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Originally Posted by thehef

Re the pitchers, they have rings thanks to the batters' cheating. And the pitchers most-likely knew about it. The way it affected their performance would be their ability to return to the mound to protect a 10-3 lead, rather than have to either pitch in a high-pressure situation or be pinch-hit for because the score - without cheating - would've been 3-3. Plus, somebody was given the W (rather than an L or no-decision) in the games the BlackStros won due to cheating... Not as direct as the impact on the batters, but the pitchers benefited, too... Verlander, for example, gets into the HOF without the 2017 ring, but you get the idea. (That said, I don't know how many other 2017 BlackStros pitchers will need to worry about the HOF.)

Yeah, that is stretching it a bit for me. There is some truth to what you bring up. But for me it is a bit like prosecutors & police adding in trumped up charges or activist exaggerating the affects in order to sway public opinion. Fans want to dismiss the team aspect when they talk about the best pitchers but then want to add it now for their convenience. I'm not of the mindset of blowing up the whole block to tear down the crack house on the corner. I would need a more direct link than simple knowledge of the cheating. Especially considering these are AL pitchers. How much influence would they have to get their teammates to not use an advantage?