By Owen Hetherington, January 9, 2021 ***Embed from Getty Images Yesterday, it was reported that former Clubhouse Attendant for the Los Angeles Angels, Brian “Bubba” Harkins, submitted text messages as evidence in a lawsuit against his former team. Harkins spent four decades with the Angels and was relieved of his duties after an MLB investigation was filed against him for distributing illegal substances to pitchers on opposing teams to aid their grip on the baseball. Harkins

Now that Astros owner Jim Crane so graciously and eloquently cleared it all up for us, and we now fully and completely understand that the sign stealing of the cheating Astros never “impacted” a game. I wanted to make sure that we followed old Jim’s thought processes and cleared up a few other matters. an excerpt: So, in no particular order of importance: Dewey did defeat Truman, Fredo was the real brains of the Corleone family, Milli Vanilli should be elected to the Rock-N-R

The news cycle this past Sunday was dominated by the tragic deaths of Kobe Bryant and all the other passengers in the helicopter accident, including his 13 year old daughter. Also on board were lifetime Baseball coach John Altobelli and his wife and daughter. I send my deepest condolences to all who died and who have been impacted by this horrible tragedy. However, prior to the terrible accident being reported Sunday, the story that sparked my interest took place Saturday ni

You might think that late January means no Yankees news, but that would not be true, and there’s a lot to talk about, but for today, I still need to discuss the cheating scandal. I’ll have a Yankees specific Perspectives post tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. More and more I find it abhorrent that the players involved in the Astros cheating scandal won’t face any discipline from Major League Baseball. MLB messed this up – big time. BIG TIME. The message the league sent is that the ma

This is not what Major League Baseball wanted…at all. Just when it looked like they had completed a thorough investigation, albeit, with the legitimate (and somewhat infuriating) decision that no consequences were handed out to any players, a new potential scandal blows up. BLOWS UP. There are reports, seemingly credible, that a number of Astros used electronic buzzers worn under their uniform tops as a way to be told of upcoming pitches. If this is true, and I will repeat,

A day after the MLB Commissioner’s Office determined punishment for the 2017 Houston Astros cheating scandal, banning Manager AJ Hinch and General Manager Jeff Luhnow each for a year, loss of draft picks, and a $5 Million fine, the Boston Red Sox have released a statement of their own. Yesterday, after the MLB announced the punishments, Houston Astros Owner Jim Crane let both Hinch and Luhnow go from the team. Today, the Boston Red Sox have done the same with letting their ma

Earlier today, Ken Rosenthal of The Athletic, announced the official MLB punishment from the investigation into the Houston Astros’ use of electronics during the 2017 season to steal opposing team’s pitching signs and relay that information to players in the moment. The Athletic had been working on it’s own investigation into this occurring, cumulating in an article by Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich came out earlier this offseason that highlighted the scandal. This prompted