Ahoy hoy! It's been a whirlwind week for the Blue Jays and things look like they may well get more exciting from here. How fun is that? I got so many questions this week that I couldn't even get to them all, which I apologize for, but which I love so much because it means we're building a great community of paid subscribers around here. I feel great about the first three weeks of the site, so thank you so much everybody. And don't worry, the questions I skipped were either just repeats or involved Michael Brantley!
With all due respect (and I'm a big Stoeten fan) you're push back on the cheating aspect is a bit all over the place. I have zero time for Bauer and his hateful bullshit, I don't care how good at baseball he is, and firmly believe some cheating in social programs doesn't diminish the value in social programs. I also don't really see what the latter has to do with someone who cheats at baseball. I have reservations about a cheater playing on my favourite team, I'm not suggesting we cancel baseball. Also, I'm not being selective when I say that Springer had the second most trashcan bangs, the data is there - he cheated.
To his credit, Springer did handle the fallout and hard questions better than other Astros. That and his fan/community service should count for something too, as you have pointed out.
All that said, the Man in White better be a myth because my personal Pantheon would collapse with Bautista.
With all due respect (and I'm a big Stoeten fan) you're push back on the cheating aspect is a bit all over the place. I have zero time for Bauer and his hateful bullshit, I don't care how good at baseball he is, and firmly believe some cheating in social programs doesn't diminish the value in social programs. I also don't really see what the latter has to do with someone who cheats at baseball. I have reservations about a cheater playing on my favourite team, I'm not suggesting we cancel baseball. Also, I'm not being selective when I say that Springer had the second most trashcan bangs, the data is there - he cheated.
To his credit, Springer did handle the fallout and hard questions better than other Astros. That and his fan/community service should count for something too, as you have pointed out.
All that said, the Man in White better be a myth because my personal Pantheon would collapse with Bautista.
Awesome stuff. Thanks Andrew!
This is a massive effort, thank you. So here's another question....how long did it take you?