Meanwhile our objective friend Mr. Projections just sits there saying they're an 80 win team, and nothing can budge him...outside of signing a quality starter.
But jad, you did also say this a few days ago, with reference to comments suggesting Cora should be barred from the game:
The high moral propriety of posters here, and sports fans in general, always astounds me.
Why is it necessary to seek an equivalence? Two completely different scenarios.
The big difference is that the Astros by and large got away with it. They still have their rings-in fact some of those guys now have two of them.
Karma was snoozing.
The problem with the Astros scandal is that there has been so much cheating in the game over the years that it could be argued that all they did was cheat better.
The obvious question that's arising here:
Which is worse:
a) Helping your team cheat its way to a World Series championship; or
Pleasuring yourself in public.
The Red Sox being middle of the pack in payroll is unprecedented under Henry, and now it's going to be 2 years in a row.
Whether it can be attributed to being smart and sticking to a plan, or to being cheap and more interested in the bottom line than the standings, is a matter of opinion.