The Los Angeles Times came out with the following story today regarding the Astros and Red Sox cheating scandal:
Bill Shaiken via Los Angeles Times: The Los Angeles City Council is expected to vote within the next week on a resolution urging Major League Baseball to recall the championship trophies presented to the Houston Astros in 2017 and the Boston Red Sox in 2018 “and award them to the Los Angeles Dodgers.”
Councilman Gil Cedillo, one of the sponsors of the resolution, said he expects the council to approve it. As of late Wednesday, the city clerk had not yet determined what day the resolution would come up for a vote.
Cedillo, whose district includes Dodger Stadium, said neither the Dodgers nor his constituents had requested the resolution.
What up council, this is exactly what I didn’t want to happen.
And not because I don’t think the Dodgers would’ve won the World Series in 2017 had the Astros not cheated, but because the championship is now tainted. I like the part about recalling the championship trophies presented to the Astros, but not the part about then awarding it to the Dodgers. Obviously they’re doing this to make headlines, but I think it’s unreasonable to award a championship to a team after they technically already lost.
Of course I think the Dodgers would’ve taken at least two out of three games in Houston, and eventually won the Series, but we still don’t know for sure what would’ve happened. And that’s the real bummer of it all. Two years removed from that championship, it wouldn’t even change anything. It wouldn’t feel like the truly Dodgers won it, even though the books would say they did. And would there be a parade? A ceremony? Would they bring back all the guys that were on the 2017 roster? That would be the saddest championship celebration of all time. I’d still go…but damn it would be a weird experience.
They should just put an asterisk by the 2017 season and leave it at that. But, if they do end up vacating the Astros of their title, I’ll probably end up pleasure myself to the video of them taking the trophy away, if one were to surface.
And there’s no need for the Red Sox to have their championship taken away, if I’m being honest. It was proven that although they cheated during the 2018 season, they did not cheat during the playoffs. Even though they’re still pieces of shit for cheating in the first place, their championship shouldn’t be vacated for it.
I appreciate the thought, LA City Council, but I think maybe you should revise the resolution to just vacate the Astros of their championship and leave it at that. Watching Astros fans cry on Twitter and the news about it would be amazing.
