Dodgers: MLB ‘analyst’ drops ridiculous cheating allegations against LAD

Conspiracy theories are all the rage over these last few years. Pick one. Any one. There will be a dedicated following claiming “they” don’t want you to know the “truth.”

Unfortunately, nobody knows who “they” are and the “truth” is usually concrete evidence that one particular party simply doesn’t want to believe.

Take Houston Astros fans, for instance. They feel there was a grand plan for MLB to make them the scapegoat for a sign-stealing scandal that was apparently orchestrated by every other team.

Somehow, the Astros and their fans have turned themselves into the victims when it was the Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox who were shoved aside thanks to the scandal during Houston’s 2017 World Series run.

Now it’s “not fair” the Astros are getting booed during games and their fans are getting made fun of on Twitter. Get a grip.

And there are people like Ryan Spaeder who are trying to alleviate the burden of cheating on the Astros by claiming a number of other teams are guilty of electronic sign-stealing … including the Dodgers, who had a guy wearing a polo get caught setting up cameras at Minute Maid Park?

These Dodgers cheating allegations are beyond hilarious.

So the Dodgers had one of their employees switch polo shirts while attempting to set up cameras in an opposing ballpark during the World Series? Is this some sort of botched inside job conducted by a fraternity? “Switch polos, bro, make it look like you’re in Sigma Chi.”

Also, where were the cameras, Mr. Spaeder? What kind of “report” is this when the details couldn’t be more vague. If you’re going to attempt to drop a bombshell, why not provide specifics to strengthen your case?

Ah, we’re glad you’ve had enough of “this” bullsh-t. Dodgers fans only had to suffer through that Game 7 loss to the Astros, only to watch bench coach Alex Cora take over as manager of the Boston Red Sox, who destroyed LA in the Fall Classic the following year. The Dodgers got the monkey off their back in 2020, but they dealt with what felt like interminable hardship to get there.

Also, you heard about a multitude of cheating allegations from “more than one player?” Yeah, we’d hope so, since one source wouldn’t be able to properly verify wrongdoings from five different teams.

If you needed to raise your eyebrow any higher at Spaeder’s findings, he essentially cherry-picked stats and showed Aaron Judge had better stats at home in 2017 and 2018 (though not by a significant margin); meanwhile, Didi Gregorius, Gary Sanchez and Giancarlo Stanton all had better road stats in 2017 and/or 2018. He also loves to mention the Astros’ regular season splits, which were extremely similar on the road and at home. But that was never anybody’s issue. It was the stark difference in the postseason, which was noticeable to the naked eye.

Try again, though. We’ll be here waiting as we continue to hold the Astros accountable and go for back-to-back World Series titles.

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