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Stephen A. Smith and Max Kellerman react to the MLB announcing suspensions for the Houston Astros following an investigation into cheating allegations.
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@victorcummings2189 4 года назад

This may be too soon...... But I can’t wait for this 30for30

@kaibiandaly5166 4 года назад

Facts !!! Taking the day off for this 1

@KORN-ne5er 4 года назад

@@kaibiandaly5166 Patriots should have one for their YEARS of cheating

@JWWD1985 4 года назад

“ What if I told you....”

@howardboyd8720 4 года назад

Thatz Factz...Waaaow great piont🤔💭✌30 for 30 thatz goooooing to destroy the astroz...If and when espn CLAPZ AT HOUSTON FOR THAT...

@shermandudley5548 4 года назад

That 30 for 30 is going to win awards

@DonAntonio6 4 года назад

As a dodger fan even i have to admit this whole situation makes this recent nationals world series win one of the most impressive things ive seen. Beating a cheating team at their home.

@robertkelley3256 4 года назад

Dodger fan but don't care for baseball over yet cheating in any sport is cheap, this they must pay the devil for this act. Even less reason to watch anyone but the Dodgers. I couldn't figure out how they lost twice.

@krcjayhawks 4 года назад

Agreed! I'm not even mad about the Yankees losing. They still played Houston well and beating them would have been such a great F you. I wanted that so bad.

@krcjayhawks 4 года назад

@Ron Gillespie that's not an opinion it's a fact. Red Sox used the apple watches, Yankees used the YES cameras. The Astros just far and away showed the most cheating prowess as a unit

@fromthepublic9636 4 года назад

@@krcjayhawks agreed - Alex Cora didn't invent this idea, all teams had their methods, just as all players used drugs.

@deemariedubois4916 4 года назад

From The Public True except for all players used drugs. There were more players playing clean who were furious when the steroid users came to light. As a life long Cubs fan realizing Sammy Sosa was juiced up about killed me.

@meinking22 4 года назад

Dodger Pitcher Alex Wood Tweeted: "I'd rather face a guy on steroids than one who knows what pitches I'm going to throw."

@adrianitis3750 4 года назад

Steven Meinking - thats dumb, he still going to get hit!!

@hl8216 4 года назад

steroids or not, an MLB player can make the ball go over the fence anyway if he hits it right they're professionals they have hyped muscles

@alexjj3802 4 года назад

H L exactly, it’s not like they don’t have the strength and technique to get the ball out to the stand. Steroids does help a little but knowing what was coming can’t be beat

@chadem311 4 года назад

And every pro pitcher would agree with him.

@courtgizzle 4 года назад

I rather let Pete Rose play than allowing AJ Hinch and Jeff Luhnow stealing signs

@DaniD540 3 года назад

I’m glad all fans of baseball can unite over two things: 1. A love for the game 2. A strong hatred for the Astros

@michaelpeng9993 3 года назад

Everybody loves the Astros

@10thletter40 3 года назад

@@michaelpeng9993 not anymore lol

@MagicalBread 3 года назад

@@michaelpeng9993 Astros are easily the most hated team in Baseball right now! Slightly beating out the Yankees and Dodgers.

@V1dW4tcher 3 года назад

@@MagicalBread wait till the astros head to Yankee and Dodger stadium.

@chrisnunian2334 3 года назад

@@V1dW4tcher it’s the day! I hope the yanks blow them bums out

@varghese86 4 года назад

When Stephen A’s talking, Max and Molly on their computer like they next up for class presentation.

@bmillz8982 4 года назад

varghese86 glad I wasn’t the only one to notice

@rulinghabs 4 года назад

That is always the case.

@irishpanic 4 года назад

Stephen A doing the same thing when Max is talking

@-raist 4 года назад

The Irishpanic To be fair Max doesn’t really know what he is a talking about though, according to him Brady was done 5 years ago.

@irishpanic 4 года назад

@@-raist yeah I know. He's an idiot

@df4196 4 года назад

Choose one: “Fly under the radar” or “Swept under the rug” Stephen A: Fly under the rug

@crugleberryandfriends4740 4 года назад

D F swept under the radar

@And1one757 4 года назад

More like fly on the wall

@MarioRodriguez-gr8wc 4 года назад

Both is better it adds to the hyperbole. 😂

@NPCBotFromOhio 4 года назад

this should 5000 likes

@reignman4529 4 года назад

Well, lets make it happen!

@alexpadin2767 4 года назад

Imagine cheating and still losing in seven with home field advantage to a wild card team in the World Series😂

@m4rr563 4 года назад

Alex Padin Go Natties

@alexpadin2767 4 года назад

Yea I have great respect for them now because despite all the odds being against them they pulled through and beat that sorry excuse for a baseball team. Honestly the astros should be embarrassed

@captainq-ball9422 4 года назад

I believe the Nationals knew what they (the Astros) were doing and countered it. The Nats won every away game in the series and probably knew when they heard the banging to change it up.

@chansebunker7373 3 года назад

Captain Q-Ball the Dodgers warned someone on that Nats squad prior to Game 1 of the WS that there was something going on in Houston. They definitely mixed their signs up and became baseballs greatest heroes

@Devin03_ 3 года назад

they were cheating in 2019 there was just whistling

@fire360 4 года назад

ESPN film present: 30 for 30 “Camera in the outfield.”

@allendaniel7405 4 года назад

😂😂😂

@jonathanblaze1648 4 года назад

The Houston Asterisks.

@demetrishoward7032 4 года назад

"Field of Schemes" you heard it here first LOL!

@rkelly1999 4 года назад

How about “agents in the outfield”

@victormanoeldebrito7629 3 года назад

"Asterisk".

@yoopersen 4 года назад

“The bench coach was probably aware of it” the bench coach orchestrated the whole thing😂

@MrMatt713 4 года назад

doesn't the MLB put a third party in the dugout to make sure this doesn't happen tho?

@Coreyy12 4 года назад

Mr. Matt I believe they just started implementing that this past season. I could be wrong tho

@anthonygruber2296 4 года назад

Mr. Matt it started 2018

@TretzyTwins 4 года назад

@charles allan that is the worst idea possible

@Black____ 4 года назад

@@MrMatt713 what does the third party do in the dugout?

@jacksonstevens5148 4 года назад

They cheated so bad and dodgers still almost beat them😂

@MrDeath1458 4 года назад

The Yankees almost beat them as well. It came down to Game 7 in the ALCS for the Astros to get past New York.

@d14-inchbook38 4 года назад

Jackson Stevens I don’t understand what did they do?

@jacksonstevens5148 4 года назад

Marcos Gonzalez Astros had a camera that could see the opponents catcher’s sign signals. They used that camera during the game they would secretly communicate to the batter letting them know for example a slider was coming in or a change up

@robertocruz8429 4 года назад

🙄

@roboninja3194 4 года назад

Yankees also almost beat them. Yanks were up 3-2 in that ALCS. But then games 6 and 7 were in Houston. Hmm 🤔sounds to me like the Astros wouldn't even made it to the world series that year if not for the cheating.

@TheMan750 4 года назад

I’m surprised that First Take is talking about baseball

@swipa3681 4 года назад

TheMan750 it’s the biggest thing in sports rn besides the super bowl of course they would lmao

@SpacelyHendrix 4 года назад

@@swipa3681 baseball sucks

@Johnnydubsack 4 года назад

Spacely Hendrix it’s just like basketball which everyone knows is a scripted sport

@TheMan750 4 года назад

What I’m saying is, First Take rarely y’all about anything other than football or basketball unless it involves a death, a scandal, etc. They debate about what’s popular, and it doesn’t include all sports

@sstills951 4 года назад

@ALF Raydough That's why I watch those sports. Although baseball is getting more hispanical.

@stevekendall8325 4 года назад

When I lived in Houston (60's-80's) The Astrodome had a trick of blowing the HUGE air conditioner fans towards the infield when the other team was up to bat. And, then blow the fans toward the outfield when the Astros were up to bat. Astros cheating? Nothing new at all! LoL

@jrsmith1998 3 года назад

😂. That’s awesome 😂

@jordans9303 10 месяцев назад

To be fair all indoor based teams do this

@nolimitprof 4 года назад

*Anything happens in Houston sports ESPN: *HOUSTON WE HAVE A PROBLEM*

@medipix 4 года назад

This time Houston IS the problem though.

@El_IF_B_2 4 года назад

It’s low hanging fruit, don’t blame them for taking it

@qlvinc 4 года назад

Medipix lmao that’s the funny part 💀💀

@nicotoscani686 3 года назад

Everything is bigger in Texas

@aaronwilson5978 4 года назад

Imagine if this was discovered during the world series that would be insane

@runrafarunthebestintheworld 4 года назад

It probably definitely would've been stripped and its a Yankees vs Dodgers World Series redo in the Winter. 😅😅

@TomDelayBeats 4 года назад

it probably was

@SubjectZ3RO 4 года назад

eoe123321 Somebody must’ve stepped on some toes

@fernandoguerrero5244 4 года назад

eoe123321 makes perfect sense. MLB has known about this since 2017 but a scandal this big, you can’t just go out and blame people. They’ve had investigations going along with leads given by other teams players. The only reason it’s barely becoming a big deal is because Jomboy put the whole situation on blast putting pressure on the MLB to act to avoid backlash. To me it seems like common sense when it comes to business. You’re probably just stuck in your own world, don’t keep up and feel entitled to comment.

@dentonkellyjr8095 4 года назад

they probably couldnt just accuse the team fro cheating before making sure they investigated the case well with a good amount of evidence

@911Smurf 4 года назад

"How many asterisks are we gonna have in baseball?" As many as there are cases of proven cheating I'd assume

@johnallegra7667 4 года назад

How about Yankee fan whining about cheating?. Hilarious. In the late 90s early 2000s they fielded the HOF of Roids team! . The Murderers Row of PEDs. Lol. Topped off by the Poster Boy himself, Jose Conseco! The sanctimonious attitudes and hypocrisy of MLB is worse than the scandals themselves ... Plus the Yanks have a sign stealing issue of their own..let's see if the old men that run this outdated sham of a sport discipline the Yankees ..

@mykofreder1682 4 года назад

The stats make it obvious, the difference between 1st and 2nd in batting average is typically under 5 points. In 2017 Houston had a 10 point margin over 2nd place and added 40 points to their team batting average in 1 season probably with most of the same guys, a statistician would have noticed they broke multiple records in that season. I suspect the differential between their home and away average is a record what will never be broken.

@deanzachariades6365 4 года назад

@@mykofreder1682 Jose Altuve (2017 AL MVP) had a nearly .450 batting average at home while batting a little over .180 on the road. The disparities between his home and away OBP and SP are up there as well. Not only should the Astros be stripped of the 2017 WS title, but Altuve should be stripped of his 2017 AL MVP as well.

@kevcav8701 4 года назад

lol..true

@inertiaspinner555 4 года назад

Organized sport isn’t rigged...

@jackjon7763 4 года назад

The only person that has plausible deniability here is the owner. There’s no way anyone in the dugout didn’t know.

@lolololololololol11 4 года назад

Astros 2017: Houston, we have landed Astros 2020: Houston, we have a problem

@Master-vh2wm 4 года назад

lololololololol ol the news about the astros cheating came out months ago so actually Houston would’ve had the problem in 2019

@literallyice8689 4 года назад

@@Master-vh2wm They're gonna have major problems in 2020

@Ray-nt7gj 4 года назад

They were cheating in 2017. 🤣🤣🤣

@johnsosa1525 4 года назад

U gota problem.

@SLNT-jv1ls 4 года назад

And the dodgers still took em to game 7

@jamiethomas5849 4 года назад

S1L3NT 13 where they lost.... at home.... 5-1....

@ODZC53 4 года назад

@Jamie Thomas, would there had been a need for game 7 if the Astros didn’t cheat?

@SLNT-jv1ls 4 года назад

Jamie Thomas i was there for game 6 n they lost cus da lastros cheated

@jamiethomas5849 4 года назад

semperfratdelis the Astros beat them in game 2 on the road too 🤷🏾‍♂️

@jamiethomas5849 4 года назад

S1L3NT 13 the Dodgers won game 6 stop lying. Just take the L and move on

@benjaminblankenship5000 4 года назад

Feels good to be a Nats fan.

@josiasajvix9129 4 года назад

Benjamin Blankenship y’all did good and deserve it

@eyesofnight 4 года назад

Maybe we haven't found out what they did

@robbase5235 4 года назад

Chi-Sox fan here, congrats to the Nats. Beating cheating team is not an easy achievement

@petew.7870 4 года назад

Nats went from .01% chance to champs!!!!

@jordan12118 4 года назад

Facts

@22th_era 4 года назад

As a Dodgers fan I feel for the Yankees fans as well this shouldn’t had happened

@krcjayhawks 4 года назад

Yeah I'm a NY fan but if they strip titles its gotta go to LAD or nobody. I'd actually prefer no champion 2017 - let the history books really show the stain on the sport that year. Not because I'm against the Dodgers getting it at all. We need something drastic to truly put an end to this

@22th_era 4 года назад

Kevin Coggins I agree with you I think it should be vacated to show other teams the consequences of cheating

@krcjayhawks 4 года назад

@@22th_era Houston tainted baseball so much. It's going to be years of world series losing teams' fans accusing the winner of cheating every single year. For a while

@EternalStar2401 4 года назад

Nerd Of Steel I feel bad for you your team essentially got cheated twice

@El_IF_B_2 4 года назад

Nerd Of Steel plus, to Max’s point, you can’t definitively say that another team would’ve have won it had the astros not cheated. Needs to be nobody that year

@roydodge4340 4 года назад

This makes me so happy that the Nationals beat them in 2019

@eddiesanchez551 4 года назад

As a Dodgers fan . Once I saw that you guys got the WS all I wanted was you guys to beat them and boy am I glad you did

@SaadAli-gr6bx 4 года назад

@@eddiesanchez551 go LAKERS

@AlexHernandez-wj5zu 4 года назад

Nats had cameras installed in center field shortly after the 2018 season. Coincidentally win in 2019? Hmm... 🤔

@chadscott8733 4 года назад

@@AlexHernandez-wj5zu Nats definitely cheated

@SaadAli-gr6bx 4 года назад

@@chadscott8733 how do the cameras help?

@edgutz2490 4 года назад

Just Call Them The Houston Asterisks* 😂

@2Sickk4Yall 4 года назад

Edward Gutierrez okay

@cooljhags7356 4 года назад

Edward Gutierrez Nah y’all can say what y’all want just remember Astros still 2017 Champs can’t take that away buddy

@pigjubby1 4 года назад

Asterisks? Cheaters.

@bnoone2292 4 года назад

@@cooljhags7356 that makes you happy that your team cheated to win their first and only title.

@cooljhags7356 4 года назад

B Noone Nah Astros will win more titles this is the one of many titles buddy so move on and hope your team wins this decade

@patricelumumba2470 4 года назад

Change their name from the Houston Astros to the Houston Asterisks. This was cheating in the highest form.

@GolferOnAndOffTheCourse 4 года назад

Every team cheats, its just if you get caught.

@collinloretitsch4731 Год назад

No. The perfect name is the Houston TRASTROS!!!! And the punishment is 1. Title 2. Form B.C.A. "Baseball Cheating Anonymous"

@AJKindred 2 месяца назад

I've been calling them that since the scandal was made public.

@izai. 3 года назад

The fact that the dodgers took the astros to a game 7 WHILE the astros were cheating showed how good the dodgers were that year.

@grantgrafgames5894 3 года назад

At one point around 120 games into the year they were on pace to break the single season win record at around 117... crazy

@freezy8593 10 месяцев назад

Dodgers cheated too, and every person in H-town knows it! We actually care about baseball not the mainstream sports media bs that y’all drool over! The Astros were just playing to how everyone around them were!

@jordans9303 10 месяцев назад

The cheating stopped in July but yeah

@dynamicvoltage9765 7 месяцев назад

@@jordans9303 They stopped banging on trashcans in AUGUST, but that doesn't mean they stopped cheating. It's more likely they started doing it differently because a White Sox pitcher caught them.

@sabrinaphillips916 4 года назад

The more I think about it, the more I realize this might be the biggest scandal to ever hit MLB. This altered careers: Girardi got fired, Kershaw’s career took a dive, the Yankees went out and spent $$ on pitchers thinking theirs wasn’t good enough, guys were traded, etc. Then Alex Cora gets the job with that Sox and does the same thing. Same result. Cora should be banned for life and those players should also receive suspensions

@dantesuguitanjr2629 4 года назад

Kershaw has always choked in the post season since 2013. He is A LOSER AGAIN

@treymiller1902 4 года назад

you can add “the Orioles hire Mike Elias” to that list. I’m now skeptical of this entire rebuild

@nickc4853 4 года назад

@Tom Krohn using someone else's riches and fame to flex on someone seems weird

@jonathonedwardmiller 4 года назад

To be fair, the Yankees would've gotten Cole regardless of this

@jsmoke62 4 года назад

@@dantesuguitanjr2629 not that series takes trash cans and technology to beat him.

@jayt4533 4 года назад

Alex Cora's Career is over, and the Astros have gone from a very likable team to one of the most hated.

@KneeHeadToe 4 года назад

I think theyd have to be far and away the most hated team at this point

@vincentestone5764 4 года назад

Pretty Much.

@marccola5588 4 года назад

I think your right

@mikehunthurst6953 4 года назад

Not sure how they were ever likable you could smell the arrogance from that team as soon as they walked in.

@Lootroq 4 года назад

Reminded me of Golden State before Durant joined. They went from loved to hated in a flip of the switch.

@T9RX3 4 года назад

The cheating hurt the Rays and Yankees chances in the division race and the playoffs.

@judebernard2096 4 года назад

Tonny Times factz rays fan they can’t beat us at home go look

@T9RX3 4 года назад

@@judebernard2096 not sure what you are trying to say

@alexjj3802 4 года назад

Tonny Times he was trying to say when the cheating atros face the Rays and Yankees at their home, the astros got smoked

@lamasizzy0599 4 года назад

Hahahahaha sorry did you say the Yankees?

@francisca1015 4 года назад

Altuve needs to be suspended for the entire 2020 season. Plenty of others as well.

@Mr_Miracle 4 года назад

Cheaters don’t deserve World Series crown if they have to cheat that’s a L ( BTW I don’t watch baseball)

@cesco1990 4 года назад

Then why those steroidsrecords still standing? 😂

@thegoat2985 4 года назад

@@cesco1990 cause everyone was on steroids dumb dumb

@Alantexans888 4 года назад

So every team that won a World Series during the 90s and early 2000s should be stripped?

@semi6544 4 года назад

I think stripping titles is a meaningless endeavor. I saw those Fab 5 games. I saw those victories even if the NCAA says they don't exist. I saw Penn State win football games and bowl games even if the NCAA say they don't exist. I saw Barry Bonds hit those homeruns. We as people know these events happened. The players and the sports world around them celebrated. The casinos paid out winners and took money from losers. Stripping titles is lame. Just fix the issues we know exist and prevent them from happening in the future.

@Mell-Mell713 4 года назад

The Goat so that makes it okay ? Weirdo 😂😂😂

@gilq1658 4 года назад

I should be able to sue the Astros for emotional damage as a Dodgers fan.

@justjosh8288 4 года назад

Emotional stress is a lawsuit. Get everyone you know

@dimbulb1178 4 года назад

This is a rare instance when Yankees & Dodgers fans might team up, since both teams were screwed by Astros in seven-game series'.

@SBTheBully 4 года назад

Powerful & underrated comment

@overhead18 4 года назад

In fairness, you should probably sue the Dodgers for that.

@usaf562jrod 4 года назад

Mcmuffin 16 dude. I was devastated to the point of tears. I’ve waited all my 35 years to see my dodgers win and when we had it, it was cheated from us. Literally, good guys finish last

@neveraround5266 4 года назад

As a Dodger fan I really and all of MLB wanted Dodgers vs Yankees World Series they robbed us of that

@shannysalcedo3627 4 года назад

Never Around actually you are wrong. Back then everyone was rooting for a Astros Dodgers WS after the Astros acquired justin verlander who was unstoppable

@adrianitis3750 4 года назад

I doubt it, no one wanted to see the Yankees again and no one wanted to see LA choke again so National took them out early and beat a cheating team

@fertigfurther4946 4 года назад

Never Around nope, title will be vacated

@Radwar99 4 года назад

@Never Around, I wanted the Yankees to be eliminated as soon as possible and I'm quite happy that the Nats won their first title.

@adrianitis3750 4 года назад

Radwar99 - me too, I thrilled Nats got it and especially without Harpers over ratted self

@TheCharlesf619 4 года назад

Thank you Stephen A for speaking the truth and saying that they deserve to be stripped, cheaters do not deserve to keep any winnings

@jasonv6319 4 года назад

Judge: you have 2 years on your sentence 6ix9ine: what if i told how the astros cheated? Judge: proceed...

@carlosarredondo7464 4 года назад

jason v 😂😂 this had to be expected

@alsahim3952 4 года назад

Shits old now

@ReelMuzikFein 4 года назад

Booooooo

@ebonynowlin9329 4 года назад

😂😂😂😂

@rickortega4713 4 года назад

Hahahaha

@eMAYz1ng 4 года назад

Max: you cant vacate a title NCAA: oh really? Watch this..

@lakerg24 4 года назад

Gabriel Murphy they stripped usc of the title on 04 I believe

@BrokenCompass502 4 года назад

Yep. Off the top of my head I recall the University of Minnesota had to forfeit their 1997 Final Four basketball appearance after it was deemed a couple players failed exams and were helped by an administrator. Final Four banners at Williams Arena? Gone. All history of them playing in the Final Four? Gone. The Astros should have their pennants taken down, and MLB should not list a champion for that season. That empty spot will be a reminder for teams in the future.

@austincruz5757 4 года назад

Evan Thomas 2002 Miami Hurricanes got robbed in the national championship game vs Ohio State but that was cuz refs

@user-wp4ep8vo1x 4 года назад

Memphis with d rose too pretty sure for their final four appearance

@christmashake8968 4 года назад

The I.O.C. would like to have a word with you, Max-they’ve been doing that EXACT same thing for well over 30 years, now. And quite frankly, I think it’s high time other professional sports leagues around the world followed in their footsteps, both in letter and spirit. :P

@yourfamilydocter 4 года назад

I feel the most for Dave Roberts and Kershaw :(

@KidNinjaHarold 4 года назад

Thom Yorke uhh what about darvish? Dude was the most hated after the WS

@drlee2 4 года назад

Kershaw still has a history of choking in the postseason, no matter who he plays.

@htownsportstalk 2 месяца назад

yeah when the sign stealing stopped mid september

@grungyasscinema 4 года назад

I can’t wait for the movie: The Houston Asterisks

@kevindao1103 3 года назад

ESPN’s 30 for 30 writers must already be on it

@JayJ95X 4 года назад

ESPN talking about baseball?? What alternate universe is this 😂😂😂 EDIT: wow didn't expect this to blow up PS: don't really follow baseball as closely, just surprised to see a segment about it

@JoseRodriguez-kw9ez 4 года назад

J-876 King they can talk about it but I don’t think they can show clips

@JayJ95X 4 года назад

@@JoseRodriguez-kw9ez say word, is there like some exclusive rights by the MLB Network or something?

@donhines2151 4 года назад

Yeah, i'm already sick of it

@JoseRodriguez-kw9ez 4 года назад

J-876 King from what I heard MLB Did some contract where only they have the rights to produce it. You can look it up I don’t know the details but you never see clips of baseball on RU-vid. Which is kinda said cause I would like to be able to see those games and become a part of the fandom

@emekaamerican863 4 года назад

Lol the first comment is exactly what I was looking for. It's unbelievable.

@andrebrown4152 4 года назад

Dodgers: “We knew it!” Clayton Kershaw: “ 😡 “.

@irishpanic 4 года назад

Kershaw been blowing leads since before and after that series tho

@visualizeme-tz3ng 4 года назад

@@irishpanic facts

@R8DERN8TION12 4 года назад

@@irishpanic I'm a diehard Dodgers fan...but I have to agree with you. One of the best all time regular season SP...but couldn't seem to play near as well in the playoffs. Sad....

@user-kw1uz3mf1j 4 года назад

The Irishpanic kershaw was playing amazing that year n that post season especially!

@R8DERN8TION12 4 года назад

@@user-kw1uz3mf1j he was not amazing in that post season...nor any for that matter

@sethbroughton4013 4 года назад

Couldn’t have said it better! If a baseball player ever tells you they’ve never tried to sneak a peak at the catchers signs they would be lying to your face, but to install technology to steal signs is completely insane!!

@kallybloome 4 года назад

I feel SO badly for how hard I was on Roberts, Kershaw, etc that year 😭😭 commissioner give us justice!!! Take back the banners and rings! 😡💔

@GeezyDaMack 4 года назад

as a dodgers fan this makes me wayyyyyy more pissed than originally 🤬🤬😡

@NJD-tp2uf 4 года назад

I'm an angel fan and I feel ya

@adrianybarra24 4 года назад

KINGG bro we deserve that title 😤

@johnsosa1525 4 года назад

U should be pissed at the Dodgers. Home field advantage? Did the Astros bang the trash can in L.A. in game 7?

@billyavery6675 4 года назад

Ha ha losers Astros still world championship

@quiet1050 4 года назад

Yankee fan here. Same

@Lalo3001 4 года назад

MLB Commissioner: We Can't Vacate a Championship Title. It doesn't happen. NCAA President: Hold my complimentary, luxury box cocktail.

@NPCBotFromOhio 4 года назад

Amazing

@jaredgrant3565 4 года назад

I agree

@edavalonroofing5735 4 года назад

Yeah...Ask Rick Pitino and Louisville..

@lsw876 4 года назад

Ask Lance Armstrong if they can take away titles....

@fraudulentfem7322 4 года назад

I mean it's stupid when the NCAA does it too.

@blue-phoenix115 4 года назад

Simple solution: Remove Astro's Championship, Dodgers don't get the title either. There won't be a WS champion that year.

@courtgizzle 4 года назад

P L strip the title. 2017: nobody has World Series championip . Put that in the books

3 года назад

That's how I feel

@Jobother 3 года назад

Isnt that what they did when Lance Armstrong lost all his Tour de France titles? Theres just not a champion those years.

@Hay-tn6hz 4 года назад

Bill Plashke, LA Times writer, Dodger fan, believes the Astros should be stripped. What a shocker.

@brandondetroitfanmichaels4325 4 года назад

1919: Black Sox Scandal. 2019: Houston Astros scandal.

@ricardodiaz8612 4 года назад

BrandonDetroitfan Michaels the black Sox scandal is legendary. I don’t blame the players at all

@kadams857 4 года назад

@@ricardodiaz8612 I do cause a lot of players took that money

@nolanhartman9046 4 года назад

K Adams gotta Secure the bag

@MrBlue3rd 4 года назад

I wonder if we'll see an Astros cheating scandal movie. We haven't had a good baseball movie in years.

@rocksteadyotter3911 4 года назад

There was no proof in the black Sox case. Different story here.

@PsychoholicSlag 4 года назад

I think it's fair to say the Dodgers got robbed.

@lvgarcia99 4 года назад

And every AL team the Astros beat

@PsychoholicSlag 4 года назад

I was just talking about the world series, but yes the Yankees and the rest of the AL were cheated too.

@BlockchainEazy 4 года назад

@jjcampbell80 how were we cheating with Beltran again? Lmao hi hater

@BlockchainEazy 4 года назад

@jjcampbell80 I don't care to see or hear anything your cheater has to say internet tough guy.

@RealJackHQ 4 года назад

Matt R Bingo!

@colint.7284 4 года назад

They say the title cant be stripped because its never happened before. Theres a first time for everything and this should definitely be that time.

@codymarrochello2686 4 года назад

He said “your forehead doesn’t grow like that” bahaha 😂😂

@user-kw1uz3mf1j 4 года назад

Ima go to houston opening day with my dodger jersey n go bang on some trash cans

@jacobquitugua5397 4 года назад

I'll sit right next to you with my G.Cole Yankees Jersey lol

@jacobquitugua5397 4 года назад

Banging on trash cans too

@RickIboa 4 года назад

I’ll be there with you too

@stashbundlez3 4 года назад

They cheated yall point blank

@themikastrinakis2243 4 года назад

Lol I think we should get fans from all teams except the red Sox’s

@miketanzi6178 4 года назад

Soooo can we all admit that the Pete Rose thing was a bit of an overreaction and forgive him already. This is so much worse and the punishments are gonna be less severe.

@A_A_train 4 года назад

Not even close!!!! Rose gambled on his team while as a player and a COACH. Then he proceeded to denied to gambling for YEARS only to admit to it in his own book. That was too make more MONEY for him....Pete should of just came out and admitted he gambled. He would be welcomed back after the dust settled. But instead he made accusations against the MLB and the top brass, instead of just owning his mistake. In his autobiography My Prison Without Bars, published by Rodale Press on January 8, 2004, Rose finally admitted publicly to betting on baseball games and other sports while playing for and managing the Reds. He also admitted to betting on Reds games, but said he never bet against the Reds. But he never bet against the Reds.....says the guy who lied and lied lol

@sonidoacuario845 4 года назад

Adam A ok but self enrichment isn’t cheating . Sure he might be a money hungry add head but that doesn’t affect the way the game is played . Astros literally cheated . Cheated the game of baseball to their advantage

@rylandonarski589 4 года назад

Adam A he bet on himself winning because he is a winner

@kevinfinnerty6047 4 года назад

Rose and McGuire will never get in. Barry bonds and Sammy Sosa. Steroids hgh is technology. U don't need to steal signs. Altuve wouldn't need to steal signs if he was on a qualude of growth hormones. Pete rose took them he was very close friends with Lou furrigno

@burtreynolds6665 4 года назад

Mike Tanzi nope he is just as bad. Pete was manipulating the game for his pockets. Overreaction because he is white lol.

@robbase5235 4 года назад

This just proves to kids that as a player, cheating gets you ahead. And even when you're caught, just deny and no punishment will come to you.

@deanwalker7216 Год назад

Agreed (stripped of title). The MLB swept it “under the rug”. Haven’t been to a game since.

@freezy8593 10 месяцев назад

You’re delusional

@charlesbutler3097 4 года назад

Have a blessed Tuesday everyone!

@hesomelo5815 4 года назад

You to

@johnniewaters3726 4 года назад

Thank you. You have a blessed and great day also. Today I'm 36years wise and I'm truly grateful for your comment.

@bklynknights3351 4 года назад

@@johnniewaters3726 happy birthday hope you have a great day

@JohnDoe-qo3jm 4 года назад

Thank you.

@ulisesvalle5632 4 года назад

Charles Butler thanks good looking my g

@ilovedev169 4 года назад

100% they should be stripped. There’s no glory at all in cheating and it completely defeats the purpose of the game. Their title is meaningless at this point so it should be stripped.

@Jevildury 4 года назад

Yeah but they def dont want a court battle with the players union that's gonna be huge especially with the contract looming

@manusamoa141 4 года назад

I Love Dev I think stripping the title would make a real clear example to all other 29 teams of what happens when you cheat hopefully helping to prevent a scandal on this scale happening again, definitely all in for it.

@darthjohn0 4 года назад

I feel like Stephen A. was the last guy on earth to learn of the detailed allegations against Houston.

@19shred93 4 года назад

exactly, he never talks about baseball

@el2c953 2 года назад

Is he wrong though about the cheating Astros?

@justinthinkify 4 года назад

Molly - "How many asterisk are we going to have now in Baseball, it's getting ridiculous". She couldn't think of what to say.

@aboxofbroken8tracks983 4 года назад

She actually summed up the MLB's predicament with that comment. Once they start revoking titles and honors, there will be no legitimate World Series champs after about 1908.

@thee_morpheus 4 года назад

I can see trolls in Houston in trench coats and shades banging on trashcans in the OF seating before every pitch this season

@SeekLight777 4 года назад

March 30 at Oakland, this gotta happen...

@brandonespinoza2985 4 года назад

I’m a rangers fan 😂 I’m doing this when I go

@thee_morpheus 4 года назад

@@brandonespinoza2985 If I were in Houston I would be right there with you haha

@irishpanic 4 года назад

Good luck getting a trash can in the park

@Turbo9987 4 года назад

as they should

@seankelly4594 4 года назад

I feel bad for the Dodgers they got screwed by the Astros and Red Sox

@thexman6138 4 года назад

m s thank you my Yankees got fucked over

4 года назад

Sean Kelly: does this mean the Dodgers didnt choke?

@matthewtatum5413 4 года назад

New Profile Dodgers did choke they had the best record in baseball this year and got exposed in the playoffs

@thelinedrive 4 года назад

Reportedly they have had a similar system in place as well. Basically the most dominant teams in the sport have been involved in something like this.

4 года назад

@@matthewtatum5413 True. Makes one wonder though, who should be givem the 2017 Championship trophy now

@WeAreFlawed 4 года назад

Molly: "Should the Astros be stripped of their title?" Stephen A: "AS A BLACK MAN!!!"...

@scooter087 4 года назад

Charles Mickael 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

@VMohdude- 4 года назад

Charles Mickael 😂😂😂😂

@raulnavarro1335 4 года назад

Solution: strip the cheating astros from the title and have a one game between the Dodgers and Yankees to determine the championship...plus re-enstate Pete Rose from being banned fr4om the MLB!!

@Radwar99 4 года назад

The Nationals won the world series title not the Astros so a game between the Dodgers and Yankees would make no sense.

@tmoneysportsent.2216 4 года назад

Reinstate Pete rose this year he should be after this nonsense

@dickrush6463 4 года назад

Hey M.L.B.! Leave Pete Rose alone !

@dantesuguitanjr2629 4 года назад

He should have been reinstated and forced to apologize to MLB. I don't understand how hard that is

@DM-qd7gw 4 года назад

@@dantesuguitanjr2629 apologizing is for soy bois

@MDJ-wb1pn 4 года назад

Agree 1000%

@tmoneysportsent.2216 4 года назад

H- TOWN facts! I didn’t get to see him play my grandpa is the reason I’m such a big reds fan I still remember watching his highlights on vhs tapes back in the day won’t see another guy play the game like him

@JuniorUnruly 4 года назад

Fire Molly too. Just because

@Parfenoff79 4 года назад

Why?

@franciscoclemente6816 4 года назад

@@Parfenoff79 Didn't you read "Just because".

@Parfenoff79 4 года назад

Francisco Clemente molly is awesome. She knows her sports

@chazjones3087 4 года назад

Agreed now strip the pats too and let’s get back to sports integrity

@alex7941 4 года назад

Do you also believe in Santa? Because sports integrity doesn't exist.

@theheadofthetable4246 3 года назад

No because the Pats did nothing wrong watch the experiment they did on ESPN where they put football's in a freezer at the same temperature as the game that night. Pats stripped:no Astros: yes

@sitizenkanemusic 4 года назад

This week is a week of mourning here in SoCal.

@lolo-kx2id 4 года назад

Astros thats why they were WINNING ALL OF A SUDDEN DAMMM

@irishpanic 4 года назад

The Astros would of been good without the cheating but probably wouldn't have won a title

@jonathonedwardmiller 4 года назад

@@irishpanic like 2019

@irishpanic 4 года назад

@@jonathonedwardmiller trolls gotta troll I guess

@jonathonedwardmiller 4 года назад

@@irishpanic I have a right to be mad, I'm a FORMER Astros fan, I will always hate this team now

@irishpanic 4 года назад

@@jonathonedwardmiller I'm not giving up on 34 years of fandom just because of one regime

@fatmanjonestv7143 4 года назад

Everybody’s trolling them calling them the “HOUSTON asterisks” lol they probably deserve it. This is a pretty huge scandal. The players are lucky that they skated on this. Because everyone has said that Cora ran this thing with the players

@newyardleysinclair9960 4 года назад

Man what's perfect name. I can see the logo. Just sub in an asterisk.

@dissinfo6358 4 года назад

Astroisks is better

@mfan981 4 года назад

I'm just annoyed that because Cora was in on this, now Boston is also in danger of losing its WS title. What a mess

@BlockchainEazy 4 года назад

@@mfan981 ya cheaters too.

@angelgraciano5944 4 года назад

Lol nobody at all is calling them that

@broncodeviltexas 4 года назад

I agree stealing signs is nothing. But this is a level above the level above.

@gabrielhersey5546 4 года назад

Houston: we stole signs Patriots: you’re cute

@benbarry1330 4 года назад

gabriel hersey bro what the pats did is nothing compared to the astros in game cheating right in front of you

@benbarry1330 4 года назад

gabriel hersey at least the pats cheated during practice

@thomasberrymanll4595 4 года назад

Lol so we’re going to act like the owner didn’t know what was going on, lol they had a camera......

@curtflirt2 4 года назад

YUP, we are just gonna excuse him too!!!

@Tkjawa 4 года назад

check the owners background, he’s a cheater too

@bigdog1926 4 года назад

They did NOT "have" a camera. They tapped into the cable for the live television feed from center field to the stadium's video room.

@droppinBOMBS310 4 года назад

I wish Stephen talked about baseball more often.

@aboxofbroken8tracks983 4 года назад

Only when there's controversy do they give baseball a second's thought.

@rrameir 3 года назад

Stephen A. Smith would be shocked an orange is orange

@linkinross5279 4 года назад

100% the astros should be stripped of their title

@edwincollins5847 4 года назад

6:39 molly interjects with a question, no one answers

@stevewillis1916 4 года назад

MAXS FACE 😂😂

@romeherrera210 4 года назад

Lol yea love Molly but stfu the men are talking

@danieldahlinger177 4 года назад

Stephen A acknowledged her. Said that is something he agrees with as his "first point".

@edwincollins5847 4 года назад

Daniel Dahlinger I think you need to watch it again. What you quoted never was said in response to molly. He said “exactly” responding to Max’s point before adding on saying “number 2”

@EGDABEAST 4 года назад

Edwin Colon you’re right. He was talking over Molly trying to get her to be quite lol

@bswft7786 4 года назад

FOR SALE: World Series $5mil

@technicmastermind5346 4 года назад

A wise man recently told me he stopped watching MLB since 94.

@mauricioibarra701 4 года назад

@@technicmastermind5346 I'm seriously considering doing the same.

@robi0742 3 года назад

the 772 dislikes are astros fans

@demetrishoward7032 4 года назад

ESPN 30 for 30: "Field of Schemes"!

@blakepettys28 4 года назад

“I didn’t know these details” Steven A, those details have been public knowledge for a month

@stephencook1004 4 года назад

They were allegations. MLB confirmed the details this week.... media have to be very careful assassinating character over allegations.

@roboninja3194 4 года назад

@@stephencook1004 Puhleeze. The media is never careful when it comes to allegations. Especially in today's world. The last few years they have repeatedly assassinated people's character over allegations that were not proven yet.

@jamalyoung7258 4 года назад

If the Details were out for months why’d they just now hand out punishment?

@alcar2851 4 года назад

Stephen Cook there was audio proof of them banging on trash cans every time an off speed pitch was about to be thrown. The MLB didn’t need to confirm it

@LakerPlayerFan 4 года назад

Max and molly so glued to their screens, Stephen A just talking to himself

@ixishadesixi5101 4 года назад

Patriots “That’s child’s play, hold my beer.”

@clyde642006 4 года назад

I think the World Series Title should be vacated for at least the 2017 season, and I’m in agreement with Steven A. that the players should have to give back their rings because they were all complicit with the cheating.

@LanceVance81 4 года назад

The Nationals winning the title looks better every day

@grapas100 4 года назад

"Houston, we have a problem"

@thelonewolf7443 4 года назад

More like... Houston we are a problem

@grapas100 4 года назад

@@thelonewolf7443 - lol

@harshilpatel8217 4 года назад

Actual quote was Houston we’ve had a problem I think

@garrysaint-vil725 4 года назад

Facts

@199tue2 4 года назад

😂

@joerogan7874 4 года назад

How can you feel proud of anything of you had to cheat?

@mikec4845 4 года назад

Altuve should be expecting some high heat next year that's for sure. I bet his batting average will tank as well.

@josephcosta7944 4 года назад

Why can’t you vacate a title? NCAA does all the time when a team violates rules.

@johnsosa1525 4 года назад

This aint college foo. College players dont get paid dumb a.

@realEmoSedillo 4 года назад

The school doesn't have to give back the Trophy.

@johnnytravis6697 4 года назад

NCAA has a monopoly on college sports. MLB is different. Unions are involved. People OWN the teams. It’s just different and not as easy to accomplish. Asterisks and shaming those involved are really all you can do.

@gordontseng6153 4 года назад

What the Astro did was essentially like sticking a microphone underneath the opposing bench in an NBA game and have someone listen to what plays they are drawing up. I don't understand why the players have 0 consequences when they are the ones started it, continued it, and benefited the most out of it.

@versatillion15 4 года назад

Gordon Tseng nfl game would be a better comparison but yea there needs to be some consequences

@kingkanyon 4 года назад

Not really, Basketball is Different because The Defense Allways knows the Offensive Plays and every play has 2 or more counters. In Baseball you can't simply change the pitch or location once the ball is thrown, this is closer to a War scene where your enemy knows where your attacking, The Exact time, place, and with how many Soldiers. It's like being put in a Trap.

@Heightzxhuncho 4 года назад

Damm

@bnoone2292 4 года назад

@ツCloudy no. It was specifically the players.

@bnoone2292 4 года назад

@@kingkanyon definitely incorrect.

@Youboremenow 4 года назад

Random recommendation, One Outs. A japanese anime/manga that covers this situation from a different angle created a decade ago.

@Yankeeapple13 4 года назад

Stephen read the baseball section of the Athletic. Ken Rosenthal reported this in November. Also read the commissioner’s report which he explicitly implicates Beltrán.

@TrolleyDodger_ 4 года назад

“You’re under surveillance”- Stephen a Smith

@ssjgoku142 4 года назад

I’m deadddddd

@simplyskrypt3914 4 года назад

"Allow me to explain" Stares at his papers in silence

@RealJackHQ 4 года назад

CLG Skrypt Just THAT alone makes him an even better philosopher than Jordan Peterson.

@spacedoutfilms 4 года назад

Thank you for sticking up for the Dodgers we had to fight our way to the WS and were robbed of the rings

@johnsosa1525 4 года назад

Cry baby

@emack4371 4 года назад

George Jefferson ignores Molly like he ignores his mirror after his barber cuts his hair

@sho8627 4 года назад

'This is blasphemy'-Stephen A

@jonathonedwardmiller 4 года назад

I'm no longer an Astros fan, I have watched my last Astros game forever

@cooljhags7356 4 года назад

Jonathon Miller Bye

@jonathonedwardmiller 4 года назад

@@cooljhags7356 bye, have fun supporting a team that's unethical and created a world of corrupt front offices (remember that the Rangers, Red Sox, Orioles and Mets have personnel running their teams)

@KaleFGB 4 года назад

@@jonathonedwardmiller bye bye

@boltd934 4 года назад

Jonathon Miller who are you going to become a fan of?

@jay7949 4 года назад

Not actually from houston, bye, we don't need you

@clintonstahlman4618 4 года назад

Thank you Stephen A for your intelligence , integrity , and sense of honor, decency , and fairness! The participating players should have been banned for at least a year. This is disgusting!

@johnk.2508 4 года назад

Everyone involved in this doesn't deserve to be fired, they deserve a lifetime ban from baseball

@secretpersond8324 4 года назад

John Kangas the thing is none of them will get rehired by any MLB team

@johnk.2508 4 года назад

@@secretpersond8324 Probably not, but I like the formality of them officially being banned for life. That way it will leave a lasting smear on their name rather than allowing them to quietly fade into obscurity.