Today, as an adjunct to the whole sign-stealing situation, Major League Baseball is saying they have no evidence of players wearing equipment to gain knowledge of stolen signs. (ESPN)
If that statement was made by MLB, we have officially crossed the line into deliberate coverup.
We have an MLB player and a relative of the player being accused who are accusing Jose Altuve of wearing a wire to steal signs in the clinching game in the 2019 American League Championship Series in which Altuve hit a walk-off home run to send the Astros to the World Series.
Tommy Pham of the Tampa Bay Rays posted this picture of Altuve during the at-bat:
— Tommy Pham (@TphamLV) January 16, 2020
There is also a video of Altuve rounding the bases. Pay particularly close attention to when Altuve bunches his jersey together near the end of this clip from "Greatest Show On Dirt":
i mean, it looks like a wire for sure when he folds his jersey up pic.twitter.com/O9ajMfjhta— Greatest Show on Dirt (@greatestondirt) January 16, 2020
And my anonymous friend has noted this comment from posts today on Dodger Digest regarding the Astros situation from user "Egg Shen's wOBA":
"Beltran's niece just dropped this bomb on twitter that Altuve and Bregman used SHOULDER BUZZERS that were operated by the trash-can beater. Says she has pictures. Then a ton of players/writers are all saying they've heard this rumor from tons of sources."And my intrepid friend has found a JPEG of the Tweet in question:
And more intrepid research from my friend has Phil Hughes stating the veracity of this Twitter account, speaking of the hiring and then firing of Carlos Beltran with the Mets:
And a very cursory search for the walk-off home run in question leads to THIS ARTICLE from the Yes Network -- that Altuve demanded his teammates NOT rip off his jersey in the championship scrum at home plate:
Keep trying to cover for your chosen teams, Manfred, and you will lose what little respect people have left for American sport!
If you are not willing to nullify at least Houston's championships on all levels the last three years (and that's before we get to Boston), you de-legitimize baseball at all levels going forward on a basis not dissimilar to Bud Selig's deliberate and criminal coverup of steroids in baseball.
EDIT TO ADD: More Damning Video
On top of the adrenaline pumping and telling ur teammates not to rip your jersey off, your the first one to go into the clubhouse while everyone else celebrates on the field and puts the shirt on over the jersey? Jose Altuve clearly has wires under his jersey. pic.twitter.com/Gb1JNJqc3A
— James (@JamesZeht) January 16, 2020
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