Breaking: C. Correa recieves lifetime ban from baseball. Prison time.

[AdamGreenwood]

Chris Correa, the Cardinals executive who hacked into the Astros database, will be placed on the permanently ineligible list.

 

Of the people placed on the ineligible list, everyone is dead, except for Jennry Mejia and Pete Rose.

Others that were formerly placed on the list include 'Shoeless' Joe Jackson, George Steinbrenner, Ferguson Jenkins and Marge Schott.

Edited January 30, 2017 by NorthOf49

[Dr. Dinger]

Cardinals surrender $2M and their top 2 picks. The Cardinals Way!

[Dr. Dinger]

So I have a question... did the Cardinals know in advance that they were going to lose their top two picks? And if so, wouldn't that give them a lot of incentive to sign a QO free agent like Dexter Fowler? Seems kinda scummy that they lose their top 2 picks AFTER already surrendering their 1st round pick for a free agent.

[AdamGreenwood]

So I have a question... did the Cardinals know in advance that they were going to lose their top two picks? And if so, wouldn't that give them a lot of incentive to sign a QO free agent like Dexter Fowler? Seems kinda scummy that they lose their top 2 picks AFTER already surrendering their 1st round pick for a free agent.

 

Good question.

I suspect that if they still had their first round pick, they would have only lost one pick.

 

Also: Who edited my title? Do you guys not understand the concept of clickbait?

[Spanky99]

Good question.

I suspect that if they still had their first round pick, they would have only lost one pick.

 

Also: Who edited my title? Do you guys not understand the concept of clickbait?

 

lol... what was it prior?

[jays4life19]

lol... what was it prior?

 

Breaking: Correa recieves lifetime ban from baseball. Prison time.

[HERPDERP]

Cardinals punishment feels light.

 

They should've given up future 1st rounders, or their past 1st rounders ever since the hacking scandal started.

[jays4life19]

Haha good job North. I like this title better.

[Spanky99]

Cardinals punishment feels light.

 

They should've given up future 1st rounders, or their past 1st rounders ever since the hacking scandal started.

 

How do you give up past 1st rounders?

[Grant77]

Ferguson Jenkins isn't dead...

[Brownie19]

Good question.

I suspect that if they still had their first round pick, they would have only lost one pick.

 

Also: Who edited my title? Do you guys not understand the concept of clickbait?

 

C.Correa works just fine...

[Brownie19]

I never knew Ferguson Jenkins was banned. Wikipedia suggests it's because he was caught with cocaine, hash and weed at the border. I don't quite get this one.....nor do I get how he could be elected to the HOF while still on the banned list. Those smarter than me....go!

[GD]

Good question.

I suspect that if they still had their first round pick, they would have only lost one pick.

 

Also: Who edited my title? Do you guys not understand the concept of clickbait?

 

I'm pretty sure you've used this one previously.

[Spanky99]

I never knew Ferguson Jenkins was banned. Wikipedia suggests it's because he was caught with cocaine, hash and weed at the border. I don't quite get this one.....nor do I get how he could be elected to the HOF while still on the banned list. Those smarter than me....go!

 

He was reinstated by an arbiter.

 

Ferguson Jenkins of the Texas Rangers, the first Black Canadian to be banned, was banned in 1980 after a customs search in Toronto, Ontario, found 3 grams (0.11 oz) of cocaine, 2.2 grams (0.078 oz) of hashish, and 1.75 grams (0.062 oz) of marijuana on his person. (Jenkins missed the rest of the 1980 season, but was reinstated by an independent arbiter, and retired following the 1983 season. He was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1991.

[Brownie19]

He was reinstated by the next commissioner.

 

Someone update Wikipedia please.

 

Did they ban the entire 1984 Expos too?

[Spanky99]

Someone update Wikipedia please.

 

Did they ban the entire 1984 Expos too?

 

84? I edited my post above.

[Spanky99]

I'm pretty sure you've used this one previously.

 

lol... he did too, totally remember that.

[HERPDERP]

How do you give up past 1st rounders?

 

I dunno, force them to give up the players if they are still in the organization.

 

Like if the Jays were caught hacking after the end of the 2015 draft, we'd have to give up the 2016 guys - Zeuch, Bichette, e.t.c.

[Spanky99]

I dunno, force them to give up the players if they are still in the organization.

 

Like if the Jays were caught hacking after the end of the 2015 draft, we'd have to give up the 2016 guys - Zeuch, Bichette, e.t.c.

 

You're not a good commissioner.

[Grant77]

I dunno, force them to give up the players if they are still in the organization.

 

Like if the Jays were caught hacking after the end of the 2015 draft, we'd have to give up the 2016 guys - Zeuch, Bichette, e.t.c.

 

Why punish those players for no reason?

[RealAccountant]

How is this fair, Cardinals should lose their no1 next year.

[TheHurl]

How is this fair, Cardinals should lose their no1 next year.

 

They did already.

[Brownie19]

84? I edited my post above.

 

I'm referring to the reality that essentially the entire 1984 Expos team was high on cocaine all season long (note - I didn't actually look up what year it was, but it was discussed with the whole Tim Raines HOF discussion).

[Brownie19]

They should have made it their first pick in the 2017 draft and a 1st round in the 2018 draft...not actually giving up a top 50 pick is a bit of a joke.

[Maahfaace]

I was listening to the fan 590, and they said the forfeited picks and fine were being given to the Astros as compensation. Is this true? If so, thats f***ing ridiculous.

[UWHabs]

Nobody really knows how much it hurt the Astros, and how much the Cards benefited. And since MLB can only fine a team up to 2M, seems like they were always planning on 2M+top-2 picks. The only weird part is that since they signed Fowler, that doesn't factor in. Should have been their first pick this year and their first pick next year to be more fair.

[RealAccountant]

They did already.

 

Good good then my work is done

[43211234]

I was listening to the fan 590, and they said the forfeited picks and fine were being given to the Astros as compensation. Is this true? If so, thats f***ing ridiculous.

 

Yep.

[Gary]

I was listening to the fan 590, and they said the forfeited picks and fine were being given to the Astros as compensation. Is this true? If so, thats f***ing ridiculous.

 

Yes it's true and seems fair to me. The Astros are the victims here.

[Jonn]

Click bait as f***