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https://twitter.com/golicandwingo/status...00321?s=21

Jessica Mendoza with the most asinine take I’ve heard yet from a national TV analyst. Not a great week for alums of Stanford batted ball sports.

Well, I will defend the statement to this extent:  there is something disingenuous about a team member calling out the misconduct long after it occurs and after he left the team, while he presumably benefited from the misconduct - certainly his team did - real time.  

Now, if there are some records of the whistleblower complaining "up-the-ladder" about the cheating within the Astros real-time, then I'll withdraw the disingenuous charge.   But c'mon now . . . 

BTW, heard this morning on one of the shows that technology is always advancing so this should be expected and is not that big a deal.  I wholeheartedly DISAGREE with this not being a big deal - knowing what pitch is coming greatly enhances the batter's chances of success (though it also does not guarantee anything).  But if we are going to "surrender" to technology, then why don't we just equip the catcher and pitcher with an ear-piece communications system so only they will know the pitch (the signals can be jettisoned or used as a distraction).  Of course, this could hurt middle-infielders' ability to position and anticipate, based on knowing the pitch, but them's the breaks.  You have to sacrifice something to preclude the overwhelming advantage a hitter would have by employing Astros-like tactics.

[teejers1]

https://twitter.com/golicandwingo/status...00321?s=21

Jessica Mendoza with the most asinine take I’ve heard yet from a national TV analyst. Not a great week for alums of Stanford batted ball sports.

Well, I will defend the statement to this extent:  there is something disingenuous about a team member calling out the misconduct long after it occurs and after he left the team, while he presumably benefited from the misconduct - certainly his team did - real time.  

Now, if there are some records of the whistleblower complaining "up-the-ladder" about the cheating within the Astros real-time, then I'll withdraw the disingenuous charge.   But c'mon now . . . 

BTW, heard this morning on one of the shows that technology is always advancing so this should be expected and is not that big a deal.  I wholeheartedly DISAGREE with this not being a big deal - knowing what pitch is coming greatly enhances the batter's chances of success (though it also does not guarantee anything).  But if we are going to "surrender" to technology, then why don't we just equip the catcher and pitcher with an ear-piece communications system so only they will know the pitch (the signals can be jettisoned or used as a distraction).  Of course, this could hurt middle-infielders' ability to position and anticipate, based on knowing the pitch, but them's the breaks.  You have to sacrifice something to preclude the overwhelming advantage a hitter would have by employing Astros-like tactics.