 What's going on? Let's talk about the Astros some more, right? We got some news yesterday. We got a hinge press conference We got a Wall Street journal article. We added to the story It's been about a long time since I did the second part of the first part of the Astros update and everything that's going on If you're like, oh stop talking about this. No one cares anymore. Don't watch the video. It's it's a youth thing It's interesting. It's the biggest scandal in sports. It's the biggest baseball story going right now a cover baseball Here we go. So The commissioner made his report and in his report. He said yes the Astros are cheaters in 2016 or 17 they starred let me backtrack a little because I'm gonna put a little bit of my opinion in here The easiest thing for the commissioner and MLB to do from their investigation was to be was to come out and say yes They did the banging in 2017 because they couldn't deny that because the evidence was you couldn't dispute it So yes, they did the banging in 2017 but They we have no proof that they did it any further and we have no proof of any other method of getting the sign to the batter Then the banging easiest report they could have done. I said that on any podcast I was on I was like this is what I expect them to do and it's what they did and even worse than that in the report That man Fred put out he just pinned it him or the Astros or whoever just pinned it on everyone That's not there. There's literally a section section on Cora not with the team anymore Beltran not with the team anymore. Taubman not with the team anymore So not only were like yeah It only happened this one time which you guys already know because the evidence is so obvious But also the guys that did it. They're not even with the Astros anymore. He also made it. All right Let's get into it. So this is the part I like approximately two months into the 2017 season a group of Players including Carlos Beltran discussed that the team could improve on decoding opposing teams signs and communicating the signs to the batter Cora arranged for a video room technician to install a monitor displaying the center field camera feed immediately outside the Astros dugout So earlier in it they say that they were using They were decoding the sequences when the catcher to put them down and when they had a runner on second They would give them the the code the the sign and he would give it to the batter a lot of baseball teams do that Almost all of them. It's kind of the name of the game So then that paragraph says Once they had the system in place or like screw this Let's make it easier the replay room is so far away if we can see the monitor Then we don't have to relay the signal through all these people and get it to a batter on second We can just bang on the trash can and they can hear it right there So they hooked up a monitor to the wall, right? It was on the wall and then several players Told my investigators that there was a sense of panic in the Astros dugout after White Sox pitcher Danny Farquhar appeared to notice the trash can bangs before the game ended a group of Astros players Remove the monitor from the wall in the tunnel and hit it in an office So that video that out of them at the very beginning the Farquhar one as He's like hey catch catch come here. They're running down rip it and get off the wall hiding it But they did replace it with a portable monitor that was set up on a table And they use that during the playoffs and that's the one that we have the picture of that we have I think that I don't know what this guy's name is Matt something in the scouting department removing the picture after game Three of the World Series Which they're coming back tomorrow to play another game in the World Series in Houston, why would you take down an entire setup just to put it right back up the next game? Probably because it's fishy and illegal. So that was pretty obvious But a lot of Houston fans denied that and they were like no way and it's like well, okay What now because it's true. It's very true This is my favorite part of The commissioner statement because it makes zero sense and I think the whole entire commissioner statement is kind of like a Joke it says Hinch neither devised the banging scheme nor participated in it cool. Good job, Hinch Hinch told my investigators that he did not support his players Decoding signs using the monitor installed near the dugout and banging the trash can and he believed that the conduct was both wrong and Distracting go Hinch. What a good guy moral morally right. He didn't like it goes on to say Hinch Attempted to signal his disapproval of the scheme by physically damaging the monitor on two occasions Nessus nested nested necessitating its replacement So Hinch he told the team he beat up the monitors to let them know that he disapproved That's what it says right there Hinch attempted to signal his to prove his disapproval the very next sentence However, Hinch admits he did not stop it and he did not notify players or core that he disapproved of it Well, which one is it? Did he not notify players that he disapproved of it or did he beat up monitors with a baseball bat as a sign of disapproval You just did two sentences in a row and they they don't go together and Then later on in this one paragraph he says Um Similarly, he knew of it. He knew of and did not stop the communication of sign information from the replay Review room although he disagreed with his practice as well and Specifically voiced his concerns on at least one occasion and the use of the replay phone for its purpose So now he's he's he's very against the replay room They're saying that he he voiced his concern and at least one occasion to not use the replay phone to signal things But he never voiced his concern about banging a trash gun because one seemed worse than the other and you're telling me that he was Whatever you guys get it doesn't make sense that whole paragraph is stupid what their goal was Was to not destroy the Astros entire reputation they got they they suspended Hinch and Luna out the manager in the GM and then they let the Astros fire them So the Astros and Astros owner can save face and be like we didn't know this was going on and that's not allowed so From there as you guys know Luna's fired Hinch is fired Cora he gets fired from the Red Sox because they basically outed him as like the main dude involved in all of this and Beltron gets fired there. That's the fallout. What's next in this whole entire story? Oh Is next oh, I know what's next When what's next? Braggman just being a jerk face and going Marshawn lynch on us and not saying anything to the media You know the commissioners the commissioner came out of the report MLB did their report and Astros did what they did They made their decision on what they're gonna do and I know that Thoughts on it. I was how do you feel about those who want to say this this tanks or damages What you guys did in 2017 like I said the commissioner made his report made his decision the Astros made their decision and No further comment The commissioner made his report and the Astros made their decision as well The commissioner made his report No Astros players showed remorse or apology we had some Kikel said like yeah, we shouldn't have done it Charlie Morton just came out and said so the pitchers the pitchers were like Yeah, it's fucked up none of the hitters saying anything out to they tried to spin it into like they're the underdog story Which sucks and then last night we had Jared diamonds report from the Wall Street Journal Which pretty much countered the the statement from Manfred The Wall Street Journal Reports that this was called code breaker the Astros called it code breaker and the dark arts because they're a bunch of fucking nerdy Finance losers that think they're in some secret cult like skull and bones and they're not actually you're just a bunch of nerds Stop naming things so stupidly. Anyway code breaker was an Excel program. I Talked about this on some appearances. I've done a lot of teams use this algorithm You punch in the sequence and then the result sequence result sequence rule algorithm shows you the pattern finds it for you And they use that started using that in 2016 Which I think a lot of teams start using but then they took it to the next level and the next level and all of that but what this Wall Street Journal article from Jared Diamond tells us is that the existence of code breaker shows that it was the Astros front office that laid the groundwork for the teams electronic science-stealing schemes Not just Cora and Beltran who was easy to blame because they weren't there anymore And you know they said Luna said he had no idea and that says he pretty much did and it also confirms that They started around June to 2017 and the system was embellished by Astros They started watching a live game on a monitor near the dugout and then would bang on the trash can to communicate We all know this we all know this This report says they used in the world series against the Dodgers obviously and then it says that they not only used it at Home but on the road So if they're using code breaker on the road they would bring the replay department with them And maybe we just don't know how they're transferring the sign to the batter They're not banging a trash can how are they transferring the sign to the batter when there's not a runner on second But you know the sequences This is where the biggest theory comes in that's coming up and it's all about the buzzers right you probably heard About this that they were wearing electric buzzers somewhere shoes arms Tape to the bat that would just vibrate and and give you the signal and you can find them online There's like Bluetooth a little buzzer type shit. Anyway, the first reported The first time these were reported was in Joel Sherman's article Very early on why Rob Manfred should make a harsh example of illegal science-stealing and in that article Little on Joel Sherman said in recent days I've had scouts and executives talk to me about a variety of methods They think have been or could be employed such as a realistic looking electronic bandage placed on a player's body that buzzes in real time To signal what is coming one buzz for a fastball, for example, and a blah blah So Joel Sherman's the first one to go on record and not say that this is happening But this is a rumor that people are talking about and Then there's this really weird reddit thread and take this for what it is during the world series There's this guy who commented I had a dream a couple weeks a couple weeks back when the Astros were playing the rays It was after the postseason finish a news story came out that the Astros had a team of people deciphering signs with cameras And then that team relayed the signal to Transponders that were worn in the cleats of the top trusted not to snitch Astros players The transponders would vibrate according to what pitch was coming So and that could be a random guy fucking around but kind of predicted the future that we are talking about this This is good his dream kind of reality I talked to some people that say they can go through that dude's Reddit page and see his niche likes and they can figure out who it is But it's just another little tale that is this fascinating story. Who knows what's true and what's not true? I heard the rumors like I didn't hear that, you know, I have proof or I don't think anyone's gonna hear that But I heard like yeah, that's room to be true. Trevor Bauer said he's heard it from a lot of people as well He's got an axe to grind Then came the fun video where we're like wait, why didn't out to they want His jersey ripped off after hit the walk-up home run and they're all celebrating. It's very odd the way he says no No, no, no, not my shirt. I think he says something Spanish like L. Whatever shirt is and then no Very odd. He celebrates on the field with the team But before he changes out of his jersey into the ALCS champions T-shirt he runs into the clubhouse and then comes back on the field in the shirt very weird move so weird So weird that Ken Rosenthal made it his first question in the postgame conference dude hits a walk-off home run to send his team to the World Series and Production and Ken Rosenthal who is the guy who broke this story and was working on it for months before they broke it goes Hey, why didn't you want your teammates to rip your shirt off? That's pretty suspect. He said inside his own head But didn't say and then Altuve came up with his answer, which was this You asked your teammates not to tear your shirt. Why was that? I'm too shy last time they did that I got in trouble with my wife And I'm just gonna let my good friend Chaz Palma Terry Break this one down for you. Tell him what it is Chaz. All right Any professional will tell you the way to spot a liar is a liar does three things when you ask them a question One they ask you to repeat it because they need more time to think of the lie to answer you Not to tear your shirt. Why? The second thing is they left to fluff it off like it's not really an important question And the third thing is what they do is they come up with more than one answer Last time they did that I got in trouble with my wife. Oh I'm shy. Oh, no, it's not I'm shy. My wife doesn't want me to do it. I rest my case Case closed. How you like that, huh? Hey Astros nice can't leave so Went to Chaz's restaurant in New York the other day met him nice guy said hi. He said fucking hate the astros After that you had a bunch of players chime out Clevenger on the Indians rather upset I don't think any of those mother should be able to look us in the eye. They just they should feel ashamed You want to protect the guy next to you gonna prank the sanctity of baseball? It's not giving five million dollars You know discipline to a billion dollar corporation While they're still walking around with the same ring on their finger in the same uniform the same sitting the same contract And we also had a bunch of players actually chime in You know Marcus Strowman was shown that they used the banging on him and he said shit makes sense now I remember wondering how these guys were laying off some of my nasty pitches Relaying all my signs and live speed to the batter ruining the integrity of the game These dudes were all about the camera and social media now. They all quiet Chris Archer chimed in and said totally silent silent. Where's that swag now? It was all a facade the whole time the act the game all of it Sean do a little spoke out a lot of players have spoke out and kind of in the same thing like this is sucks and that brings us to The interview that Hinch did on MLB TV that they dropped on a Friday night Because they're just trying to save face and I help pinch out. I don't know what the point of this interview was I don't know why Hinch agreed to do it. I don't know why MLB TV did it. It's just a fluff piece It's just absolutely nothing take a listen to this question We've heard reports about Astros players wearing buzzers Underneath their uniforms. That's how they're getting the signal what pitch is coming. I Know the commissioner's office looked into this and they determined there was nothing to it Can you assure us there was no buzzers or anything like that being pretty easy, right? Hey Did you guys use buzzing bandages? Are those allegations true? if the answers no It's so easy to be like Absolutely, not we did get caught for banging the trash can we'll face the punishment for that people will have their own decisions and thoughts on that We did not use buzzing bandages What you want to get out ahead of that and just be like, you know what this one I can say no to because it didn't happen. So I'm gonna make sure my answer is no This is what he says we got investigated for three months and the commissioner's office did as thorough an investigation As anyone could imagine was possible. I mean, I know he mentioned that the emails and the texts and the messages And I believe them What? The commissioner made his report and I believe it so what Braggman said the commissioner made his report The commissioner's report is the lightest possible Findings that they could have found in my opinion and it's helping them and it allows them to say that shit Well, the commissioner's report didn't find anything if you could say no, you would have said no In my opinion That's the video. I don't know how long this was says 18 minutes. This is 18 minutes. That's fucking long. Sorry guys