VIDEO: MLB Fans Perfectly Sum up Astros Cheating With Hilarious TikTok
By Mark Powell
This is undoubtedly why TikTok was created, and I couldn't even give you a straight definition as to what this new form of social media actually is. However, the latest sports-related short video to emerge is, in every essence of the word, perfect. The Astros are the victim, which considering their straight-up defiance while breaking a well-known MLB rule for years, we're kind of okay with.
The Astros can feel it coming in the air tonight
— NOTSportsCenter (@NOTSportsCenter) February 14, 2020
(Video via foullinebaseball/TikTok) pic.twitter.com/OMVIWi6Rmr
If there is any good to come from the Astros cheating scandal, it's this.
Houston has unfairly altered legacies and prematurely ended careers, all thanks to a system which, while complex, was relayed via very simple means. Other teams noticed, but Rob Manfred did very little to deter Houston outside of a memo. Three years later, and an investigation brought with it significant punishment, but also a relative slap on the wrist given how the Astros have tarnished the game so many of us love.
Trevor Bauer was asked about the Astros on Friday. He answered. YOU WANT TO READ THIS: https://t.co/acoLr1tqo1
— C. トレント・ローズクランズ (@ctrent) February 14, 2020
Someday, we might move past this drama, but for now we're all very much incensed, outside of the ten seconds it took to watch that TikTok.