JohnnyTexAg1995 said:
DallasAg 94 said:
He didn't cheat?!
https://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/40148726/astros-ronel-blanco-ejected-foreign-substance-check
Quote:
"Just probably rosin I put on my left arm," he said in Spanish through an interpreter. "Maybe because of the sweat it got into the glove and that's maybe what they found."
Espada added that when he went to the mound he saw "white powder" inside Blanco's glove.
"It looked to me when I grabbed the glove [that] there was some rosin," Espada said. "You're not allowed to use rosin on your non-pitching hand, and that's what it looked like to me. It was a little bit sticky with the moisture and the sweat, but that's what it looked like to me."
I guess the Astros "win at all cost" attitude means not admitting to cheating.
As a Rangers fan if Max cheated with the Rangers... he should be suspended. Nobody claimed Nelson Cruz should not be suspended for PEDs.
I never said that Blanco should never pitch again... I don't think anyone has said that. What is being said is... take responsibility. He has admitted to violating the rules. Confirmed by his manager. Take the "L" and accept it.
The problem people have with the Astros is this whole "I'm being singled out" theme that cheaters use to deflect responsibility. Just Own It. Instead, you'll try to mock everyone that calls you out.
Add to that, the Astros just have a propensity to wanting to cut corners and do anything to win.
according to the rules people found there was nothing about not being able to have rising on your other hand. And what the hell does that do anyway, again what advantage does that give to call him a "cheater" if he accidentally broke a stupid rule like that, again other pitchers who have been caught with that have been given opportunities to wash their hands or even change out gloves, so can you explain that at all? And don't act like you would be all high and might if this happens with your pitcher. lol get off your high horse brother
Your emotion is preventing you from effectively communicating, I think.
In the quote above, Espada said it isn't allowed to have rosin on his glove hand and glove and what he saw was rosin.
It wasn't on the glove early, and you think he "accidentally" put rosin on his glove while in the dugout?! He was checked before going on to the field. Or, are you claiming he put rosin on his glove just before walking off the field in the previous inning?!
Stupid or not... Stupid is Tatis not being allowed to treat himself for ringworm.
Who has been caught and allowed to change gloves?! Not that it matters.
Astros new position is the "
Lesley Gore Defense." "It's the Astros Party."
We're sorry this happened to you, little brother.