re: The Astros were using cameras and technology to steal signs in 2017

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Well that isn't going to happen with the e-mails now, so what is the best you've got?

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The email, and it only suggests that the scouts could maybe try cameras or binoculars. This email was sent in August of 2017. Not many people are talking about the fact that the Astros fired 8 of their scouts in August of 2017. Maybe the Astros didn’t know about this and found out what was going on behind the scenes and fired the guys who were doing this.

The Astros had a better road record than home record. Their road record was 53-28 and their home record was 48-33. The Astros also had a better batting average on the road than at home. Road batting average was .284. Home batting average was .279. Their slugging was also better on the road than at home. Slugging on the road was also better with a slugging average of .483 to .472. More homeruns on the road than at home also with 123 on the road and 115 at home and the Astros have a very hitter friendly ballpark.

Here’s what I found that was the very interesting. I’ll give all the people who think the Astros cheated this benefit. The only thing that I’ve seen that may indicate that the Astros cheated is the banging on a bat rack or trash can, but the Mariners pitcher said it was the bat rack he was hitting.

But with that being said, these accusations are in the month of August and if you look at the Astros in August of 2017, that was the Astros worst month during that season. It was their worst month when it came to W/L record, average, and slugging. August was tied with April for their lowest amount of runs put up during any month during the 2017 regular season for the Astros. August was the second worst month for the Astros whenever it came down to hits, homeruns, and RBIs. April was first in those categories. Also comparing the months of April and August, the Astros played 28 games in August compared to 25 games in April. Astros had 954 ABs in August, which was their second highest month in 2017 whenever it came down to ABs, and had 848 ABs in the month of April in 2017, which was the lowest amount of ABs.

In my opinion, if the Astros cheated, it was during the month of August of 2017, and based on the numbers for the Astros during that month, the Astros were very bad at cheating. There is no proof that they cheated in the postseason because the whistling was obviously from fans and it didn’t match up with the pitches that were being thrown. Also the bullpen catcher giving signals with an ear piece in will never be able to be proven. There’s just no way they can prove that to be true. I don’t think the Astros cheated and if the allegations come out to be true, then I will be very upset and angry with my own team.

I’ll even give a link so everybody can go and look at the numbers for themselves and you can look at any season, regular season and postseason.

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