You guys forgive Altuve yet?

The funniest part is when fanbases instantly forgive a member of the scandal as soon as they join their team.

The dumb thing is that the astros actually had a really good team and didn’t need to cheat at all. Their actions damaged the reputations of the whole brand and the commissioner’s statements on the situation damaged the reputation of baseball

We had a home room lesson about perseverance using the Astros as examples, and the next day the cheating scandal broke.

I love your videos from a non baseball fan because you dont act like people will know even the smallest details. I’m sure it’s a little annoying for diehard fans having to hear the minute details, but you’re pretty much the only reason I’m starting to watch baseball (have to give chart party some credit 😂)

Y’know, none of the fan investigation work would have been necessary if MLB itself didn’t botch the investigation into the org. Many fans (and players) were pissed with the way it was handled, which just caused more animosity between all parties involved.

I don't think I'll ever see someone go from so praised to so hated that quickly

Yall say yall dont see a tattoo but yall also didnt see any buzzer

I got a piece on?! Bro he said “¡La camisa no!” 😂💀

Fun fact: in the 2021 regular season, Altuve's batting average was .278. He hit .278 in the first half of the season and .278 in the second half; .278 against lefties and .278 against righties.

That shot of Mike Fiers beard was almost as disgusting as the Astros scandal itself

Altuve is a really nice guy as well. He is always doing charity stuff around town. Everyone loves him here in Houston. Guys on top of the mountain are always loved or hated, no in between.

2:18 it’s insane how much the fans impact the players!

Manfred effectively did nothing in response to the Astros cheating, so it left everyone wanting blood from the franchise, and Altuve was one of the biggest faces of those teams for better or worse. That's why he gets bullied, guilty or not, because MLB is run by incompetents.

I’m wondering why, Carlos Beltran, the guy that apparently started the whole thing, got no heat for it in the slightest

The whole "Oh the Astros didn't even play in SF that year" when they obviously played in Oakland, because the A's are DIVISION RIVALS, is about the level that I'd expect from the Twitter investigation crowd. I wouldn't even really say that Oakland is a 20 minute drive from SF... I'd say Oakland is a part of SF. It'd be like if someone had said "I got a tattoo in LA" and everyone was like "LOL you didn't play the Dodgers..." but they had played the Angels.

"If he was using a buzzer, he'd be more careful..." Bro...they were loudly banging f'n trash cans 🤣🤣🤣

Chapman hung a slider middle high to this guy during an inning where the only pitch he was able to throw for a strike was the slider. His fastball location was nonexistent that entire inning. As a yankees fan, I 100% held Chapman responsible for that homerun since it happened

If Altuve wasn’t so short, it wouldn’t be as easy to make short jokes about him

He got the tattoo in San Francisco but they never played in San Francisco? You know where Oakland is right?

Where there is smoke, there is fire.

Bang% is a punch line I didn’t know I needed

Now that I try to read his lips he actually seems to have said “la camisa no” (not the shirt). Doesn’t prove or disprove anything but I guess certain “analysts” and especially Yankees fans of course are very conclusive saying that he said “I got a piece on”. But well even if altuve would have been speaking Korean people would be trying to find some English words in there that’d prove there was a buzzer.

Excellent mini doc, great work. Altuve doesn’t need forgiveness, but an apology would be nice. I was guilty of wrongful judgment. Go Braves 2024

Altuve says “ LA CAMISA NO! La camisa NO! “ As in: not the shirt ! Not the shirt!

The most baffling thing for me is having a cheating system that everybody can hear. It's like a student tapping the pen on his desk several times to give his classmate the answers on an exam in front of the teacher. Pretty dumb teacher if they don't notice.

This came out at a good time because a White Sox pitcher (Ryan Tepera) is now accusing them of cheating again (Edit): Also, I’m a Cardinals fan/a fan of baseball overall so neither team means anything to me, I’ll take my historic 17 game win streak and go away until next year

As a Rangers fan back in 2013 that hadnt even heard about this scandal, thanks for putting this video out there. Idk if he cheated or not, but I never got that vibe from him once watching him play, interview, or interact with his team and others. I like the world better if I believe he didn't do it.

It’s worth noting that he bounced back in a big way this season. He hit his career high in home runs with a .277 batting average, and he’s still as clutch as he has ever been in the playoffs.

He does not say "No, I got a piece on"... He said in perfect spanish: "No, la camisa no". This means: "No, not the shirt". Remember that the 2017 team had a bit more than its fair share of latinos latinos: Altuve, Correa, Gurriel, González and Bregman's spanish is also quite good.

Just for the record: Forget about "I got a piece on", because he said, in the clearest spanish anybody can see: "La camisa no". That just means: "Not the jersey". And I'm just starting, BTW.

To me, it doesn't really matter if he partook or didn't. He knew it was happening and said nothing. His integrity is still in question.

Spanish speaker here and also Yankees fan lol, he said “la camisa no” which means “not the jersey” not “I have a piece”

To be honest it’s pretty crazy how good he is. I’m 5’6 145 lbs and cant imagine being good or strong enough to hit home runs

1:08 pretty sure he’s saying “La Camisa No” not “ I got a piece on” lol

It's 2023 and Altuve has been putting up the same big numbers since the accusation. He's just good and doesn't need to cheat.

I like how this video is split into being the same story but told in different ways

i love how the Boston red Soxs probably cheated just as much but nobody talks about that

I don't watch baseball or care too much about it, I just find cheating in sports very interesting. Even if this guy didn't directly participate in the system of cheating, he reaped the rewards and he said nothing. He deserves some ridicule

thats crazy, he did so well in the years leading up to their team being caught for cheating, then didn't do so hot after they were forced to stop cheating. must've been all the bullying i guess. smart thinkin

100% Altuve wasn't saying "I got a piece on" He was saying "La Camisa" (Shirt) As in dont rip my shirt. But whatevs

Most underrated channel on the platform.

If you’re a member of a team that is actively cheating, and you have knowledge of it, and say nothing. You are a cheater.

14:00 La camisa no! La camisa no!! Translates to: not the shirt ! Not the shirt !

If Carlos Beltran was indeed one of the masterminds behind the whole thing, then HE should be the face of it. Not Altuve. Say what you want but that’s my opinion on it. The fact that Aaron Judge had the audacity to say that Beltran didn’t “have to explain himself” for the incident after he got hired on to the Yankees’ broadcasting team really pisses me off after the way he trashed them just a few years prior.

The best kind of reporting is a telling a true story everyone needs to hear even if they don’t want to. Good job man

such a good edit at around 5 mins when the song is on subbed

No team in history has cheated like the 2017 Astros. The increase in OPS by the Houston Astros from 2016 to 2017: 1B Gurriel .677 -> .817; 2B Altuve .928 -> .957; SS Correa .811 -> .941; 3B Bregman .791 -> .827; LF Gonzalez .694 -> .907; CF Springer .815 -> .889; RF Reddick .749 -> .847; C McCann .748 -> .759. Utility Marisnick .588 - .815 That's an entire lineup with improved OPS from 2016 to 2017. Five of the nine lineup players set CAREER highs that they never topped. It's insane. Nothing like that has ever happened in MLB history. By contrast, of the regular players on the 2018 Red Sox team, only three improved their OPS over the prior year - Bogaerts, Benintendi and Betts - and only Betts had the best year of his career. Six of the nine regular players actually decreased. The 2001 Seattle Mariners, with the best record in MLB history, also only had ONE player (Bret Boone) who had a career OPS season.

If you know Spanish, you can 100% read Altuve’s lips saying “La camisa no, la camisa no” which means not the shirt, not the shirt…

I'm a football (soccer for Americans) fan, but I decided to watch the last few weeks of baseball. And I got to say baseball fans can rival football for being some of the most toxic supporters. I'm actually amazed.

I’m a little confused how you can claim he didn’t cheat.

Jose Altuve is legit! He’s always hit Home Runs during crucial times! He’s definitely a First Ballot Hall of Famer!

Crowd: “CHEATER, CHEATER” altuve: *hits 3 run homer

Before crossing home, I think Altuve was saying “ la camisa, no”, meaning “not the jersey”

Cheating is a stain that stays forever.

As a Red Sox fan the Yankees players complaining in the ALCS were just mad

The Altuve situation is so crazy that when I went to Cooperstown All Star Village. We were sitting down waiting for our teams to be called when a team starts chanting “F Altuve” and banging on the tables. Some guy recorded this and posted it on Tik Tok. The video was later deleted and all the teams that participated in this chant were suspended and kicked out. There was more controversy’s that week to but that’s for another time. But still he was a good fielder but didn’t use cheats for that so I respect that.

And by the way... Even if he was an angel... He still let it go on.. He could have anonymously have contacted mlb as a whistle blower. He is GUILTY PERIOD bro.

One of these days, a team will come up with a gambling scheme or cheating strategy and one of their stars will think, "wait a second, I don't want to be the next Shoeless Joe or Jose Altuve" and will spill the beans before it even gets started instead of just abstaining.

Poor Altuve. he’s just an underdog (literally)

If you believe this I got some nice property for sale in the Louisiana bayou. The entire team is guilty, and will say a lot of things during damage control. It's in their best interest to keep their biggest star squeaky clean.

The smallest guy took the biggest brunt of the hostility and negativity. He knew before the season started he was going to get treated badly and even get thrown at. And he took it all without whining or crying to the media or fans. He silently took it all, and it looks like he didn't participate. But he did know about it, and didn't say anything about it. And I can understand why he couldn't say anything.

Someone had to be the scapegoat. It’s a shame it was altuve. I’m a Cleveland fan, I’m as critical as anyone about the astros sign stealing, but I don’t think altuve is the right guy to vilify.

I think it's pretty well documented he resented and shut down taking stolen signs via trash cans. And dude is 5'5 inches tall and won the freaking MVP and is a multiple time all star, coming from a dirt poor upbringing that isn't even conceivable for the vast majority of Americans. The dude is fucking incredible. I hate the Astros and think the organization should have been severely punished. But Altuve is amazing and someone I showed to my short kid who didn't think he could be good at baseball to motivate him, and then he got really, really good. I don't think most people understand how insanely myopic, hidebound, and utterly resistant to innovation, change or difference baseball management is. For Altuve to make a team at all took a level of dedication and hard work most people will never even witness, let alone comprehend, let alone achieve, and for him to be on multiple all star teams and win an MVP award is just insane and won't be matched again for a long time if ever. Appreciate this dude while he is playing, because in all likelihood you won't see anything like it again in your lifetime. He is a freaking Unicorn.

Altuve isn't s cheater i respect him so much he is really good

I can’t believe how you can consistently put out such high quality and interesting topics. Thank you dude, keep it up.

I recall that year 2017 that in the investigation that 4 players didn't like the trash cans....Altuve, Reddick, McCann, and Tony Kemp.

By no means am I an Astro Fan......BUT what happened with them happened since baseball has been televised.... If you watch Reggie Jackson's "Reggie" documentary , the is a part in there where he said he basically cheated...He asked the tv's video recorder what the next pitch was gonna be....THey told him the going inside....They told him and then he blasted a hr to right field....SAME THING! AND YES ...THAT IS CHEATING!!!!!!!!!!

Altuve was saying La Camisa No La Camisa no lol

dude i didn’t even know you released this video and literally as a white sox fan all day yesterday i was trying to explain to people that the sox didn’t choke anything really. we just flat out got beat by a really damn good baseball team but the casual fan isn’t read for that conversation yet. tipping my cap to them boys in houston they can ball under pressure.

The man is the perfect height to blast high fastballs because all he has to do is swing level and it's already underneath anything mid to upper strikezone

As a Houstonian I have never stopped chearing for the Astros. I believe you stick with your teams no matter if you win or lose. Jose is a good dude that cares about our city and community. I don't blame fans that hate on the Astros organization as a whole but I would offer a point to consider. The use of gaining a competitive edge using video equipment was more of a wide spread issue than we are made to believe. The Dodgers, Redsox and Yankees teams have had their own sign stealing schemes used during the same time period but no one wants to talk about that. The Astros have been made out to be the scapegoat for sign stealing ... sent out to die in the wilderness. #2022WorldSeriesChamps

So all this aside, can someone explain how those throws to 1st base were considered the thrower's error & not the 1st baseman's error? Because to me, those throws looked fine, the ball got to the 1st baseman in time & hit him in the glove. Wouldn't the fault of those errors then fall on the 1st baseman because he couldn't catch the ball? That's what it looks like to me anyway

Altuve has been elite yet again in 2021 after how dismal last year was. Unless the Astros have some new grand cheating scheme for hitters (which is very plausible but I have some doubts given how much more scrutiny theyre probably under from MLB officiating), I think that Altuve is just really good at baseball, regardless.

Boston vs Houston 👌🏻 thanks Tepera for opening your mouth and awake the kraken 🤡 Altuve 5-3 with a three run home run 💪🏻

I've seen so many people comment about players being caught up in their own feelings and acting like children. Well, how about the fans?? They can be just as childish, stubborn, and unwilling to listen about that as the players. This video I think helps that assertion with how the fans treated Altuve over something he didn't do.

It's funny. I'm a lifelong Yankee fan, and I seem to be one of the few Yankee fans I know that never hated Altuve, and that honestly didn't believe that he specifically had cheated. I was disgusted with others on that team, like Correa, who was the most defensive and unapologetic about the whole thing. I didn't sense that attitude with Altuve at all. To the contrary, throughout the whole scandal reveal and blowback, he just seemed to keep his head down and stay quiet. He has always come across to me like a person who's had to work hard and overachieve his whole life just to get a chance to succeed, due to his height. It honestly made no sense to me that someone who had worked so hard like that would then decide to start cheating, so this video's showing of Altuve not wanting to be involved with the scandal doesn't really surprise me. And I truly feel for him getting the brunt of the malice, as the face of the team. The fact that he struggled so mightily in 2020 isn't surprising at all, having to live with that every day. Even moments after he hit the 2019 HR against Chapman and I watched him interviewed, he just came across as a genuinely humble person (and mind you, that's how I was seeing him just minutes after he had ended my team's season - in other words, I wasn't exactly perceiving that at a time when I was particularly happy with him). I don't know if that's how he really is, of course - it's just how I've seen him.

This is a real situation is where since his confidence went down, his success went down. So when you feel like everyone is booing you (or know everyone is) don’t let it get to you. And prove them wrong. This also happened with Josh Donaldson in his freshman year (I think) But came to be one of the best players in the MLB. And got the MVP award. Never give your hopes up.

If Shoeless Joe Jackson had you, his legacy would still be intact.

Wearing a buzzer would startle me so much, it's just far-fetched

He's not saying "I got a piece on. No!" He's saying "La camisa no! La camisa no!" in Spanish which translates to "Not the shirt! Not the shirt!".

It must suck to be the one guy who didn't cheat yet still be the one most harassed.

The fact people still boo the Astros is crazy. 3 players from the 2017 team is still on the Astros. (Verlander, Bregman, Altuve)

it makes no sense, almost every single team did it but only 1 players reputation is getting tarnished, what's about cookie betts and the Red Sox, yankees and many more. also its been 6 years so why are we still on this topic

Perfectly timed with Tepera’s comments today

Okay yeah they never played in San Fran but they play Oakland like 3 times a year so it’s reasonable to go to San Fran from there

José Altuve is probably one of the best players I know because every time I watch him it is so fun to watch both sides of the field😊😊❤❤

Your gonna have to explain how that works how does something taped to your body tell you what pitch is coming

Altuve will always be one of my favorite players

The tattoo could’ve taken two sessions no matter how small, depending on time restrictions or even excessive bleeding

When people get mad at him for making errors when their the reason why

Oh god the cardboard cut outs in the stand. I had forgotten that very dark time for a moment 😂

I can't say whether he did or didn't cheat, but if baseball is anything it's a long line of cheating scandals. Like the ways pro teams and players have played the system is so interesting. That'd be a good video, a timeline of baseball cheating scandals just because the MLB has is probably the most consistently documented sport in U.S. sports history. and there's gotta be some juicy scandals that have faded into history. Great content dude, Your content is excellent.

I’m sour with the whole team and organization. I support the Jays, I’m from T.O. I was so glad the Astros won the WS. for the fans, because of the hurricane or flood that happened, so many were in a bad place. Baseball can help your mental health in a way when your team is winning.

Win as a team, lose as a team, cheat as a team.

He didn’t say “I got a piece on”, 0:44 he said in Spanish “La camisa no”, which translates to “not the jersey” basically asking his teammates to not take his jersey off.

Altuve was my favorite player before the scandal came out. Thank you for showing me this.

He definitely doesn’t deserve to be completely absolved of wrong doing, however I feel like guys like Correa Bregman Springer and Gurriel all got a lot less flack for the cheating even though they were clearly documented to be the ones using the trash can system the most based on the audio evidence from games that we have.

Altuve is my third favorite baseball player I feel so bad

Entertaining & Extensively-Referenced, Gem of a Video!!