{"id":422577,"date":"2023-04-12T11:39:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=422577"},"modified":"2023-04-12T11:39:19","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T11:39:19","slug":"evan-gattis-admits-to-astros-2017-cheating-in-a-twitter-rant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/evan-gattis-admits-to-astros-2017-cheating-in-a-twitter-rant\/","title":{"rendered":"Evan Gattis Admits To Astros 2017 Cheating In A Twitter Rant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night, Evan Gattis, a former catcher and designated hitter for the Houston Astros, addressed the Major League Baseball sign-stealing issue on Twitter. Gattis sent a series of tweets in which he revealed some shocking details and launched an enormous rage.<\/p>\n<h2>Evan Gattis Admits To Astros 2017 Cheating In A Twitter Rant<\/h2>\n<p>The trash can technique was infamously utilised by those Houston Astros to warn batters of impending pitches. They certainly benefited from it, too.<\/p>\n<p>The club that year had to first get there before they could win the World Series, defeating the 104-win Dodgers in seven games.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In A Wild Series Of Tweets Former Houston Astros World Series Champion Evan Gattis Admitted To His Role In The 2017 Cheating Scandal As Well As PED Use <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6rw30JdGiW\">https:\/\/t.co\/6rw30JdGiW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lg62ng6fo5\">pic.twitter.com\/lg62ng6fo5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/barstoolsports\/status\/1645903301806895105?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Astros have to defeat the dominant New York Yankees in order to do this.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, Gattis acknowledged that their cheating method had a part in the team&#8217;s ALCS Game 7 victory over the Yankees in answer to a Twitter user&#8217;s inquiry.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Evan Gattis is just openly admitting to taking steroids and cheating with the trash cans \ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02\ud83d\ude02 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/028khTGUno\">pic.twitter.com\/028khTGUno<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Game Day MLB (@TheGameDayMLB) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheGameDayMLB\/status\/1645537181858144256?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Gattis acknowledged in the first line of his tweet that he was a part of the Astros&#8217; World Series-winning team&#8217;s 2017 sign-stealing plan. Gattis, though, didn&#8217;t stop there. He continued by acknowledging that during that season, he had also taken performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">In case you haven&#39;t seen it yet, go check out Evan Gattis&#39; Twitter feed &#8211; he is dropping some absolute truth bombs about the Astros&#39; cheating season&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dan Clark (@DanClarkSports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DanClarkSports\/status\/1645531669267615748?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 10, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Both baseball fans and media outlets responded strongly to Evan Gattis&#8217; statements. Others criticised him for his personal complicity in the affair, while others applauded him for his sincerity and courage to speak out against game cheating.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Astros player Evan Gattis went on a Twitter rant about the 2017 team\u2019s cheating and it is absolutely infuriating for Yankees and Dodgers fans<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/v1ImsyBFfS\">https:\/\/t.co\/v1ImsyBFfS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; OutKick (@Outkick) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Outkick\/status\/1645939795326287872?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 12, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The Houston Astros were punished for the incident with a $5 million fine, the loss of selection picks, and a one-year suspension for both the general manager and manager of the team. The controversy has also prompted demands for MLB to be more open and accountable, as well as a reexamination of the culture of cheating in the sport.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Do you think the Dodgers&#39; series loss to the Diamondbacks is a throwaway or a larger issue?<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/unkO0mzbRR\">https:\/\/t.co\/unkO0mzbRR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dodgers Nation (@DodgersNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DodgersNation\/status\/1645586755217940481?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 11, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>In addition to accusing his former teammates, Evan Gattis&#8217; tweets were a shocking admission of his personal involvement in the Astros&#8217; sign-stealing controversy. Baseball is still feeling the impacts of the Astros&#8217; cheating scandal, and it is unclear how long those effects will last for both the players and the game.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5gbVuNCLNRk\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Trae Young Had An Intense Argument With Nate McMillan\u2019s Son\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/trae-young-had-an-intense-argument-with-nate-mcmillans-son\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Trae Young Had An Intense Argument With Nate McMillan\u2019s Son<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Monday night, Evan Gattis, a former catcher and designated hitter for the Houston Astros, addressed the Major League Baseball sign-stealing issue on Twitter. Gattis sent a series of tweets in which he revealed some shocking details and launched an enormous rage. Evan Gattis Admits To Astros 2017 Cheating In A Twitter Rant The trash [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":422578,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[125,54],"tags":[6851,6853,6854,6852],"class_list":["post-422577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-houston-astros","category-mlb","tag-evan-gattis","tag-evan-gattis-astros-cheating","tag-evan-gattis-astros-scandal","tag-evan-gattis-cheating"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422577","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=422577"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/422577\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/422578"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=422577"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=422577"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=422577"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}