SU has always prided itself on the sophistication of its intergalactic subscriber base.  Those of you keeping score at home may recall a couple of comments from back in November when we first started to hear about the stealing of signs using technology.

Congrats to long-time subscriber J. Berfond who was amazingly close to how MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred ultimately ruled today.  Check this out from November 16th:

I recommend the following:
1) Take away all of Houston’s draft picks for this year.
2) Suspend for one year all of Houston’s officials involved in this ( GM, Mgr. coaches etc.)
3) Fine of $5 million
4) Asterisk next to their 2017 championship

If you think this is severe, consider that Pete Rose has been banned for life for betting on his own team and that Roger Maris was punished for the audacity of breaking the Babe’s record in 162 games with an asterisk. This is a black mark on the game and anything less than this rewards cheaters. There is nothing wrong with manually stealing signs from the dugout. When you start employing technology, it is way over the line.

And from P. Friedman who had this to say back then:

Let’s see – horses are disqualified, Olympic medalists have their medals taken away and yes PED users get suspended. If it is truly proven, strip them of their titles, rings and playoff money….Never going to happen, but as as Yankee fan, would be great to see.

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