We all knew it was coming. The Boston Red Sox got a significantly lighter punishment than the Houston Astros did for their sign stealing violations, making it look like the two teams operate with two different sets of rules. Our analysis of the disparity makes that pretty clear.
But sadly, this sort of thing is what Astros fans have come to expect. Houston has never been a favorite of MLB, and it doesn’t take much to see it. There’s a pattern here — a long train of abuses, if you will. For a while, I thought it was just that former Commissioner Bud Selig hated Houston, but current Commissioner Rob Manfred seems to be picking up where Selig left off.