Originally Posted by Scooter LaCanforno:
This is worse than anything Pete Rose did. The Astros keep a Championship and the GM-MGR get one year. "There is no Justice in Mudville"
What Pete Rose did was worse. I don't know why he always trends whenever there's a baseball scandal. [Reply]
The $5M is nothing but a slap on the wrist. How many owners wouldn't pay $5M for a flag and that kind of multi-season run?
But the draft picks is a major kick in the junk. And they deserve it no doubt. Losing 2 picks in the top 60ish in consecutive years is a pretty strong deterrent. They don't quite have the payroll of the big boys, so hitting on the draft and having a GM as smart as Lunhow has gone a long way to making them as good as they've been lately. Along with cheating, I suppose! [Reply]
Originally Posted by blake5676:
The $5M is nothing but a slap on the wrist. How many owners wouldn't pay $5M for a flag and that kind of multi-season run?
But the draft picks is a major kick in the junk. And they deserve it no doubt. Losing 2 picks in the top 60ish in consecutive years is a pretty strong deterrent. They don't quite have the payroll of the big boys, so hitting on the draft and having a GM as smart as Lunhow has gone a long way to making them as good as they've been lately. Along with cheating, I suppose!
I saw somewhere that $5 million is the max they could fine. [Reply]