I get it, I mean Altuve and Bregman are still there and those guys literally wore a fuckin wire snd shit to tip pitches. They cheated the integrity of the game and should be banned for life. It’s stupid because they’re probably best team anyway. I fee bad for Astros fans because there’s nothing you guys did, just root for your team/a great team. But I have a shared hatred for that team and flying a banner earned that way. Throw at those two every time they’re up - hit them in the thigh until baseball has no choice but to do something.

I think we need to realize that professional athletes, especially a more violent sport like football, draws people with inflated egos and toxic masculinity. Same issue with some cops; it’s a job that’s more likely to draw these types of people. I don’t even like the phrase “toxic masculinity” because I think it’s overused in lesser situations and just serves as a detractor when over-described that way, but that’s exactly what this is. It’s more common in the NFL than other sports, and it’s more common in all pro sports than in the general public. The NFL should require seminars to teams, etc. with real on field tape like this to help drive the point home. I’m sure they probably do already, but they need to do a better job, and the players have to take it seriously. It’s not just this one guy, it’s a culture issue - this guy needs to own his actions, but the system is also failing him.