[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by Déjà Bru

This is a thought-provoking comment. What about the fans? There is really nothing to be done, of course, but what is to be said about the desire to lump fans into the discussion?

I guess it goes to the rage that other fans feel. I myself have thought repeatedly about the 2017 ALCS, how tight a series that was, and how the Astros won every game in Houston.

If they are to be punished, Astros fans must endure the knowledge that their team cheated and will wonder if their team really deserved to win it all in 2017. That's how I would feel, badly, about the 2009 Yankees if similar revelations were ever uncovered about that team. That suffices as punishment.

Fans don't deserve punishment. Just like sons & daughters don't deserve to grow up w/o their parents because ma & pop are in prison. But we don't give a crud about that when sentencing, so I don't know why anyone should be concerned the Astros' fans can't wear their "2017 WS Champs" t-shirts w/pride. You know who should have been thinking about the Astros' fans? The Astros.