So who you got for the World Series?
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@nymets1987_PSN said in So who you got for the World Series?:
As a Mets fan I’m sick watching Realmuto who Mets should have signed
That shocked me that the mets never showed interest, went the cheap route(McCann) in hopes of the other FAs who never showed interest in them. That hurt and im a mets disliker(hater is too strong)
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@nymets1987_PSN said in So who you got for the World Series?:
As a Mets fan I’m sick watching Realmuto who Mets should have signed
Can’t sign everyone. They opted for lindor and that wasn’t the best decision. Also, what people forget is that these guys signing contract’s obviously want the $ but they want to win as well. Assuming the Mets can sign anyone they want is pompous to be honest.
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@mrwonderful95 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@nymets1987_PSN said in So who you got for the World Series?:
As a Mets fan I’m sick watching Realmuto who Mets should have signed
Can’t sign everyone. They opted for lindor and that wasn’t the best decision. Also, what people forget is that these guys signing contract’s obviously want the $ but they want to win as well. Assuming the Mets can sign anyone they want is pompous to be honest.
I preferred Springer a NY guy and Realmuto over Lindor
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@nymets1987_PSN said in So who you got for the World Series?:
I preferred Springer a NY guy
Springer? George Springer? First I have heard of him and a NY connection.
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What a game for Realmuto. Dude is an athlete. He was awesome QB In high school, won a state championship in football and baseball.
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@hoboadam_PSN said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@TheHungryHole said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@theBlindRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
Pretty easy for me. Astros are cheaters but MLB says we aren't allowed to talk about it because it tarnishes the sport. I don't get why the entire team didn't get lifetime bans. I think it is likely that they will win their first championship but I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
well said
LOL The whole league is guilty, we got punished. It's alright though. I get that the narrative is more fun that way.
We're winning this thing and then everyone that wants to talk about cheating, can watch the 2022 WS Highlights over and over and over and over and over and over...
you are right buddy - i just can't stand the stros !!!! hope you are well over there today xx
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@chuckclc_MLBTS said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@nymets1987_PSN said in So who you got for the World Series?:
I preferred Springer a NY guy
Springer? George Springer? First I have heard of him and a NY connection.
More of east coast Connecticut guy
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Rooting for the Phillies for several reasons. Mainly because they have been the underdogs in every round and I like rooting for underdogs. Secondly because I can then at least say the Cardinals were eliminated by the eventual champions.
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@the_dragon1912 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@theBlindRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
Pretty easy for me. Astros are cheaters but MLB says we aren't allowed to talk about it because it tarnishes the sport. I don't get why the entire team didn't get lifetime bans. I think it is likely that they will win their first championship but I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
The entire team didn't get lifetime bans because it was a league wide problem. The Astros were just the worst offenders. Alex Cora ran a similar scheme in Boston the very next year and all the hate is still on Houston. The only hitters on Houston's current roster that still have any affiliation with the sign stealing are Bregman, Gurriel, and Altuve. That said I still want the phillies to win, but I don't have any hatred towards the astros pitchers, Kyle Tucker, Pena, McCormick, Dusty, Etc. For 2017. The worst offenders (Springer, Correa, Marwin Gonzalez) are on different teams now anyway
You make a good point; however, in a study the biggest offender was Bregman, and Altuve was actually against using it. I also believe there is enough evidence to suggest that it went on, allegedly, through 2019. I don’t have a team in the fight, as they say, in this year’s WS. I just want it to be a good one.
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I had to put something on the Astros at +110. They had to lose game 1 to become the underdog now, but that will help me out if they win. I wasnt gonna bet on them -185 before the series. But since I believe all their remaining starters are better than JV, I have confidence.
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@hoboadam_PSN said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@TheHungryHole said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@theBlindRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
Pretty easy for me. Astros are cheaters but MLB says we aren't allowed to talk about it because it tarnishes the sport. I don't get why the entire team didn't get lifetime bans. I think it is likely that they will win their first championship but I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
well said
LOL The whole league is guilty, we got punished. It's alright though. I get that the narrative is more fun that way.
We're winning this thing and then everyone that wants to talk about cheating, can watch the 2022 WS Highlights over and over and over and over and over and over...
Is that kind of like every player takes PEDs so it doesn’t matter when there is proof someone actually was using them?
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@brainfreeze442 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@the_dragon1912 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@theBlindRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
Pretty easy for me. Astros are cheaters but MLB says we aren't allowed to talk about it because it tarnishes the sport. I don't get why the entire team didn't get lifetime bans. I think it is likely that they will win their first championship but I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
The entire team didn't get lifetime bans because it was a league wide problem. The Astros were just the worst offenders. Alex Cora ran a similar scheme in Boston the very next year and all the hate is still on Houston. The only hitters on Houston's current roster that still have any affiliation with the sign stealing are Bregman, Gurriel, and Altuve. That said I still want the phillies to win, but I don't have any hatred towards the astros pitchers, Kyle Tucker, Pena, McCormick, Dusty, Etc. For 2017. The worst offenders (Springer, Correa, Marwin Gonzalez) are on different teams now anyway
You make a good point; however, in a study the biggest offender was Bregman, and Altuve was actually against using it. I also believe there is enough evidence to suggest that it went on, allegedly, through 2019. I don’t have a team in the fight, as they say, in this year’s WS. I just want it to be a good one.
I remember watching Something about this, where altuve would look to the dugout after the bangs just mad
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@LookatTheRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@brainfreeze442 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@the_dragon1912 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@theBlindRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
Pretty easy for me. Astros are cheaters but MLB says we aren't allowed to talk about it because it tarnishes the sport. I don't get why the entire team didn't get lifetime bans. I think it is likely that they will win their first championship but I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
The entire team didn't get lifetime bans because it was a league wide problem. The Astros were just the worst offenders. Alex Cora ran a similar scheme in Boston the very next year and all the hate is still on Houston. The only hitters on Houston's current roster that still have any affiliation with the sign stealing are Bregman, Gurriel, and Altuve. That said I still want the phillies to win, but I don't have any hatred towards the astros pitchers, Kyle Tucker, Pena, McCormick, Dusty, Etc. For 2017. The worst offenders (Springer, Correa, Marwin Gonzalez) are on different teams now anyway
You make a good point; however, in a study the biggest offender was Bregman, and Altuve was actually against using it. I also believe there is enough evidence to suggest that it went on, allegedly, through 2019. I don’t have a team in the fight, as they say, in this year’s WS. I just want it to be a good one.
I remember watching Something about this, where altuve would look to the dugout after the bangs just mad
Yup, saw that video too.
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@brainfreeze442 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@the_dragon1912 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@theBlindRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
Pretty easy for me. Astros are cheaters but MLB says we aren't allowed to talk about it because it tarnishes the sport. I don't get why the entire team didn't get lifetime bans. I think it is likely that they will win their first championship but I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
The entire team didn't get lifetime bans because it was a league wide problem. The Astros were just the worst offenders. Alex Cora ran a similar scheme in Boston the very next year and all the hate is still on Houston. The only hitters on Houston's current roster that still have any affiliation with the sign stealing are Bregman, Gurriel, and Altuve. That said I still want the phillies to win, but I don't have any hatred towards the astros pitchers, Kyle Tucker, Pena, McCormick, Dusty, Etc. For 2017. The worst offenders (Springer, Correa, Marwin Gonzalez) are on different teams now anyway
You make a good point; however, in a study the biggest offender was Bregman, and Altuve was actually against using it. I also believe there is enough evidence to suggest that it went on, allegedly, through 2019. I don’t have a team in the fight, as they say, in this year’s WS. I just want it to be a good one.
Ended by the beginning of 2018 due to ineffectiveness. Which was the main reason AJ Hinch was so against it. Because he was an analytics guy, and the numbers clearly showed Astros hitters had Much more success in away games in 2017 over home games, they couldn't use their decifer system in away games. And with Cora and especially Beltran gone at that point he was able to do away with it. Plenty of documentaries and youtube videos about the whole thing.
And turns out Hinch was completely right. Astros went on to have their best season in franchise history in 2018 after this stopped, and even better in 2019.
That fing Beltran almost single handily killed the Astros franchise bringing down that [censored] from NY
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I have Astros in 6. I kinda reckoned the Phillies would be able to win two games, most likely at home.
Stealing game one kinda messes that up a bit, but I still think Houston’s pitching depth, and superior defense will win out.
I’m kinda tired of the whole “cheaters” thing. At this point, you just have to beat the team on the field by playing the game better.
That said, I’m very curious about why Framber changes fielding gloves. After he did it vs Seattle, the reason mentioned was different webs and he thought he was tipping.
Tonight he did it again, started with the tan glove, then went to the black.
If he thought he was tipping before, why did he go back to the tan glove?
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I’m not saying he’s cheating but he also touches his hair after every pitch and the umps never checked him for a foreign substance. He pitched great though.
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@chuckclc_MLBTS said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@brainfreeze442 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@the_dragon1912 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@theBlindRhino said in So who you got for the World Series?:
Pretty easy for me. Astros are cheaters but MLB says we aren't allowed to talk about it because it tarnishes the sport. I don't get why the entire team didn't get lifetime bans. I think it is likely that they will win their first championship but I'll be rooting for the Phillies.
The entire team didn't get lifetime bans because it was a league wide problem. The Astros were just the worst offenders. Alex Cora ran a similar scheme in Boston the very next year and all the hate is still on Houston. The only hitters on Houston's current roster that still have any affiliation with the sign stealing are Bregman, Gurriel, and Altuve. That said I still want the phillies to win, but I don't have any hatred towards the astros pitchers, Kyle Tucker, Pena, McCormick, Dusty, Etc. For 2017. The worst offenders (Springer, Correa, Marwin Gonzalez) are on different teams now anyway
You make a good point; however, in a study the biggest offender was Bregman, and Altuve was actually against using it. I also believe there is enough evidence to suggest that it went on, allegedly, through 2019. I don’t have a team in the fight, as they say, in this year’s WS. I just want it to be a good one.
Ended by the beginning of 2018 due to ineffectiveness. Which was the main reason AJ Hinch was so against it. Because he was an analytics guy, and the numbers clearly showed Astros hitters had Much more success in away games in 2017 over home games, they couldn't use their decifer system in away games. And with Cora and especially Beltran gone at that point he was able to do away with it. Plenty of documentaries and youtube videos about the whole thing.
And turns out Hinch was completely right. Astros went on to have their best season in franchise history in 2018 after this stopped, and even better in 2019.
That fing Beltran almost single handily killed the Astros franchise bringing down that [censored] from NY
I am sure you know more about it than me. So I will take your word for it. You seem well informed and don’t speak like some of the kids on here that just say meaningless rants.
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@brainfreeze442 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
What are you referring to in that last part with Beltran?
Beltran was essentially the mastermind behind it all. When he came to the Astros from the Yankees he said the Astros were "behind the times" when it comes to sign stealing. And his and Cora's Veteran presence pretty much forced the Astros young players hands on how they were gonna do things. That is why both were immediately offered head Manager jobs. AJ Hinch didnt approve, but cmon. He was a relatively young Manager and didnt have near the influence on the locker room as Beltran did.
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@mrwonderful95 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
I’ll preface this by saying I’m a HUGE Phillies fan. Just curious who you boys think will win it all? I kinda think the astros are soft and the Phillies at home are too hard to beat. I’m biased obviously so I want some of the forums input!
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@chuckclc_MLBTS said in So who you got for the World Series?:
@brainfreeze442 said in So who you got for the World Series?:
What are you referring to in that last part with Beltran?
Beltran was essentially the mastermind behind it all. When he came to the Astros from the Yankees he said the Astros were "behind the times" when it comes to sign stealing. And his and Cora's Veteran presence pretty much forced the Astros young players hands on how they were gonna do things. That is why both were immediately offered head Manager jobs. AJ Hinch didnt approve, but cmon. He was a relatively young Manager and didnt have near the influence on the locker room as Beltran did.
I didn’t get a chance to check out the link, but you are definitely knowledgeable about this. I’m curious though. You’re not suggesting the Yankees had anything to do with this aside from Beltran coming from there, are you?
