Spring Training for The Boys Of Summer

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In just a little over two weeks - amidst some air of controversy:

“Major League Baseball's all-time hits leader Pete Rose filed a reinstatement petition Wednesday with the league and Hall of Fame based on recent penalties handed down to the
Houston Astros for illegally stealing signs.
"It has never been suggested, let alone established, that any of Mr. Rose's actions influenced the outcome of any game or the performance of any player," the document reads.
"There cannot be one set of rules for Mr. Rose and another for everyone else," the petition states, according to his lawyer. "No objective standard or categorization of the rules
violations committed by Mr. Rose can distinguish his violations from those that have incurred substantially less severe penalties from Major League Baseball."
"Given the manner in which Major League Baseball has treated and continues to treat other egregious assaults on the integrity of the game, Mr. Rose's ongoing
punishment is no longer justifiable as a proportional response to his transgressions."

Hammerin' Hank’s view on the Astros sign stealing:“Hank Aaron says perpetrators in Astros sign-stealing scheme 'should be out of baseball' Sign-stealing
has been part of baseball's gamesmanship for decades. The Houston Astros crossed a line in 2017, however, when they used electronics in their scheme to
relay signs to hitters in real-time.”

He also has taken a ‘hard line’ on the issue of Rose’s possible re-instatement.

I am a bit of a ‘fence-sitter’ on this issue. While I never much cared for Rose & some of his “Charley Hustle” persona, the fact remains,
he put it out there & his hits total looks to be the standard by which others will be measured for a very long time.

But - (plus a little food for thought) do any of you ardent fans of the game & its perceived integrity, think the Astros 2017 postseason series
victories should have an asterisk or some other identifier the series results were tainted?

E.g. In 2017, the Astros’ 9 road games, the team batted .208 with a .284 on-base percentage, a .347 slugging percentage, and scored an average of 3 runs per game, winning 3 and losing 6.
In the Astros’ 9 home games, they batted .273 with a .343 on-base percentage, a .519 slugging percentage, and score an average of 5.7 runs per game, winning 8 and losing just 1 game.

The splits are equally as striking when taking a look at some individual Astros’ players’ home and road splits in the 2017 postseason.

Alex Bregman: Road – .154 BA, .508 OPS; Home – .273 BA, .857 OPS.

Carlos Correa: Road – .211 BA, .626 OPS; Home – .371 BA, 1.164 OPS.

Jose Altuve: Road – .143 BA, .497 OPS; Home – .472 BA, 1.541 OPS.

Brian McCann: Road – .037 BA, .198 OPS; Home – .300 BA, .849 OPS.

Evan Gattis: Road – .200 BA, .533 OPS; Home – .300 BA, 1.014 OPS.

The stats certainly appear to 'skewed', so what do you folks think?

Cheers
JB

[mattdavis11]

Pete Rose should be reinstated and a 1st ballot hall of famer. Not sure what to think about the Astros, pretty clever to be so sophisticated, but everyone in baseball knows Kershaw and Darvish are weak in the playoffs. Always have been, ask any Rangers fan, I'm one, sort of, and know this.