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RussBLib

(9,649 posts) Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:29 PM Nov 2022

Astros too legit to quit

This win should put the cheating scandal behind them. With only 5 players on that 2017 team still on the team, 20 players, including Jordan Alvarez, will get their 1st World Series ring. I'm happy for the city and the fans. They will have to suffer thru a horrible football and basketball season.

I wonder how many players will return for next year?

A salute to the Phillies and their Cinderella season. Good pitching overcame good hitting this time around. Better luck next year!

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Astros too legit to quit (Original Post) RussBLib Nov 2022 OP

And to think that Ron Thomson GP6971 Nov 2022 #1

Zero cheating with Dusty Baker at the helm Brother Buzz Nov 2022 #2

What about the illegal bat hat was used this series by the Astros player Deuxcents Nov 2022 #3

He didn't know it was illegal TxGuitar Nov 2022 #4

MLB jumped all over him, for sure Brother Buzz Nov 2022 #5

Yup. Once a cheating team, always a cheating team! Laura PourMeADrink Nov 2022 #6

GP6971

(32,715 posts)

1. And to think that Ron Thomson

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:43 PM

Nov 2022

turned the team around after the Phillies fired Girardi. That in itself is a major accomplishment.

Brother Buzz

(37,607 posts)

2. Zero cheating with Dusty Baker at the helm

Reply to RussBLib (Original post)

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 10:56 PM

Nov 2022

Dusty Baker totally rehabilitated the Astros

Deuxcents

(19,401 posts)

3. What about the illegal bat hat was used this series by the Astros player

Reply to Brother Buzz (Reply #2)

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 11:03 PM

Nov 2022

TxGuitar

(4,274 posts)

4. He didn't know it was illegal

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 11:26 PM

Nov 2022

It belonged to Albert Pujols so he thought it would have some mojo for him. It’s illegal because that model was prone to splinter dangerously when broken, not because of any advantage. Sorry it doesn’t fit the narrative you seem to want to push.

Brother Buzz

(37,607 posts)

5. MLB jumped all over him, for sure

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 11:28 PM

Nov 2022

Major League Baseball forced Houston Astros catcher Martín Maldonado to stop using an illegal maple bat after Game 1 of the World Series.

The bat was deemed illegal for safety reasons and not competitive reasons -- the specific type of maple bat Maldonado used is more likely to splinter into multiple pieces.

The suspect/illegal bat was a gift from Albert Pujols in 2017; it was grandfathered in for Pujols, but not newer players like Maldonado

Laura PourMeADrink

(42,770 posts)

6. Yup. Once a cheating team, always a cheating team!

Reply to Deuxcents (Reply #3)

Sat Nov 5, 2022, 11:34 PM

Nov 2022

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