Definitions by Solid Mantis
Houston Astros
Being the asshole and knowing it is a better fate than an apology that won't fix anything but makes you look better.
The Houston Astros have options, it would be great for them to know they can choose to be the assholes of the league and still survive to another postseason in the future.
Houston Astros by Solid Mantis February 13, 2020
Quick thinking fraud
The quick thinking fraud shifted pressure to one or two scapegoat people/teams to avoid a worse fate for himself/herself but putting one on the one or two scapegoat people/teams.
Quick thinking fraud by Solid Mantis February 13, 2020
Quick thinking fraud
The fraud that starts calling other people/teams frauds before anybody would think yo look at whether he/she/they were also frauds.
When somebody who's looking for a scapegoat starts calling one or two people/teams frauds and avoids calling the collective whole frauds, what do those peoplr/teams think the people calling them frauds really are? The quick thinking fraud is the first to start punishing others before anybody would think these might not be such honest, good, or innocent people themselves doing the punishing or firing.
Quick thinking fraud by Solid Mantis February 13, 2020
Sign stealing scandal
A diversion for some of the elite to keep people focused on baseball scandals instead of the people who are taking their (the fans) money.
The sign stealing scandal got the attention of a lot of people, it distracted them from what the elite who are not part of any sports organization were doing with their money, and with their own time.
Sign stealing scandal by Solid Mantis February 10, 2020
World series scandal
At what point is cheating not cheating, when the teams with the most fans (Dodgers or Yankees) get the titles from all the other teams? Its interesting how the Dodgers haven't started investigating the Nationals (yet), but there's a bandwagon of support for investigating the Astros and Red Sox.
The World Series scandal went from nobody but Dodgers fans and Yankees fans having a problem with the outcome of the last few World Series to everybody wanting people out of the league and losing everything overnight. There's a lot of people who don't give something much thought until everybody else does.
World series scandal by Solid Mantis February 9, 2020
Mob rule
People sometimes use mob rule to get things done they wouldn't otherwise get done (to try and get a title they didn't win a few years ago for example). They would rather try and take a title with mob rule than acknowledge they got beat by a team from a town out in the middle of nowhere.
The point of having more than 2 teams in every sport is for any team from any town that has one (no matter how small the market) has a chance to get to the big game and get a title, just like the rest of the teams. Mob rule fucks it up by favoring the cities with the most people and letting the rest of the country know their teams can't have any titles.
Mob rule by Solid Mantis February 9, 2020