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After 4 months of investigation that's it? I guess they didn't find much with those weak penalties. What exactly did MLB find? The players vehemently denied any wrongdoing. I guess they were right.

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MLB suspends Red Sox replay operator, docks draft pick; Alex Cora suspended for conduct with Astros

MLB on Wednesday handed down its punishment in the Red Sox sign-stealing case, suspending replay operator J.T. Watkins one year and docking the team a second-round draft pick. Former manager Alex Cora was suspended for his role in the Astros scandal.
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So Watkins was using real time game day film to augment the permissible scouting film already developed?
 
Filthy Red Sox cheaters get off scot free. I mean they wouldve been in the bottom of the AL east anyways looking up at the Yankees but still
 
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Very weak, don't get it. They were the Astro's but get away with hardly a peep. It doesn't really matter if they don't penalize those who knew and took advantage at all then it was all worthless. Or let everyone know what pitch is coming vs them to see how it feels.
 
Yankees32123 said:
Delayed season is the best thing that could have ever happened for the Astros and Red Sox. For PR and penalty purposes.
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Actually in a 5-10 round draft, the penalties are much stronger than in a normal year.
 
Not surprised at all after the Astros got a slap on the wrist.
 
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Shouldn't even be that much. If people read the report there really isn't much on the Sox. It feels like Manfred had to find something just so it looks like they did something. In no way should the 2018 Red Sox be classed together with the 2017 Astros.
 
mauconnfan said:
Very weak, don't get it. They were the Astro's but get away with hardly a peep. It doesn't really matter if they don't penalize those who knew and took advantage at all then it was all worthless. Or let everyone know what pitch is coming vs them to see how it feels.
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How were they the Astros?
 
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I'm no Sox fan but but there were no banging trash cans and guys throwing up signs in the bullpen. The Astros antics were disgraceful and I think what makes it even worse was how douchy they were about it. The home/road splits were a joke in the playoffs, Bregman is turd and I'm convinced that Altuve had something going on under his jersey when he hit that HR off Chapman. Guy hits a walkoff HR against one of the best closers in baseball in a playoff game and all he could think about was his jersey getting ripped off? There's no hard evidence (other than the rest of the cheating, so hey, why not raise the bar?) but it just reeks of guilt.
 
Yeah, the infractions seem to constitute a big nothing-burger. Not even close to what the Astros did. The penalties are more than sufficient. Given the consistent insistence by everyone associated with the Sox I was interested to see if there really wasn't anything there. And apparently there wasn't.
 
tentoes4rings said:
Because he’s Mau and he hates the Red Sox?
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Yeah that’s it lol it’s not because they cheated? Lol oh and your manager got fired and suspended please show me where he went kicking and screaming

I will wait?

Oh yeah the only thing you get right is I hate the Red Sox. Good read.
 
mauconnfan said:
Yeah that’s it lol it’s not because they cheated? Lol oh and your manager got fired and suspended please show me where he went kicking and screaming

I will wait?

Oh yeah the only thing you get right is I hate the Red Sox. Good read.
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He got suspended for what he did in Houston! Maybe you didn’t read Manfred’s findings. Red Sox weren’t completely clean here but I refuse to hear any fan of a team that employed Alex Rodriguez for 12 years get all holier than thou and talk about other teams cheating.
 
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tentoes4rings said:
He got suspended for what he did in Houston! Maybe you didn’t read Manfred’s findings. Red Sox weren’t completely clean here but I refuse to hear any fan of a team that employed Alex Rodriguez for 12 years get all holier than thou and talk about other teams cheating.
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Or Jason giambi. Holy lol
 
tentoes4rings said:
He got suspended for what he did in Houston! Maybe you didn’t read Manfred’s findings. Red Sox weren’t completely clean here but I refuse to hear any fan of a team that employed Alex Rodriguez for 12 years get all holier than thou and talk about other teams cheating.
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Big Papi was as big or possibly a bigger cheater than A-Rod. He just had a fixer in his corner...

Some questioned whether being a director of the Boston Red Sox created a conflict of interest for Mitchell, especially because no prime Red Sox players were named in the report,[22] despite the fact that Red Sox stars David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were later alleged to have used performance-enhancing substances during the 2003 season, as reported by The New York Times on July 30, 2009.[25] Likewise, the report was commissioned by Selig, and no members of the Milwaukee Brewers, whom Selig once owned, appeared in the report.
 
tentoes4rings said:
He got suspended for what he did in Houston! Maybe you didn’t read Manfred’s findings. Red Sox weren’t completely clean here but I refuse to hear any fan of a team that employed Alex Rodriguez for 12 years get all holier than thou and talk about other teams cheating.
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You are lost, so lost it’s hilarious. How long did Manny play or Papi? Would you like me to go on? And you don’t know me so shut it off again never an ARod fan, he’s a cheater but you won with cheaters too. Get over it all and get real. Papi=ARod period!!! We’re both fans of cheaters you just like yours and I like a few of mine. ARod nah not a Yankee but good try crappy argument though.
 
Stlh8L8ner said:
Big Papi was as big or possibly a bigger cheater than A-Rod. He just had a fixer in his corner...

Some questioned whether being a director of the Boston Red Sox created a conflict of interest for Mitchell, especially because no prime Red Sox players were named in the report,[22] despite the fact that Red Sox stars David Ortiz and Manny Ramirez were later alleged to have used performance-enhancing substances during the 2003 season, as reported by The New York Times on July 30, 2009.[25] Likewise, the report was commissioned by Selig, and no members of the Milwaukee Brewers, whom Selig once owned, appeared in the report.
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These are just stupid comm
August_West said:
Or Jason giambi. Holy lol
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I was going to cite Giambi too but didn’t want to start the whole Papi, Manny crap again, to which we could bring up Grimsley, Sheffield, Knoblauch, Clemens and so many others. I’m willing to admit both teams have done their share of cheating but to have Yankee fans call anyone else cheaters is beyond hypocritical.
 
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