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Post by sierchio on Nov 19, 2019 1:37:17 GMT -5
hahaha... you'll be forever young senior Inger
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Post by sierchio on Nov 19, 2019 1:56:46 GMT -5
How about as punishment, every year that the cheating was PROVEN to occur, those who there is evidence of cheating, are fined whatever their salary was that year... if say Hinch was found to be involved in 2017-2019, he is fined same amount as his salary from 2017-2019... and everyone involved also gets a year suspension for each season the cheating occured... so Hinch would recieve a 3 year suspension on top of that... and then as a club, no draft picks or free agent signings for as many seasons as cheating occured...
I think this is harsh enough to stop any future cheating... no???
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Post by greatfatness on Nov 19, 2019 5:24:32 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Nov 19, 2019 11:37:00 GMT -5
Maybe the best counter would be to allow the catcher and pitcher to use a similar device to communicate the signs. That might be a bit more practical than having a crotch shot of the catcher on screen 300 times per game... Put the buzzer on the pitcher in the right place and watch him dance on the mound. “He did the two-step! It’s off speed”!!! |
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Post by inger on Nov 19, 2019 11:43:25 GMT -5
How about as punishment, every year that the cheating was PROVEN to occur, those who there is evidence of cheating, are fined whatever their salary was that year... if say Hinch was found to be involved in 2017-2019, he is fined same amount as his salary from 2017-2019... and everyone involved also gets a year suspension for each season the cheating occured... so Hinch would recieve a 3 year suspension on top of that... and then as a club, no draft picks or free agent signings for as many seasons as cheating occured... I think this is harsh enough to stop any future cheating... no??? Not that I’d feel sorry for them, but those fines would be likely to bankrupt the offenders and would surely generate a legal proceeding to overturn them. I do feel the harshest fine should be put on the organization for allowing that conduct. Forcing the sale of the team may sense, and banning the owners for life as well. Every team owner would certainly keep their eyes open for possible future violations. One of the tougher situations I think MLB is facing is that there are so many ways to cheat that many haven’t been anticipated, and therefore are not specially against the rules. “Unwritten rules” are hard to enforce and have no fine schedule to enforce... |
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Post by sierchio on Nov 19, 2019 13:41:01 GMT -5
Maybe the best counter would be to allow the catcher and pitcher to use a similar device to communicate the signs. That might be a bit more practical than having a crotch shot of the catcher on screen 300 times per game... Put the buzzer on the pitcher in the right place and watch him dance on the mound. “He did the two-step! It’s off speed”!!! I can see the headlines 10 years from now... "Back-To-Back World Series Champion Padres caught hacking into the opposing team's pitch signal buzzers" |
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Post by noetsi on Nov 19, 2019 14:33:35 GMT -5
they will encrypt the message and then Washington will pay someone from the NSA to help them....
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Post by NewYawka on Nov 19, 2019 22:05:47 GMT -5
Assuming the Astros are found guilty (which evidence seems to say they will be), Luhnow and Hinch should be suspended for a year. That would hurt them in the short term. In addition, the team should lose draft picks and international spending money. That would hurt them in the long run.
If MLB wants to make a statement, go big. No more slaps on the hand. You hit them hard and other teams may think twice about trying something similar.
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Post by inger on Nov 19, 2019 23:03:06 GMT -5
Assuming the Astros are found guilty (which evidence seems to say they will be), Luhnow and Hinch should be suspended for a year. That would hurt them in the short term. In addition, the team should lose draft picks and international spending money. That would hurt them in the long run. If MLB wants to make a statement, go big. No more slaps on the hand. You hit them hard and other teams may think twice about trying something similar. I think that just like in the previous situation with the Red Sox, MLB also has to warn of continually escalating punishments for any future offenses... |
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Post by kaybli on Nov 20, 2019 9:15:42 GMT -5
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Post by inger on Nov 20, 2019 11:08:21 GMT -5
Definitive proof! Gather up a posse boys. Bring a rope. No sense waiting for the law on this one... |
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Post by kaybli on Nov 20, 2019 11:13:31 GMT -5
Not sure if I posted this before but you can hear the banging in this video:
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Post by greatfatness on Nov 20, 2019 21:12:40 GMT -5
Assuming the Astros are found guilty (which evidence seems to say they will be), Luhnow and Hinch should be suspended for a year. That would hurt them in the short term. In addition, the team should lose draft picks and international spending money. That would hurt them in the long run. If MLB wants to make a statement, go big. No more slaps on the hand. You hit them hard and other teams may think twice about trying something similar. I think that just like in the previous situation with the Red Sox, MLB also has to warn of continually escalating punishments for any future offenses... I think the floor is what StL got for hacking into Houston’s computers. The wild card here is whether MLB concludes this goes beyond Houston. |
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Post by inger on Nov 20, 2019 21:27:38 GMT -5
I think that just like in the previous situation with the Red Sox, MLB also has to warn of continually escalating punishments for any future offenses... I think the floor is what StL got for hacking into Houston’s computers. The wild card here is whether MLB concludes this goes beyond Houston. I’m betting it does. Probably involves every team... |
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Post by sierchio on Nov 20, 2019 22:30:19 GMT -5
@ 9:27 they bring up what I said yesterday, take away their 2017 salaries... says the MLBPA wouldn't allow it because it's bargained there's a certain amount that they can be fined
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