Recently, I decided to crowd source for my upcoming blog. With the recent Astros cheating scandal, I asked my Instagram followers if they thought the Astros players should have pitches thrown at them this upcoming season. To those unaware, the sense is that Astros batters, especially those who have been on the team since the 2017 season, will get pitches thrown at them as a method of self-policing the game. Why does it need self-policing? Well, MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred decided for a multitude of reasons that the players would be immune from any punishment in exchange for full transparency. In my poll, I got 56 responses, of which 43 said yes, the Astros deserve to have pitches thrown at them this season. That’s about 77%. I imagine the people who said no view that there should be a different response, and not that the MLB was correct in giving the players immunity. These results however do follow the general consensus in the masses and the American media so I believe my crowdsourcing was successful.
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