Back before the coronavirus brought the world to a halt, MLB fans were getting ready to spend a season booing the Houston Astros for cheating in 2017 when they won the World Series thanks in part to a trash can.
Now baseball is on the verge of returning for a 60-game season and while no fans are allowed at the games, fans are still looking for the Astros to get beaned by pitchers who are looking for a little payback.
Three members of the Astros got hit by pitches during Tuesday’s exhibition game with the Royals and while these didn’t seem intentional (two were done with the bases loaded) it is still going to be Twitter fodder whenever someone on the Astros gets hit by a pitch this year.
Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman got hit in back-to-back at-bats in the second inning. These came with the bases loaded so credit these to bad pitching by Kansas City:
George Springer then got hit in the fifth inning:
Oh, and this happened to Altuve:
The Astros had a 10-3 lead at this writing and are going to be a very good team this year, so they may get the last laugh when all is said in done.
Fans, however, had feelings on today’s plays:
