New Video Shows Astros Using Whistles To Steal Signs
The Astros deceitful ways know no bounds. Eventually I feel like there’s going to be video that drops that shows people in the CF stands at Minute Maid Park using those red cone things to signal signs to hitters. Ya know, the things that airport employees use to direct planes on the runway:
That, or it’ll be like that scene from The Naked Gun since they can magically increase any pitcher’s spin rate x1000 at the drop of a hat:
Absolutely fucking hilarious movie btw, RIPIP Lt. Frank Drebin
Just pulling belt sanders and petroleum jelly out of their hats like it’s no big deal. But real talk – Manfred had a few more comments on the whole sign stealing scandal yesterday:
Via Even Drellich of The Athletic:
“We are going to investigate the Astros situation as thoroughly as humanly possible,” Manfred said after the conclusion of the owners’ meetings. “That investigation is going to encompass not only what we know about ’17, but also ’18 and ’19….
… I looked backward at how the issue had been dealt with,” he continued. “I guess I am still kind of a lawyer, and you look at how it had been handled in the past, and you try to penalize in a way that’s consistent with how it’s been handled in the past. I wrote what I wrote because I did not believe that the disciplines that had been handed out in the past were in line with the significance of the issues we were dealing with. So I do view it as a line of demarcation.”
The Astros are going to be soooo fucked. Like they’re going the be the most fucked people that have ever been fucked. Like, “yeah we didn’t anticipate teams using technology to steal signs like we should have, so we couldn’t punish the Red Sox as much as they deserved. So we warned teams that anyone caught cheating again will receive STIFF penalties.”
And also, the Astros are fucking terrible cheaters. That kinda goes without say since all of their methods are in plain view, but like holy shit fellas. Get it together. Didn’t it cross your mind that whistling and garbage can banging would EASILY be detected by not only other teams (shout out White Sox) but by computer nerds who can break down A/V stuff no problem? Like it’s hilarious that it’s not the league that’s blowing this thing up, it’s a bunch of random assholes with Adobe Audition instead. To me, this amount of negligence is almost as bad as the cheating itself. Sure, you can underestimate MLB officials. But do NOT underestimate computer nerds.
Side note – Big Cat went on Waddle and Silvy yesterday at the same time they had Yasmani Grandal on. Two notes. Obviously he asked Grandal what the Brewers’ method was to steal Darvish’s signs. Two things:
1. Grandal is NOT a good interview, he seemed extremely nervous and
2. Grandal said, “if ya ain’t cheating ya ain’t trying.”
Hey Yasmani! STFU dude! Why in the FUCKKKKKK would you say this out loud in the midst of one of the biggest scandals to strike baseball in a long time? So goddamn dumb. Deflect, deflect, deflect. Lying 101. This would be the most White Sox thing of all time; ink a player to the largest contract in team history then immediately get popped for cheating in one way or another. Why can’t we have nice things!!
Nevertheless – can’t wait for a new Astros cheating nugget to drop. I’m all over these videos like they’re the goddamn Zapruder Film. Aka I’m sitting back while Jomboy and his crew do all the work and then blogging them. Same difference.