"The Houston Astros wronged a lot of people, in a lot of ways. But the damage they did to Mike Bolsinger – to his career and to his whole life – was particularly harsh, and the former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher wants them held accountable. Bolsinger filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, accusing the Astros of unfair business practices, negligence and intentional interference with contractual and economic relations.
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Yes, Bolsinger is seeking unspecified damages, but they’re not all for himself. He wants the Astros to forfeit the roughly $31 million in bonuses from their ill-gotten World Series title, and for the money to go to charities in Los Angeles focused on bettering kids’ lives, as well as to create a fund for retired baseball players who need financial assistance.
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You can be forgiven if Bolsinger’s name doesn’t immediately ring a bell. Or if you know little beyond that he was the pitcher the Astros lit up for four runs, four hits and three walks in a third of an inning – 29 pitches, to be exact – in an Aug. 4, 2017, game in Houston.
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By the time he faced the Astros, he was 29 and had recently been converted to a reliever. He hoped to pitch well enough in the second half of the season to carve out a regular roster spot for himself as a reliever.
By the time that nightmare of a night was over, Bolsinger had been demoted. He has not pitched in the majors since.
“I don’t know if I’ve had a worse outing in my professional career,” Bolsinger said. “I remember saying, 'It was like they knew what I was throwing. They’re laying off pitches they weren’t laying off before. It’s like they knew what was coming.’ That was the thought in my head.
An Astros fan made a website with all the statistics from the trashcan banging during Astros home games in 2017. It was used for 1,143 out of 8,274 pitches thrown to Astros batters that year (20 games didn't have video and 3 home games were played in Tampa because of Hurricane Harvey so this is only from 58 home games). Notice how they stopped doing it after Danny Farqar heard the banging on 9/21.
Manfred WOAT commissioner. Bitchboy is even worse than Selig. 12 teams sent complaints to the league about the Astros and nothing happens til The Athletic report comes out.
"Oh the Astros have been cheating since 2017? How about I add more wildcard teams? Will that help?"
If this fuckin cocksucker starts suspending pitchers for throwing at the Astros, the MLB is never getting another fucking dime from me. If he really wanted to make this right, he'd give every pitcher one HBP per game when they played the Astros.
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"The Houston Astros wronged a lot of people, in a lot of ways. But the damage they did to Mike Bolsinger – to his career and to his whole life – was particularly harsh, and the former Toronto Blue Jays pitcher wants them held accountable. Bolsinger filed a civil lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior Court on Monday, accusing the Astros of unfair business practices, negligence and intentional interference with contractual and economic relations.
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Yes, Bolsinger is seeking unspecified damages, but they’re not all for himself. He wants the Astros to forfeit the roughly $31 million in bonuses from their ill-gotten World Series title, and for the money to go to charities in Los Angeles focused on bettering kids’ lives, as well as to create a fund for retired baseball players who need financial assistance.
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You can be forgiven if Bolsinger’s name doesn’t immediately ring a bell. Or if you know little beyond that he was the pitcher the Astros lit up for four runs, four hits and three walks in a third of an inning – 29 pitches, to be exact – in an Aug. 4, 2017, game in Houston.
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By the time he faced the Astros, he was 29 and had recently been converted to a reliever. He hoped to pitch well enough in the second half of the season to carve out a regular roster spot for himself as a reliever.
By the time that nightmare of a night was over, Bolsinger had been demoted. He has not pitched in the majors since.
“I don’t know if I’ve had a worse outing in my professional career,” Bolsinger said. “I remember saying, 'It was like they knew what I was throwing. They’re laying off pitches they weren’t laying off before. It’s like they knew what was coming.’ That was the thought in my head.
"Oh the Astros have been cheating since 2017? How about I add more wildcard teams? Will that help?"
Suck my dick from the back you fuckin pussy.