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Will Hoffa Weigh In?
The court of public opinion continued to pour in yesterday on the crime and the punishment of the Houston Astros and their 2017 and 2018 cheating ways. Even basketball superstar LeBron James, @KingJames, held court via a tweet.
He started with “Listen I know I don’t play baseball but I am in Sports and I know if someone cheated me out of winning the title and I found out about it I would be F*^king irate! I mean like uncontrollable about what I would/could do! Listen here baseball commissioner listen to your…..”
He continued with “…..players speaking today about how disgusted, mad, hurt, broken, etc etc about this. Literally the ball(
) is in your court(or should I say field) and you need to fix this for the sake of Sports!
LeBron has every right to speak his mind. It’s guaranteed in the first amendment. Just ask Daryl Morey and all of the folks Daryl empathized with over in Hong Kong. LeBron said as much back in October. He also cautioned about speaking before thinking.
Maybe he should also caution about writing without spellcheck or a grammar check app. Evidently King James is no fan of the King’s English. But we digress.
Also yesterday Yankee Aaron Judge,
he of the same sport as the Astros, went judge and jury on his opponents. He says the Astros should be stripped of their 2017 World Series title: “It doesn’t hold any value, it wasn’t earned.”
BBR wondered who hasn’t yet offered their two cents. So, the staff comprised a list of the very few folks who have not weighed in yet on the circus and hit the phone lines, emails, and streets well into the evening. Several eye-opening comments follow.
We caught up to Kanye West striding through LAX with his MAGA hat in place and daughter hand in hand. “MAGA, Make (the) Astros Great Again,” he said. “It looks like the organization is directionless to me.” Daughter North West smiled in agreement.
Joe Biden campaigning in South Carolina for the upcoming Nevada primary frowned and commented, “I’ve been there. I feel for the entire San Antonio Astros organization man! They all need to support each other through difficult times.” He concluded with, “Remember the Alamo!”
Elizabeth Warren, she of a campaign fading into the sunset, was asked what a team should do in such difficult times. “Circle the wagons.” We asked if she was referring to her campaign staff or the Astros. “Both!” came the terse retort.
We asked Bernie Sanders if he thought it was crazy to ask the team to give the World Series trophy back. “Of course it is. Rather than give it back MLB should give one to every major, and minor league, and Little League team for 2017 and 2018. Free trophies for all!” He shouted.
Prayerful Nancy Pelosi seemed torn on the subject. But, she gritted her teeth and lamented, “Commissioner Manfred needs to get a (poly) grip on this 2017 stealing fiasco as we did with Russia in 2016.”
Adam Schiff declined our interview request saying “You just want to out the whistleblower, Mike Fiers. But we are going to protect his identity at all costs.”
We reached out to Jeffery Epstein but got no answer. We aren’t sure what the hang-up is there.
We spoke to big baseball fan Stormy Daniels as well. Daniels has season tickets right behind the foul pole. She thought that the Astros should be stripped of their crown just as Yankee Judge did. Her lawyer Michael Avenatti is caught in some bad weather himself. He thought “the punishment didn’t fit the crime. Too harsh. Everyone deserves a second chance, don’t they?” he queried.
He better hope that his judge agrees with him and not with Aaron Judge.
If Jimmy Hoffa weighs in today, BBR will dig up his quotes and dish the dirt tomorrow.
Comment section
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You failed to ask Michael Avenatti. You may not have to, I’m sure he will add his comments from the court of appeals as he files new motions to dismiss Jim Crane.
And while we are talking about Jim Crane, The NBA made Don Sterling sell his team for much less a crime, but more a PR nightmare. Maybe that’s what we should hope for? Tillman to the rescue? Or should we look to Marcus Leonis?
We asked him.
We spoke to big baseball fan Stormy Daniels as well. Daniels has season tickets right behind the foul pole. She thought that the Astros should be stripped of their crown just as Yankee Judge did. Her lawyer Michael Avenatti is caught in some bad weather himself. He thought “the punishment didn’t fit the crime. Too harsh. Everyone deserves a second chance, don’t they?” he queried.
If Marge Schott wasn’t forced to sell no one ever should be.
While things are being fixed, they should tear down that wall(outfield). Stadiums should not have walls. Let people roam free with the athletes. America is no place for walls. Jeffery Epstein would agree with that. Just tear down the prison walls. I’m just confused by it all. Maybe Bloomberg can spend a couple of billion dollars to find the answers for us.
Astute suggestion tearing down the outfield walls. The common people can rub elbows with the 1% folks. You should support Bernie Sanders over Bloomberg based on that. Perhaps Bloomberg could give the money to Bernie who could then give it away?
I say let’s go the other way. Escape from New York was a great movie. Let’s fence of the greater baseball areas including the stadiums and let everyone go at it. You throw at someone and you might get mauled by angry fans or in Chicago, the clergy.
In Los Angeles, you may get a drive by through the chain link fence. Or rescued by a swift helicopter maneuver. Oh, this could really save sport and encourage new video games en mass.
In other words “how do you spell MLB? Why of course its WWE
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