!
Jomboy fans stand up
"world stands up"
I watched the podcast and was one of the bored ppl who searched Astros home games from 2017. It is pretty bad especially in games where the stadium was pretty much empty whitch was most of the games. The broadcasters even mention that more fans should come to the ballpark because the team was playing well lol. I didn't even need to watch because tons of jomboy fans time stamped when it happens
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Bill Shamrock 😁👍
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DARVISH CALLED THIS OUT DURING THE 17' SERIES
Really and how come nothing came of it?
@@edwinmaldonado1701 because MLB didn't want a scandal especially during or about the world series...over the past 30 years MLB has had several public nightmares ...Pete rose scandal..94' strike ... steroid scandal ...this would/could be far worse than those.
And the Yankees
Astros had his number ever since he was a Ranger. I knew when they started Darvish game 7 it was over.
@Joe Sudz I mean did you watch this video? The man says you can have all the roads in the world, it won't make you see the ball better, maybe hit it farther. BUT knowing the signs? no one can miss
As a lifelong Astros fan, this breaks my heart.
You're literally the only Astros fan I've seen or heard be remotely contrite. No offense but I hope they throw the book at your team and they wallow in irrelevance for a decade.
Bill Sturrock that took guts to admit my friend. Hang in there, as a fan you did nothing wrong.
TheWatsonGreen All this because of some disgruntled rat? You’re looking too much into this snowflake
TheWatsonGreen if the allegations turn out to be true, I agree. They have to be punished severely. If it turns out to be true, I won’t have a team to route for till every guilty person is off the team.
ohyeayea I absolutely agree with you. If they’re guilty, throw the book at them. I hope MLB can put an end to shit like this. Win with your wits and your skills. Not with freakin espionage and covert activities.
Thanks Houston, you’ve given me a new strategy. If my wife accuses me of cheating on her, I’ll investigate myself.
"I found no wrongdoing and consider this matter resolved."
After further review: the ruling on the field stands, I did not cheat
Nick Johnson lol
Nala!
I’d tell my wife..”No comment “
Dude, you’re literally on every video on this topic with that comment. Lmao 😂
Don’t worry officer, I’ll investigate myself to get to the bottom of these federal charges 😂🤣🤣😂
If no one gets a lifetime band Then Pete Rose needs to be allowed back into the MLB
I don't think he'll get an invitation to the spring training, he's almost 80 years old.
He needs to be let back in regardless
I'll never see the Hall of Fame unless Bonds and Rose get in.
Hinch has gotta go.
No. Pete Rose knew what the penalty was, and still did it.
Pete Rose is an angel when compared to this absolutely disgusting AJ Hinch should be banned for life
Hinch has been acting like Lance Armstrong about this. He needs to *cook.*
I always felt every manger in the mlb looks worried at times during a game , but hinch never seemed to be worried
Pete Rose bet on his team to lose!
@rhodes1986 Yes he did
Kyle no the fuck he didn’t.
Damn near every Houston game MLB uploaded on UA-cam from 2017 has folks time stamping the bangs!
Siedious Swift no way 😂😂. I wonder what the reaction of the opponents was when the banging happened? Like “Yo why tf they bangin a trash can 🧐”
The whistles are pretty obvious in some other games as well. This had to be widely talked about among the league.
@@markmercer3325 what games
@@Coreyy12 Makes you wonder how bangs can be heard so so clearly when you have over 40 thousand fans cheering an sceraming constantly especially in World Series game. Just saying.
Edwin Maldonado watch Jomboy’s video on the Astros bangin the can. It’s pretty clear ta hear it 🤷🏾♂️. Good thing I have no dog in this race tho 😂🤷🏾♂️
As a Mets fan, I couldn’t be happier that the Nats won the Series.
slovak4life1991 as a Yankees fan I was laughing my head off when the Nationals won. It made me feel better, especially after the ALCS
@@Cwmbran1984 Agreed. It helped to ease the pain.
I love the Nats!!!! They did so much justice for all of MLB by beating their cheating asses in the WS...i love it! Go Nats! F^*k Houston!!! Great job by the 2019 Nats
remember that shit they pulled in 86
@Vinnie Provolone sad when you depend on another team to avenge your bum ass team while they were at home. Judges tears were hilarious.
WHY CANT THEY STRIP The TITLE?! Go back and See if theres more Evidence of things like this!? Im outraged WHERE’s THE HONOR IN BASEBALL?
I'm with you. True Blue!
Nicholas Alexander Montañez Dodgers, Yankees fans we all got fucked!!!
Lmao. You guys are idiots. Hmmm seems like they would have used this during this World Series where they didn’t win one game at home.
They won't strip that title, but fan will know it will forever be with an asterisk, just like the home run record! So F**k the Astros and their forever tainted title!! And I'm not a Dodgers fan!
Strip them of the title. It can be that no team was the official winner. Just take it away. MLB teams laugh at money penalties. Draft picks? Cmon. You take that banner and title away, teams will take notice. If the Astros are allowed to keep their title, then teams will still cheat.
As a fan, I believe only stripping them of their championship is good enough if they did in fact cheat. Especially during the playoffs.
Banning the manager, losing draft picks, or whatever else isn't good enough.
The only thing that will dissuade teams is to lose their championship and then some more things like lifetime bans and such.
Hinch should be banned for life for this and the players should get banned for at least a year for this in addition to losing their title and the benefits that came with it.
Jason Lee do exactly what they did to the White Sox players exactly 100 years ago.....chucked out of Baseball & lifetime ban.
Jason Lee quit your whining snowflake
Jason Lee plus no international signings for at least 2 years. They should strip them of the WS at the very least
@@PhysiqueFuel Altuve is the fakest .300 hitter to ever walk the earth.
The worst part of this is that HOUSTON was good enough yet still felt like they had to do it.
TheDCGuitar13 it’s always the best who cheat right? Weird. Barry bonds had tons of MVPs and still cheated. Patriots another example...
They didn’t get more wins than the Dodgers regular season, so the home field advantage was still the Dodgers. However with the Yankees, they had home field advantage, and both teams won every home game. That being said, if the Astros got more wins than the Yankees through cheating at home games (like any miraculous comebacks in late innings at home games) and the amount of wins attributed to that was higher than the difference of regular season wins, then yes, it may be safe to say the Astros didn’t deserve to be at the World Series. This is all assuming they didn’t cheat during the Postseason which is still unconfirmed. Yankees said they heard whistling but how is a batter going to pick up on and differentiate whistling in the first place during a loud postseason game? People will also try to say it was suspect how Kershaw game 1 got like 13 strikeouts and ended the game under 3 hours but Kershaw Game 5 was done in less than 5 innings giving up 4 runs which was at HOU. But everyone knows Kershaw is a historic choker whenever he pitches a second time in a single series (2019 NLDS, 2018 WS, 2017 WS, the list goes on).
Point is: I care more about whether or not the Astros cheated postseason than regular season unless regular season helped them win ALCS. I also care if they cheated after 2017 which is also unconfirmed
TheIcecreamtaco I suppose it’s “unconfirmed” but I have to take strasburg (a man of few of any words ever) telling the media that Houston was sign stealing very very seriously. Why would he make that up after dominating them anyway?
TheIcecreamtaco then you can go back and see the homeruns and doubles on scherzer and Stephen all had a prevalent whistle that stands out above the crowd noise before them. Stephen has the best breaking pitches in baseball and early in both starts, they had no reaction to them. Not even a flinch. Nobody’s that good.
No they weren’t.
Go check their home road splits.
Agreed 💯 No draft pick no free agency for 3 years, and AJ Hinch suspended for 1 year. Perfecto 👌🏻
Haha please
Good luck with that😂
And no world series
I'd go as far as no first rd picks for the next 4 years. Maybe a separate, lower salary cap by let's say 40 million from all other teams for the next 4 years as well.
Aj hinch lifetime ban
thank goodness the astros are investigating themselves
I lost all my respect for Springer and altuve i though this guys were legit now i see their phony AF
B.s if it's TRUE they will never put up the same numbers again!what y'all dont realise mlb is rigged!
@@michaelfreeman4382 how is MLB "rigged"
Black Sox treatment. Banned for life all games forfeited
My Dodgers lost the big one, WS!! Hope they really punish those Bastards!!!
Peter Diaz Dodgers are still ASS lmao 😂
Your dodgers also lost two games at home in 2017 WS. No cheating in those two 😂
@@phillipsouthard8285your comment comes from the Dodgers losing the WS, because the Astros cheated! If the Dodgers won it. You wouldn't have made that comment you made. Game 5, was a home run derby for Astros. You ever wonder about that. Or maybe u forgot because you ain't no Dodger fan! Look it up before you talk.
Peter Diaz well yeah my comment is coming from the Dodgers not winning because the Dodgers didn’t win lol the Astros MAY HAVE cheated (no proof they cheated in the World Series), but there were still 4 games in Dodger Stadium that the Dodgers could’ve won, but they didn’t. The dodgers are losers, get over it.
Watching the video from game five, it was disappointing to watch. It makes sense why subpar professional baseball players became elite.
I don't understand anyone saying how that 2017 title should not be taken away...If I remember correctly that series vs Dodgers went 7 games and one game @houston required a comeback from Astros. Sure as hell an onslaught of homers came and Astros won. Knowing pitches is the ultimate. It's like knowing opponents cards in poker. Anything less than a stripped title is insufficient punishment
THIS EXPLAINS GAME 5 NOW
Exactly.
Uhh no it doesnt
Ah yea it does. Those who say it doesn't. Are Dodger haters. Astros hit 15 home runs within a week. I think that a record. But nah, they didn't cheat!
Here is what I think the punishment should be: 1. World Series title stripped away 2. AJ Hinch banned for life 3. GM also banned for life 4. Jim Crain has to sell the team 5. Team can make no trades, sign any Free agents for 10 years
I see Bill Belichick gave them the inside scoop.
2013 - 2016 They were dead last in the AL in batting strikeouts... in 2017 they struck out the least. 2018 2nd least. 2019 #1 again.
They had a different team lol
Joseph Tramontozzi Nobody said it isn't lol but if you hardcore follow the game or AL then you understand how silly it is to compare a total tank team, to a rebuilding team, to a rebuilt prime team, the way he did ;o)
Joseph Tramontozzi
I believe we agree... btw not asking for snark... I seriously don't remember what was the penalty when the Red Sox were caught a couple years ago using cameras & apple watches to steal signs?
This seems pretty comparable & less tech savvy
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Totally agree! The Sox were caught using quite a complex setup compared to the Astros & I know alot of rules changed after (no apple watches, live video, or internet, allowed in dugouts etc) but I was thinking it's kinda similar enough we might get a clue to the penalty facing the Stro's if you knew what the Sox got. TBH i don't think it was very severe & the whole thing was kinda quiet compared to this fuss.
TBH I think we have to assume that they've been doing it since 2017 because I don't see them just stopping on their own after winning a WS cheating :o(
I'm a 3rd generation player/fan & it makes me sad.
At least I know my Jays don't cheat.... we are rebuilding & stink right now lolol
I wish the they could take away the 2017 Chip
Jackson Wesche they probably will. And dodgers will become 2017 champs by default and Yankees AL champs by default.
Chip?
Yes, I believe it would be within the Commissioner’s broad power to VACATE the 2017 World Series Championship of the Houston Astros, but it would not be automatically rewarded to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
Way worse than the PED scandal. Pete Rose has been replaced by creepy AJ Hinch. This rant is on point.
Easy to say as a Yankees fan. Had the astro had the PED scandal and the Yankees cheated, you’d be saying the opposite.
vinnie victory All this because of some disgruntled rat? You’re looking too much into this snowflake
@@PhysiqueFuel you sure about that?
Benny G I sure am...oh yeah did you hear what Logan Morrison said? He said the Yankees, Dodgers, and the Red Sox all did it too...
Patrick Diprimo You just didn’t like him because they were always destroying the Yankees
How well they draft players? They Tanked multiple seasons to do that. No secret. Cubs did it too. Houston is a joke.
I’ve been a die hard Dodger/MLB fan for 20 years and if A.J. Hinch doesn’t get suspended for the year and if the Astros don’t lose 3 years of first round picks and free agency privileges then I have half the mind to just stop watching the MLB
They've BEEN cheating for several years...MLB needs to come down hard on This team...this is disgusting.
This is a BIG DEAL. Worse than the Black Sox or Steroids. The 2017 WS was tainted and two AL Championship against the Yankees. Think about Springer and Altuve hitting bug time against Cy Young pitchers like it was BP. So many repercussions!! Barry Bonds would get 1,500 Homers under such circumstances... Altuve.... did he know Chapman was giving him that curve that pit them in the WS??? This is the worst scandal in MLB History.
Ban them all from baseball for life
As an astros fan this hurts but if they cheated everyone guilty needs to be punished
5:55 you want it to be applied “swiftly” but at 10:30 you want it to be “not swiftly.”
This is the problem with operating from emotions. I say this as a legacy Stros fan, this hurts and I want a THOROUGH investigation because I don’t think the Astros are the only team doing it. From what I’ve read, a player who then joined the team brought it over from his former team. Punish them accordingly, but equitably. Meaning, equal punishments for all teams doing it.
W P exactly. My first game was 87. If this goes away it is a win win for all other teams. Because they will avoid the resulting, league-wide investigation AND we get seen as the bad guys because “we got away with it.” Investigate it to the fullest, but follow the trail.
Say less
An elementary level of reading comprehension might serve you well here. 😉 Perhaps you could familiarize yourself with the allegations before...Y’know what, never mind. Please display your ignorance before the world. If you need help, I will entertain you in a live stream debate regarding any point of contention. Since we both know your intellectually incapable, I will wish you the best. Take care, little child.
0 Bang was a fastball. 1 bang was a breaking ball. 2 bangs was a change-up
Facinated by the way people interpret bangs.Videos can be altered by adding and removing sounds to smear reputations just saying. How can a bang be heard when 40 thousand fans are cheering and sceaming and be heard so so clearly, Makes you wonder.
@@edwinmaldonado1701 There is already a hundred examples of what they were doing. It isn't coincidence.
Edwin Maldonado salty Astros fan detected. your team is full of cheating bums, buddy. you guys are fucked lmaooo
Still no actual evidence.
I won't be surprise if you don't see a sp from the other team beaming the astro players this upcoming season
Everyone involved should be banned for life.
Well Hinch has to go for sure.
He’s the HC the HNIC so he’s gotta go.
It's going to be hilarious when the Mets new manager is suspended before he even starts.
Things have to be proven first.
They won't touch Beltran. He was a player in 2017. The players union won't let it happen.
It's going to be so hard to prove
My mom is a huge Astros fan. I watched because of her. I have never ever liked AJ HINCH and I am so glad that I was correct: he is bad vibes all the way around. And Bregman, his little henchman, is just as bad. 💕 They can both rot.
You don't have to give the title to the Dodgers, you just strip the title from the Astros.
I have been a lifelong Astros fan. No bigger than when they had Berkman, Oswalt, Lidge, Clemons and Pettite. Basically the age of the red jerseys. This is heartbreaking. I saw the Jamboy video and you can't defend it. This is a sad and disappointing day for Astros fans. Hinch needs to be fired and suspended.
So happy the Natties won that !!!!!!
So Nationals won every game in Houston in WS means Nats secretly placed camera in Minute Maid Park?
Eduardo Huang nah your excuse of a manager just didn’t strategize properly
I know the Expos needed that W man . About time .
I think all non Astros fans are
That were picked to win mlb is rigged!
Can someone answer me how we can hear these bangs through a video on the internet, but people couldnt hear them in 2017 right there and now 2 years later its clear as day? You’re gonna tell me nobody ever caught on to this up until now? How did nobody hear or catch onto this?
eljefereal why wasnt it investigated at that time? He couldnt have been the only one who noticed and even it he was, why wouldnt he say anything? If it was reported why would it take 2 years to come to light? I just find it crazy how big of a deal they’re making this out to be. I donr condone cheating but is this really any worse than what the redsox and yankees did with the apple watches? Its the same thing just a bit more extreme imo...the reason why its a bigger deal is it took 2 years to come to light. If it was brought up in 2017 it wouldnt be as big of a deal imo.
eljefereal but the Astros are BANGING ON TRASH CANS! If the batter can hear it then the umpire can hear it, the catcher can hear it. How does this go on without being dealt with in 2017
I hate cheaters. Either play fair or suffer the consequences later.
"Hear me now and believe me later!" Absolutely no punishment of any substance will be done about this.
They'll get fined just like the Red Sox were for using Apple watches to steal signs the same year.
ncsam 000000 Same could be said here about Houston.. proof or shut up.
A-rod said it. During the world series...they are def.stealing signs..pro to alex
Fran B dang. Missed it when he said that. I guess that’s why he kept siding with the Astros too lol.
@@alessandroramirez2169 well if you looked at the post game he said he said. They are picking up signs...
Fran B oh I def believe your comment. Just missed his comment on that and that’s a good ear and memory from you
@@alessandroramirez2169 I was choked he made that comment on the world series that's why I remembered it, and now with all this Houston mess it just came to my enlighten me
A-Rod always has been pissed with Astros cause Twice Astros have kicked his Yankees team butts in post season. Holds a grudge.
While this is going on theres at least 10 other teams thinking “nice...all the attention is on the astros and not the cheating we’re doing”
#TakeItBack
#giveitback
Alexander Sandoval Cry more snowflake
Is anyone surprised by this? May want to also look into their pitching. Verlander and Cole have "career" years after joining Astros and playing in that bandbox. Look at the increased spin rates MPH for these guys.
BS. Both the Red Sox and Yankees were actually fined by MLB just last year for stealing signs.
New England Patriots fans are oddly quite
The goal is to win a World Series, so if I cheat and won a World Series, in return I lost money and draft picks ? Sign me up... you can spend 300 millions on a player and you probably won’t even sniff playoffs... but to know exactly what pitch is coming ? That changes the ball game... aslong I keep my World Series trophy? I’ll do it, it took Astro’s 55yrs to win 1 World Series... even no draft picks for 10yrs, I’ll do it
@@gabetalks9275 Every mlb team cheats bro. By your logic the Yankees didn;t deserve their intial 3 peat because Petite and Clemens were roided up.
@@gabetalks9275 yeah sadly the MLB has been riddled with cheating for years. Pine Tar on the pitchers hands, PED Use, Sign Stealing (illegally), Betting on games then throwing them for money, and Cork in bats... its been happening far too long.
The title previously granted to The Houston Asterisks by Major League Baseball in 2017 must be recinded to protect the integrity of Baseball. If it isn't why should anyone watch major league baseball any more than scripted professional wrestling?
Do the Patriots own the Astros?
This is what MLB should do
Strip all 2017 titles including WS title
Lose 1-5 round picks 4 years
Lose free agencies 4 years
Fine 2 million or as much as possible
I can add more but this seems like a good punishment. One thing is for sure the the Astros will be forever be the team who still has not won a WS title even if the don't get stripped of there 2017 WS title. Also I dont hate the Astros but I would be okay with these conditions if it were my team in this situation.
That's tame
They should not allow them to give QO to their free agent players and remove the international money for few years.
Forfeit all draft picks for 5 years
suspend the manager for the full season?? hell no! Ban all management from baseball period! Fine every single player on that team, and take away draft picks on top of that and if the owner is involved, make him sell the team!
Tough talk, but a real soft punishment. Ya don't hog-tie guys who are cheating at this level, you fire and/or ban them.
what's the point of not taking away the title?!?! if you don't do that, then it was worth it to cheat to win. I don't get the logic of not taking away the championship. no player on the astros cares about the fines or taking away draft picks. I will never think of the astros as champions now. manfred needs to set an example or else we have the 90's steriods era again where anything goes.
Their punishment should be one of the following plus the *
1. Suspend the team for 2020
2. Strip the title from the team for 2017
3. Suspend the manager and GM for the 2020 season with no pay
*if they play for the 2020 season they need to have someone be in their dugout every home game to monitor them.
Lorenzo Casillas there not gonna suspend the whole team for the season
I agree with all of that except I highly doubt they'll take the title away. The whole having someone from MLB in the dugouts is also a good idea but should be implemented for every team not just Astros, you know other teams are doing it (or trying to) they just haven't been caught. MLB needs to make an example out of them for sure some type of suspension along with fines.
LOL- suspend the team.
Here are two things I just can't understand. 1.) the Astros are supremely talented. Why in the world would the team even think they needed to cheat? It kind of makes zero sense to any logical thinking person. 2.) With all the technology and reporters, and film footage there is - some person named Jomboy pulled some CSI shit & produced film all the sudden? WTH is going on? This is honestly so bizarre. As a fan of baseball, I literally have to question everyone's motives at this point. Geesh
So a bitter ex ‘s (ex player) word is gold? Ha! Idk I’m not sold on these accusations. I have seen footage brought to light but would like to see footage archived before this came to light to compare audio/video. Me too there bubs, I’m glad the expos finally got a title .also you feel all hot and bothered when Red Sox got busted for this exact thing? Nah you didn’t. You didn’t even talk about it
Many of Astros' home games from 2017 on the MLB youtube channel are getting timestamps. These would have been uploaded in 2017, years before the accusations. There's no video tampering.
@Qualified Automotive Solutions I'm talking about the full game uploads. Check out TOR at HOU, August 6, 2017 for instance.
As an astros fan i think this is true and im ashamed but thats why altuve was sitting slider in game 7 alcs when he hit the walk off
Damn right you should be ashamed the MLB should take away your trophy from 2017 and give it to the Dodgers
DONT FORGET THE RED SOX IN 18'(CORA)
I 100% believe that MLB should vacate their championship for 2017.
James Schneider 😇Absolutely, yes - that should be the first thing imposed as part of the punishment by the Commissioner of Baseball !!!
Funny how all these “it’s about the integrity of the game” guys are New Yorkers.
Yes because new yorkers have no integrity...
Where can I hear this?
Manfred has no spine to speak of, I'll be supprised if he comes down hard on the aaastro.
Ban them from post season play for 3 years and also draft picks for 3 years
Astros caught Patriot-ing
When you look at video from Game 5 of the 2017 WS, they were whistling from the dugout. “Charge” theme for the off speed pitches. Strip them or the title
And did you hear the latest? Mike Fiers just came out and said it wasn't cameras that they were using, it was actually UFO's!!! Go on cry babies, now run with this story! Hurry!!!! Maybe you can get a career off of this one like Jomboy. Thank me later!!! 😂😅🤣😅😂😅🤣
Hinch should be banned from baseball
If Pete Rose (a well deserved HOF candidate) gets banned for betting?
Why aren't the Astros, AT MINIMAL, have THEIR Championship taken away and an ASTERISK next to each post season win
Ban them from the postseason for a season
Why not remove Astros as a team of MLB if you want to get so drastic? Geeez. Accusations have to be proven first. Not taking sides but l sense a resentment towards the Astros for being the best team in baseball.
Edwin Maldonado there is clear evidence and first hand accounts that they in fact cheated!
@@johnfarr2738 time will tell. Lets wait for the results of the investigations. If it is proven they actually cheated they will pay the consequences but i don;t believe in a hanging before a trial.
Edwin Maldonado best team in baseball? didn’t the nats just kick their cheating asses in the WS? 😭😭😭😭😭😭
@@ryank6557 Most wins in regular season .By the way cheating has yet to be proven.
How do you pitch at a high level but not even pitch in college🤔 just curious what level you pitched at.
Houston Astros 2019 home record 60-21 away record 47-34
Ny Yankees 2019 home record 57-24 away record 46-35
La dodgers 2019 home record 59-22 away record 47-34
Ill just leave this here
Good. Just leave, period.
Dork.
Lol why so hostile?
Shawn Keeling so it’s 13 more wins at home? How is that a big deal Alex Jones?
You can also raise an eyebrow on pitching, Verlander was not this good when he was traded for from Detroit and now he is unhittable, Garrett Cole was not this good in Pittsburgh now he is a top pitcher in MLB, maybe they are using something to improve the grip and spin rate, these are also things you have to look into, key games in 2017 WS game 3 and 5, game 5 they came back against Kershaw maybe they used it then.
To me this is just as bad as the 1919 Black Sox Scandal
Getting signs is worse than THROWING games? wow
Yes! They way they went about doing it (using technology). It's different if a pitcher dips his pitches and the other teams or if the man on 2B sees then sign and tips the batter, that is part of the game.
But using technology to steal signs again is just as bad
My punishment:
2020: One year ban for draft, IFA, extensions and FA (trades ok)
2021: Astros can't resign FAs via QO, lose compensation picks to CHW, TB, NYY, CLE, LAD and BOS.
After '21, Astros pay a 5 million dollar fine over 10 years. Hinch and his henchmen get banned for life.
What about imposing a hard salary cap? Astros cannot spend more than the lowest-payroll team. This would require them to release either Verlander or Altuve, and they'd lose all of their stars in arbitration
Thanks, Tierney ! I mostly agree with you that Commissioner Rob Manfred should impose severe consequences on the Houston Astros organization and team if a thorough investigation does conclude they grossly cheated during the 2017, 2018 and 2019 regular and postseasons. However, if I were the Commissioner of Baseball, I most definitely would VOID all their championships: Division, League and the World Series for those seasons. ROGER, THE LOS ANGELES DODGER (since 1961)
It's sad that all of the players bought into a deceitful way of playing. Each player individually should be fined as well.
Accusations have to be proven first.
@@edwinmaldonado1701
They're guilty.
They're going down.
I don't think it would be fair to punish all the players. Who knows if every batter was using it and I don't think the pitchers were really a part of it either
Wesley Gordon agree
The black Sox scandal had lifetime ban for players like shoesless Joe. What is the difference than and now???
There should be a lifetime suspension of someone in management, if the owner knew? must sell the team. If any one of the players lie? life time ban
The problem with not allowing the Astros to spend in free agency is the Players Association would never agree to that. By not allowing a team to spend in FA, you have effectively shrunk the size of the market for teams bidding on players, which in turn brings the overall value of the players themselves down. While sure the Astros would ultimately only sing a small handful of the available free agents, every single free agent would be effected by this, as there is one less potential bidder for their services, causing the demand for their service to go down, bringing down the value of their contact.
"Why shouldn't other teams do this?" They do, you silly guy.
Proof?
@@Jay-kj2xm to be fair there is ALWAYS something happening in the league every year.
@@Jay-kj2xm Where is your Astros proof?
@@CaptainTexas92 to be fair...hahaha
@@luiscavazos4762 There's so much of it, it's not hard to find. Do a little research then get back to me
I agree this is bad. Very bad for MLB
This new york channel (aka yankees fans) doing the impossible to prove that the Astros cheated 😂
Elmer2389 last year the same thing with Boston. It look like everytime they lose in the playoff will do the same drama.
they did. bandwagon fans don't know the mlb rules, so i can see why you might think they didn't
Elmer2389 cause they actually did cheat. It's not about the Yankees channel it's about baseball ethics.
Elmer2389
It’s not only on the Yankees channel
Didn't realize Mike Fiers plays for the Yankees.
Damn, the likes of Tom Glavine and Greg Maddux who relied on their changeups would've been beaten like cheap pinatas by the Astros.
It's because they beat the yankees
The texans don’t have a GM, Daryl Morey (GM of the Rockets) started a political war with China, and somehow the Astros the team with a recent title are the biggest embarrassment and most dysfunctional franchise ever
Remy the Phoenix These people are salty Dodgers and Yankees fans
Physique Fuel im okay with that. never sat well with me having the media bash the rockets/texans for being “dysfunctional” (even tho they’re doing good now, in hindsight). especially didn’t sit well with me when a lot of those people were snobby astros fans lol. after every trade and/or news article it was “at least we still have the astros”, yeah ok they’re the scummiest organization now
Remy the Phoenix I know it’s always something... they talk shit about Harden, The Texans ups and downs, the dynamos stadium not being full, and now this lol...hope the Stros get thru it though
They should take away the championship they won.
The MLBPA would never allow MLB to prohibit them from participating in free agency. That prevents players from potentially maximizing their earnings
Jobs were lost cause of this, and they artificially enhanced themselves, so they would win. If Pete Rose got life for betting on his team, then they should be stripped of the championship in 2017. The coaches involved get a year, and they get the fined with the organization, and their 1st round picks get taken away for three years. Anything short of them getting stripped of their championship in 2017 would be incentive enough for other teams to do this too. Make an example out of them, so no other team would even think about doing this.
To the people who say everyone does it yes that's true but there's a big difference between a guy standing on 2nd and looking in and seeing signs and relaying them to his teammates when he gets back into the dugout vs a camera in center field specifically pointed at the catcher with a feed into the dugout which allows the hitters of that team to know exactly what's coming in real time. This is straight cheating
Maurice Nixon All this because of some disgruntled rat? You’re looking too much into this
Or you're not looking into it enough 🤷🏾♂️
Maurice Nixon I’m looking into enough to where I’m waiting for all the facts to come out instead of just hearsay and emotional outbursts from salty fanbases...what about you?
The fact are out 🤦🏾♂️🤷🏾♂️
You just said a "rat" told and now you're waiting for "facts" smh and 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
The Astros still have not won a world series.
Mega Mad google “2017 World Series Champs”....I’m sure it’ll tell you otherwise lol
@@phillipsouthard8285 Now 2 years later nobody gives a shit.
As an Astros fan, I agree, please suspend Hinch for a full year. Matter of fact, you can ban him for a few years if you'd like. Please.
arent the astros a better road team tho?
Not really. Maybe in the world series. But the Twins were the only playoff team who had a better road record than home.
I hope MLB comes down hard IF the Astros are guilty of this crap. Really hard.
Yeah, the Astros have cheated or how else they could beat both the Yankees and the Dodgers, two teams that MLB umpires have cheated for for years and still they beat both of them!? I guess that’s what happened when you beat the mighty Yankees, the team the umpires have always won games for by shrinking the strike zone whenever the Yankees are batting and increasing it whenever they are pitching -- you get accused of cheating! But the Yankees winning 26% of all the World Series titles in baseball with the help of the umpires isn’t cheating, eh? How dare those Astros dare to beat those west and east coast teams, two teams favored by the biased media!
dude, stop you are deluded... see psyciatrist please.. astros cheat..
Please tell me that Nolan Ryan (or his son) had NOTHING to do with this.....PLEASE!!!
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