There Is No Crying (Hacking) In Baseball

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There Is No Crying (Hacking) In Baseball

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For the record. Techno-skullduggery in baseball. St. Louis stealing cyber scouting reports and emails from Houston. The Redbirds fined 2 million, forfeit two draft picks, and have a former exec banned from baseball for life. There was a time when the only theft in baseball besides stealing bases was stealing signs.

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They should take 10 wins away from the Cards next year and the next 3 years. Losing draft picks is no big deal in baseball.


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WoW ! How true money has ruin the game ! For one.


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What does this have to do with money? LOL.

And farmer, draft picks are a huge deal to a team like the Cardinals who constantly build through their farm system. Half of their active payroll comes directly from their Amateur Drafts, while around 25% of the Reds comes from their Draft. It is a big deal for the Cardinals...but a way to make it a bigger deal would be to take away the rights of the players whom they got the information on to draft them when all of this was happening.


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One to two draft pics a year can be worked around. Yes they build by the draft but also bundle picks to get a player. Taking 10 wins puts the in a difficult position to go to the playoffs each year or even picking up players to make a difference. Besides the average of high round picks actually making the MLB Roster is not to high.


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