It's like every other sports scandal in the history of sports, it'll go away entirely by next season.

It'll be a huge deal as this season starts. It'll die down for the most part, but there will be flare ups here and there. It'll certainly be a big talking point this coming postseason assuming the Astros are in the playoffs.

And by next season, it'll be behind us but for a tiny blip on the radar here and there that won't get much run.

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Posted by WestCoastAg

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Posted on 2/19/20 at 12:28 pm to shel311

There is going to be around 5000 Dodger fans to boo the Astros at their opener in Anaheim. Maybe this will die down sooner than I think, but I have a hard time believing this will completely go away in only a couple of months

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Posted by Klingler7

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Posted on 2/19/20 at 1:35 pm to shel311

I think the Astros should trade the biggest players and start over losing 100 games with AAA players.

Do this for three years and have a new slate come the 2024 season. Scrub the kettle clean.

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Posted by Crow Pie

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Posted on 2/19/20 at 2:23 pm to shel311

quote:
It's like every other sports scandal in the history of sports, it'll go away entirely by next season.

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Joseph Jefferson Jackson (July 16, 1887 – December 5, 1951), nicknamed "Shoeless Joe", was an American outfielder who played Major League Baseball (MLB) in the early 1900s. He is remembered for his performance on the field and for his association with the Black Sox Scandal, in which members of the 1919 Chicago White Sox participated in a conspiracy to fix the World Series. As a result of Jackson's association with the scandal, Kenesaw Mountain Landis, Major League Baseball's first commissioner, banned Jackson from playing after the 1920 season despite his exceptional play in the 1919 World Series, in which he led both teams in several statistical categories and set a World Series record with 12 base hits. Since then, Jackson's guilt has been fiercely debated with new accounts claiming his innocence and urging Major League Baseball to reconsider his banishment. As a result of the scandal, Jackson's career was abruptly halted in his prime, ensuring him a place in baseball lore.

Over a hundred years later and what Shoeless Joe is best known for is the 2nd sentence in his bio.