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Chris Sale has been the only one that’s had a level head in an interview re: Astros
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:15 am
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:15 am
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it’s nice to see a player not bitching incessantly over this.
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It was Oct. 5, 2017, Game 1 of the ALDS in Houston, when Sale made his first career playoff start, and his only one at Minute Maid Park in 2017. He was promptly lit up by the Astros for seven runs on nine hits, including three homers, two of which came in back-to-back fashion by Alex Bregman and Jose Altuve in the first inning.
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“I think they ran out of fireworks in Houston,” Sale said. “That guy on the train, it must have kept his job for another year. That was tough. I was standing out there on the mound and saying, ‘How the hell are they doing …’ They were hitting breaking balls over the fence, hitting fastballs at their neck. Yeah, it crosses your mind. But what kind of idiot do you look like if they actually weren’t? I’m not going to sit there and say they were because I don’t have 100% evidence. I guess there is in the investigation, but in that specific scenario I don’t know. …
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But Sale, while he had his suspicions, stopped short of ripping the Astros. He wasn’t sure how much of his poor playoff outing had to do illegal sign-stealing, and even if it did, it’s in the past now.
“Yeah, it sucks. But what am I going to do?” Sale said. “Am I going to hold them at gunpoint? Am I going to sit here and curse them out through a bunch of cameras? If I have something to say to them, I know those guys. I can get one of their numbers and text them and talk to them face-to-face or whatever. It happened. What are you going to do about it? You can sit around and cry about it or I can get my arse to work and try and win a championship.”
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“I think there are some steps to be taken,” Sale said. “Luckily I’m not running the show and I don’t have to figure all that out. I think we just have to get back to playing the game. The X’s and O’s. If I’m better than you on a certain day I win. If you’re better than me on a certain day you win. There’s a lot, not only with the Astros, but there has been a lot of chatter of stuff going on around the league for years now. It’s been going on for a while. I would like to see it cleaned up. I enjoy competition. You guys know me, if I go out there and I get beat on a day I will tell you I got beat. That’s just part of it. …
“I’m not going to play this game forever. I want to leave this game in a better way than I started. If I can do something to impact that I will. I would like to do that. This puts a negative tone on the game of baseball for the future players of this game and it opens up the door that I don’t think was open before. You would hate to think … I’m no choir boy by any means. I’ve done some things in the past that I’m not proud of and some things I wouldn’t want my sons to do, but you try and do things the right way and you try and promote this game in a positive light for kids in the future.”
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“They’re only trying to do their job and make right by all this,” Sale said of MLB. “They asked me, hey, you want to talk to these guys? Yeah I do. Because I want to help make this right. Is it frustrating? Yeah. It took 30 minutes out of one of my days in the offseason? Whatever. But to get the truth and to make this a better game, I’m in. That’s what I’ve talked about basically this whole interview, getting all this right and making this a better game when I leave.”
it’s nice to see a player not bitching incessantly over this.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:15 am to TigerFanInSouthland
I wish I was motivated to read all that but I’m not
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:18 am to TigerFanInSouthland
It's a lot easier to say when it hasn't cost you your pro career and/or millions of dollars.
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 7:19 am
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:29 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Tl dr
They’re cheaters. No respect
They’re cheaters. No respect
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:35 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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It's a lot easier to say when it hasn't cost you your pro career and/or millions of dollars.
Spare me
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:39 am to TigerFanInSouthland
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it’s nice to see a player not bitching incessantly over this.
Thats because he was on the other team that was cheating..
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:42 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Can we temporarily ban Astros threads?
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:45 am to auzach91
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Thats because he was on the other team that was cheating..
Yeah, only two teams were cheating.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:47 am to TigerFanInSouthland
With video...every baseball team cheats, but its not to the extent that these teams were doing it
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:47 am to Porter Osborne Jr
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Sorry you don’t like facts.
Name me one guy with a career ERA under 4.5 that lost their career for one bad appearance against the best offensive team in baseball. TIA
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 7:49 am
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:49 am to auzach91
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With video...every baseball team cheats, but its not to the extent that these teams were doing it
Yeah, I’m sure that’s it.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:51 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Id say with as much outrage from the players that is out there, it is. If these guys knew some shite could come out on them, you think they would be out there talking to the media? No....it would be exactly what Sale is doing.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 7:57 am to TigerFan91
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best offensive team in baseball.
This isn't true though. We don't know how good these guys are without knowing which pitches are coming at them.
Lot of dudes lost money because Astros can't win legitimately.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:01 am to YStar
Despite the fact that the Astros were a better offensive team on the road and the team put up monster numbers in 2019 with no record of cheating.
That doesn’t discredit what they did at home was bad and they cheated, but they were still an elite offensive team.
And again legitimately name me one name that lost money due to one bad outing against the best offensive team in baseball. Quit with the lots of dude shite find me one guy who would have a legit gripe.
That doesn’t discredit what they did at home was bad and they cheated, but they were still an elite offensive team.
And again legitimately name me one name that lost money due to one bad outing against the best offensive team in baseball. Quit with the lots of dude shite find me one guy who would have a legit gripe.
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 8:03 am
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:05 am to YStar
They just went to the World Series again.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:07 am to TigerFan91
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That doesn’t discredit
Actually this forever discredits the Astros.
Literally any achievement they attempt will be discredited because they and their fanbase have heavily defended cheating to win a championship.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:08 am to YStar
okay dude how dare the fans!!!!
Let me know when you find someone that lost a career and “millions”
Let me know when you find someone that lost a career and “millions”
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 8:11 am
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:12 am to TigerFan91
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And again legitimately name me one name that lost money due to one bad outing against the best offensive team in baseball. Quit with the lots of dude shite find me one guy who would have a legit gripe.
Yu Darvish
I think the perfect punishment would be to let all of Astros opponents for the rest of the organizations existence know their pitchers pitch before he can throw it.
Let's see how high those ERAs can go!
Let's see how metally crippled their pitchers get and see if rhey can get to 30 wins a season.
Posted on 2/19/20 at 8:13 am to YStar
The same Yu Darvish that signed a 6 year $150 million deal that offseason?
This post was edited on 2/19/20 at 8:16 am
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