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Originally Posted by BobC
Personally, I think that Altuve and the rest of the group that were all found to be involved in this cheating scandal should have been immediately and permanently banned from baseball. You mentioned about some things that common sense should tell you is wrong and that players should be able to be banned for. Well I think what the Astros did should be one of those things.
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I'm not sure if I'd favor permanent bans but I was/am definitely in favor of LOOOOOOOOOONG suspensions for everyone. As in one or two seasons, minimum. Along with returning all of their playoff money.
Fact is, they were aware what they were doing was against the rules. This isn't a "should have known" situation- they DID know. MLB had sent out memos and other teams had been punished for using electronics to steal signals.
FWIW, ESPN reported on the scandal as it was happening and it got ignored. MLB knew about it and didn't care until the one pitcher outed everything.