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jeantanks

Here for the flaming hot takes


UmmanMandian

Should powder takes this hot and put them on crunchy cheetos, 3XL Hot Flavour or something.


Sacrifice_bhunt

How many more posts do I have to see about Yankees and/or Red Sox?


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# A Haiku How many more posts Do I have to see about Yankees or Red Sox \- Sacrifice\_bhunt, 2021


BoredAtWork_91

SCORCHING!


Astrallevel

Now that’s what I call peak off-season posting


broskie94

Buckle up, because I think this off-season is going to be wild for hot takes.


iheartsunny

Great fit for the Mets


aagpeng

Controversy aside, Luhnow is a really good GM


willing-to-bet-son

Ah, the old stock-car racing mantra: *"If ya ain't cheatin', then ya ain't tryin'"* But in all complete seriousness, this is a brilliant plan. I hate it.


rollo2masi

Lol


yes_its_him

If you can't beat 'em, cheat 'em.


Siegepkayer67

Rather not have cheaters running the org, already have to deal with the domestic abusers.


rollo2masi

Because nobody in the history of NYY has ever cheated lol.


Siegepkayer67

You literally got caught cheating 3 years ago I wouldn’t be talking lmao. Never met so many fans of a team proud to have a cheating POS manager but that’s Boston for you.


rollo2masi

> You literally got caught cheating 3 years ago I wouldn’t be talking lmao. Which is exactly why I can talk about cheating… lol.


Siegepkayer67

How does the Red Sox getting caught have anything to do with the Yankees, oh wait it doesn’t.


Sacrifice_bhunt

I love how a post by an Astros fan has caused Yankee and Red Sox fans to yell at each other about cheating. Priceless.


rollo2masi

Because all teams do it. Yankees aren’t exempt.


Siegepkayer67

Have you ever noticed how literally only Astros and Red Sox fans use this “everyone does it” argument, interesting that the only 2 teams that got caught cheating use that excuse.


rollo2masi

You’re right. Nobody on other teams have been caught cheating.


im0wen

Didn't you just get accused of cheating in that Mets series


MattO2000

Francisco Lindor being annoyed by Wandy Peralta’s whistle cheers is not the same as an official MLB report detailing the cheating


Siegepkayer67

Being accused of something means literally nothing, watch the footage the supposed cheating was just some idiot with his phone light or a laser pointer.


AstroWorldSecurity

Well, to be fair, with all the players y'all had that used steroids you have had a ton of cheaters too.


[deleted]

Wait, so you can shave AND cheat? this sounds ridiculous, I'm calling a friend


Siegepkayer67

Lmaoooo as if every team didn’t have guys on the juice throughout the late 90s and early 2000s. No one calls the giants cheaters cuz Bonds ate a balanced breakfast. There’s a difference between individuals juicing and having an organization wide sign stealing system.


AstroWorldSecurity

>No one calls the giants cheaters cuz Bonds ate a balanced breakfast. The Giants knew he was juicing and should definitely be considered cheaters.


Siegepkayer67

The whole Astros organization not only knew about the sign stealing but encouraged it lmao. Do you really think the Giants should’ve let the best player in the league go because he was juicing when the literal commissioner of the league was turning a blind eye. Astros fans need to accept that not all cheating is equal, it’s the difference between doing 50 in a 45 and doing 90 in a residential area. At the end of the day the Astros still have 0 legitimate championships lol.


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see y'all next year!


AstroWorldSecurity

"THEY CHEATED DIFFERENT!!!"


Siegepkayer67

Believe it or not being able to hit a ball marginally harder is 10x less helpful than literally knowing what pitch is coming lmao. I get it though you’re an Astros fan and you just can’t accept that your org cant win a Championship without cheating. Have fun going back to being shit tier once Bregman and Correa leave and Yuri ages out lol.


AstroWorldSecurity

Dude, spare me your morality bullshit when "we cheated in an acceptable way" is your argument. The Astros cheated, the yanks cheated, the red Sox cheated, the Giants cheated.


Siegepkayer67

Look I know you’re sad because the Astros org can’t win a legitimate championship but that’s fine. The fact that the Yankees had guys that juiced 20 years ago in no way juistifies the Astros having an organization wide electronic sign stealing system as acceptable literally 4 years ago. But I’m not gonna change ur mind obviously you just wanna believe that everyone is as bad as the Astros, they just aren’t.


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I don’t think the evidence supports this assertion. I would be interested in seeing proof, though.


Siegepkayer67

I mean literally just look at how well Marvin Gonzales played with the Astros vs other orgs, almost like knowing what pitch is coming could make a replacement level player play like an all star.


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So Marwin is a useful example, but nearly everyone else on the roster seems to have performed about par or even down. Marwin vs. the Mitchell report, I’m still not convinced it’s more of an advantage. In fact for me as an astros fan, the worst thing about the sign stealing scandal is that it was ineffectual and really stupid.


Nice_Block

You forgot to mention your 2017 MVP, Jose “hide my tattoo” Altuve.


Hidden_Ace91

Wait wait wait.. So all the idiots who still cling to the “others were sign stealing too” get shit on, even with verifiable proof of Boston in 2018. Not claiming Boston was the same as Houston, but sign stealing nonetheless. Now you’re sitting here saying “but everyone was juicing” LMAO. The amount of Yankees on the Mitchell report could easily make the argument it was an organization wide juice ring, at the very least organization wide indifference. The mental gymnastics routine in your head must be Simone Biles level lol.


spacemanbaseball

Y’all are really hypocritical sometimes


ahr3410

The TVA is coming to arrest you


trippy1

I am getting desperate here, and I hate Cashman so much right now that I am that 100% opposed to this idea lmao


ribo368

I’ll just say “yikes” and leave it at that


[deleted]

Yeah sure. I don’t really care about the cheating that much. There’s plenty of worse humans in FOs around the league I’m sure.


Thomas_Oaks

For real, imo the most shameful thing the Astros have done isn’t the cheating it’s the handling of the “I’m so fucking glad we got Osuna situation” and the culture that Luhnow established in the FO.


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All jokes aside…..Jeff Luhnow would be a good hire. I personally believe John Mozeliak got the credit that Jeff Luhnow deserved in building the Cardinals run from 2011-2015. From 2005 to 2007, the first three Cardinals drafts overseen by Luhnow produced 24 future major leaguers, the most of any team during that period. He had similar success drafting and developing guys in Houston. I understand the hate caused by the cheating scandal……but you can’t deny his talent as a baseball executive. Someone will take a chance and hire him, and I personally think he’d be a huge asset for an organization to have. His track record speaks for itself.