Bleeding Yankee Blue: THIS IS A DEAD CASE THAT DID NOT INVOLVE THE YANKEES

Sunday, June 14, 2020

THIS IS A DEAD CASE THAT DID NOT INVOLVE THE YANKEES

Source: NBC Sports

Dead case. Did not involve. The Yankees. The end.

If I was sending this over the AP Wire to shut down any further discussion, that is how it would go. When I got a text from my lifelong Yankee fan son yesterday that said, "Unless you want your day ruined, I would recommend staying off Twitter," I was not sure what to expect. Clearly, I didn't listen, and what a saw was a bunch of hogwash. The 2017 scandal is about the Astros and the Astros only. What the Yankees did was equivalent of "driving 60 in a 55 mph zone," to quote The New York Post.

Source: The Athletic

For your information, two items highlighted in the letter Rob Manfred wrote to the Yankees back in 2017 as mentioned in the New York Post on Saturday:

"1. The Yankees improperly used a dugout phone in a season before 2017.

2. In 2015 and 2016, some Yankees players stationed themselves in their replay room in an attempt to steal opponents’ signs, then relayed that information to runners on second base so they could try to tell the hitter what was coming."

These two minor infractions are bath water considering the Red Sox "AppleWatchGate" which warranted a $200,000 fine and the Houston Astro chain of cheating strategies that should really keep them from playing in a post season for years to come.

Source: NY Post Anthony J. Causi

“After the 2017 season, we learned that a number of Clubs believed utilizing video monitors in the clubhouse and video room to decipher signs so they could later be relayed to a runner on second base was not a violation of MLB rules as long as the information was not communicated electronically to the dugout. As a result, we clarified the rules going forward to expressly prohibit such conduct," stated The Post.

Source: AP

The utter nonsense posted on Twitter by both clown Astros players and other haters of the Yankees is just despicable. The reason the Yankees wanted to keep the letter from Manfred sealed was to prevent this onslaught of ridiculous chaos in a game that already is under fire. The Astros and Red Sox cheating scandals led by the chief clown Alex Cora and the actions of players and owners prompted by the recent pandemic will tarnish the game forever.

The infamous letter "implicating" or rather scolding the Yankees for minor infractions that were not even subject to policy investigation gets released this coming Friday, June 19th, and expect dummies like Carlos Correa, Lance McCullers Jr. and Josh Reddick to have something more to say, but give it none of your time. This is Correa with his Twitter garbage:

Wait... what? ....?
— Carlos Correa (@TeamCJCorrea) June 13, 2020

But Casey makes a good point. Pardon the profanity:

I think @TeamCJCorrea ‘s weak tweet doesn’t prove much at all. #Asstros won a World Championship cheating. @yankees and @redsox didn’t in 2017. Just Shut the Fuck Up and take your lumps, Tool. THATS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THEM AND THE Asstros
— Robert Casey (@BleednYankeeBlu) June 13, 2020

As the Yankees clearly state and I concur, this is a dead case that did not involve the Yankees and the 2017 and 2018 cheaters will be remembered for their dismantling of the greatest American past time. They are the cheaters.

The Yankees and the Dodgers for that matter fell victim to their illegal ploys to win a championships. It is nothing more than that...pay no mind to this silly nonsense, for again, it is a dead case that did not involve the Yankees.