Quote (Embiid @ Feb 16 2020 09:19pm)
There are data from broadcasting that shows Altuve was part of the banging scheme. Although his trash can rate banging was lower than his teammates, but that's because he might have also been wearing a buzzer, nobody will ever know the truth for sure, commissioner said so today himself.The Astros might have cheated on the road to according to multiple reports.
Only guy that data supported that didn't cheat was Kemp.
Correa definitely cheated, he admitted it himself and apologized then made an ass of himself the very next day.
Fuck all of them.
Oh I know Correa was part of it. I meant I believe him when he said Altuve and others weren't and Altuve splits show it. Cmon, You can't actually believe it happened on the road too; maybe in the playoffs for a series you could possibly set something up but during the season? Lets be realistic. Altuve's MVP definitely shouldn't be in question.
I'm not saying the Astros didn't get punished enough; because they didn't.. but Altuve's home/road splits don't lie.
What bothers me the most is they didn't even need to do it; they're still a talented team and they'll be fine still. If anything it just adds more fuel for Bregman, Correa and the others. They'll still rake.
As far as the Altuve/Chapman video; it was 0-2 hanging slider. Personally, if I'm down 0-2 against Chapman. I'm sitting slider (expecting it to be a ball). He hung one and didn't get away with it. Him not wanting his jersey not pulled off is sketchy but I still believe him.
This post was edited by Schwarber on Feb 17 2020 08:26am