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"A perfect sports scandal for the age of Trump." Tying anything and everything to Trump is so tiresome and has nothing to do with the article, the Astros scand

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• zentiggr 7y ago
  I'd argue that Manfred's blanket immunity for guilty players has a lot in common with Trump's constant actions to paint all of his confederates as victims and scapegoats and pardoning a whole skein of cheats and con artists... There seems to be a theme amongst so many concentrations of money that basically centers around "hey, we're already making this much, why not pull any bs we can and make even more? Let the losers lose, cause they're losers anyway."
• techopoly 7y ago
  Not sure why you're being downvoted -- I think your comment is a perfectly reasonable statement to make.
  • apl002 7y ago
    partisanship has got to be at all time highs. My comment is likely seen as me defending trump and therefore anyone who dislikes trump just automatically downvotes it regardless of context. 2020 is awesome
• jessaustin 7y ago
  Well, they are orange.
• irishcoffee 7y ago
  The amusing part is, I can say with some amount of confidence that the Astros still would have done this if HRC has won. How the sitting president has any bearing on this is beyond me. Was deflate gate somehow a reflection on Obama?
  • apl002 7y ago
    100% agreed. There is no correlation between Obama and deflate -gate or Trump/Astros Scandal. Its such a sensationalist thing to add (that I suppose works cause here we are talking about it) but overall my respect for journalism continues to go down. And its a shame cause this was an otherwise good article.