{"id":423513,"date":"2023-04-23T11:25:38","date_gmt":"2023-04-23T11:25:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=423513"},"modified":"2023-04-23T18:10:40","modified_gmt":"2023-04-23T18:10:40","slug":"jays-alek-manoah-is-very-firm-on-his-stance-still-believes-gerrit-cole-is-a-cheater","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/jays-alek-manoah-is-very-firm-on-his-stance-still-believes-gerrit-cole-is-a-cheater\/","title":{"rendered":"Jays\u2019 Alek Manoah Is Very Firm On His Stance, Still Believes Gerrit Cole Is A Cheater"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>He stands by what he said. Alek Manoah of the Blue Jays is reiterating his claim that Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is baseball&#8217;s top cheater. Manoah noted Cole&#8217;s overuse of sticky substances throughout the summer.<\/p>\n<p>When asked on Friday if he regretted his comments, Manoah told reporters &#8220;No. Never at all.<\/p>\n<h2>Jays\u2019 Alek Manoah Is Very Firm On His Stance, Still believes Gerrit Cole Is A Cheater<\/h2>\n<p>When the Yankees were playing the Blue Jays in August of last year, Manoah hit star Aaron Judge with a pitch to start the fight. Cole was outraged at this.<\/p>\n<p>Alex seemed to challenge Cole after the game. &#8220;I think if Gerrit wants to do something, he can walk past the Audi sign next time,&#8221; Manoah said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Gerrit Cole on comments about him made by Alek Manoah: &quot;I get all of my motivation from inside this clubhouse.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/YANKSonYES?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#YANKSonYES<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2DYHTJB4qB\">pic.twitter.com\/2DYHTJB4qB<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; YES Network (@YESNetwork) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/YESNetwork\/status\/1649876655505305603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Manoah&#8217;s statements were attempted to be minimized by Blue Jays manager John Schneider by blaming his fiery temperament.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201cWho is the worst cheater in baseball history\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Alek Manoah: Gerrit Cole  <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WORDIxBbSO\">pic.twitter.com\/WORDIxBbSO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Barstool Baseball (@StoolBaseball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StoolBaseball\/status\/1594832209923682304?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n&#8220;Some of the things that Alek has said &#8211; between the Audi sign and other things &#8211; it&#8217;s Alek being him,&#8221; Schneider said Friday.<\/p>\n<p>On August 21, Manoah struck Aaron Judge with an up-and-in, 91 mph sinker, which caused Judge to go a few steps toward the mound and exchange words with Manoah. This was the beginning of the drama between the two.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Blue Jays\u2019 Alek Manoah doubles down on calling Yankees\u2019 Gerrit Cole \u2018worst cheater\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/RDPUMg5ihV\">https:\/\/t.co\/RDPUMg5ihV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/XQTJ1vcWZC\">pic.twitter.com\/XQTJ1vcWZC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; New York Post Sports (@nypostsports) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nypostsports\/status\/1649690786131238913?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Alek Manoah of the Blue Jays refers to Gerrit Cole as the worst cheater in MLB history.<br \/>\nManoah informed Judge that he did not intentionally hit him, and other Yankees fans, including a yelling Cole (who was not pitching that day), walked out onto the field to defend their star batter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think there were really any fireworks between me and [Judge],\u201d said Alex , a 2022 All-Star who is off to a poor start this season (6.98 ERA). \u201cMy job is to go out there and try to get him out, and that\u2019s what I\u2019m going to try to do [Saturday].\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Alek Manoah forced Gerrit Cole to step off the mound for a bit as Manoah made his way to the dugout \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sportsnet?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sportsnet<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZNpZ0BBMcO\">pic.twitter.com\/ZNpZ0BBMcO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; The Sporting News (@sportingnews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sportingnews\/status\/1649827051514351617?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 22, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Manoah challenged Cole to get closer through the media after hearing Cole shout at him from dirty territory.<\/p>\n<p>Cole has had five starts this season and has a 0.86 ERA and 0.77 WHIP, which is fantastic.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qE7v0Uf_Ro0\" 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=\"Get To Know Nicole Lynn: The Agent Behind Jalen Hurts Record Breaking $255M Deal\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/get-to-know-nicole-lynn-the-agent-behind-jalen-hurts-record-breaking-255m-deal\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Get To Know Nicole Lynn: The Agent Behind Jalen Hurts Record Breaking $255M Deal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>He stands by what he said. Alek Manoah of the Blue Jays is reiterating his claim that Yankees ace Gerrit Cole is baseball&#8217;s top cheater. Manoah noted Cole&#8217;s overuse of sticky substances throughout the summer. When asked on Friday if he regretted his comments, Manoah told reporters &#8220;No. Never at all. 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