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Posting a general question I’ve never received what I thought was a good answer to…

Why is Jose Altuve the most hated Astro? From the outside looking in, sure he didn’t stop the cheating but it sounds like he didn’t actively take part in the trash cans. And he seems like a genuinely good dude. I don’t know why we have made him the face of the scandal?

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1 hour ago, tomallenfan1 said:

Posting a general question I’ve never received what I thought was a good answer to…

Why is Jose Altuve the most hated Astro? From the outside looking in, sure he didn’t stop the cheating but it sounds like he didn’t actively take part in the trash cans. And he seems like a genuinely good dude. I don’t know why we have made him the face of the scandal?

On top of the trash can stuff, he may or may not have had a electronic buzzer attached to his person in the ALCS when he homered off Chapman and won an MVP over a 52 HR season from Judge in what was propably a trash-can aided season. Yankess fans in my experience are numerous and quite loud so that plays a role.

Being the face of the team inevitably has made him the face of the scandal, whether right or wrong. Fantastic ballplayer, especially given his size

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On top of the trash can stuff, he may or may not have had a electronic buzzer attached to his person in the ALCS when he homered off Chapman and won an MVP over a 52 HR season from Judge in what was propably a trash-can aided season. Yankess fans in my experience are numerous and quite loud so that plays a role.
Being the face of the team inevitably has made him the face of the scandal, whether right or wrong. Fantastic ballplayer, especially given his size

But that’s the thing though is the buzzer thing was a conspiracy and made up by a Reddit user. According to the investigation and all writers on the subject, buzzers were a myth. That’s what makes me question the hate Altuve gets. He didn’t participate in the trash cans according to several reports and people are believing conspiracy theories on buzzers. Just seems like we should hate on other players from that team and not Altuve.
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3 minutes ago, tomallenfan1 said:


But that’s the thing though is the buzzer thing was a conspiracy and made up by a Reddit user. According to the investigation and all writers on the subject, buzzers were a myth. That’s what makes me question the hate Altuve gets. He didn’t participate in the trash cans according to several reports and people are believing conspiracy theories on buzzers. Just seems like we should hate on other players from that team and not Altuve.

I think a lot of Yankees fans at least view it as guilty by association, even if they don't admit it.  He's a great player though, his strike zone is the size of a thimble but you still have to be able to make quality contact.

I'm tired of losing to them and I grew up a Yankees fan.  They have less money and can plug and play, we have a 290mil payroll held together with thoughts and prayers.

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Question for streamers…anyone know of a way to watch MLB if you don’t have cable or Directtv? I picked up BallySports+ and watched the first couple spring training games but mysteriously Sunday I couldn’t get the Cardinals game and I called and they said they dropped MLB from BALLYSPORTS+….ridiculous 

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10 hours ago, Gnet550 said:

Question for streamers…anyone know of a way to watch MLB if you don’t have cable or Directtv? I picked up BallySports+ and watched the first couple spring training games but mysteriously Sunday I couldn’t get the Cardinals game and I called and they said they dropped MLB from BALLYSPORTS+….ridiculous 

Legally theres mlb.tv but they block you if you're in the media market for the team you want to watch. You may need a VPN to change your location then.

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11 hours ago, Gnet550 said:

Question for streamers…anyone know of a way to watch MLB if you don’t have cable or Directtv? I picked up BallySports+ and watched the first couple spring training games but mysteriously Sunday I couldn’t get the Cardinals game and I called and they said they dropped MLB from BALLYSPORTS+….ridiculous 

Yeah Bally sports is a mess right now. They missed a $140M payment on something like $9M in debt that they owe several leagues, including MLB. I haven't heard any recent updates but it seems like any team that relied on the regional sports channel run by Bally to broadcast their games are.....not going to be doing that this season. MLB has indicated they'll figure out a way to broadcast those games, but I haven't heard any concrete plans as to how. I'm a long time subscriber to MLB.tv, but I'm out of the Cardinals home area. If you're in the Cards home area, you'll need to combine that with a VPN.

But, the MLB.tv broadcast for Cards games was always the Bally sports midwest feed. So I'd hold off on buying MLB.tv until the broadcast situation is ironed out.

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