LeBron James is one of the best basketball players in the NBA today. Not only is he loved for his rare talent, the LA Lakers star also scores absolute points in the eyes of fans thanks to his noble personality and great personality. Intense love for sports. His name and popularity have gone beyond basketball borders. Of course, as an honest player, James could not turn a blind eye to the cheating scandal of the Houston Astros, a team in the MLB (American Professional Baseball League).
LeBron James is disappointed with the Houston Astros’ cheating behavior in the 2017 MLB Finals.
Through his personal twitter, James angrily shared: “Please listen, even though I don’t know how to play baseball, as a person in the sports industry, I understand how bad cheating is. If anyone beats me by cheating and for me to find out, I will not be able to control my anger. I will not guarantee what I would do or could do to those people if I knew the truth.”
“So, leaders, please listen to what the players want to say, to know the level of shame, heartache and hurt they are going through. Please understand how heartbroken they are when My efforts and efforts were not rewarded just because of cheating,” James was angry.
LeBron James expressed his anger and frustration with this unsportsmanlike behavior.
Not long ago, a scandal at MLB “shook” the entire United States. Accordingly, in the 2017 MLB season, the Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers with a score of 4-3 and won the championship. However, recently, the press has accused the Astros champion of cheating by tampering with camera technology to gain an advantage in batting situations.
Cheating right in the World Series (MLB’s final series) with the witness of a large number of fans around the world was a huge shock. And James’s outrage is just one of the waves sweeping through social networking sites like Twitter and Instagram. Besides James, a series of other American sports stars such as Cody Bellinger, Mike Trout or Aaron Judge also expressed frustration over this scandal.
Houston Actros’ cheating will be a “stain” that is difficult to erase from MLB for a long time.
The wave of criticism became even stronger when MLB imposed a penalty that was considered too light for the Astros. Accordingly, MLB fined Mr. Jeff Luhnow (Astros director) and imposed a year of unpaid work. However, both were fired by the team not long after. While the team that cheated in the final, the Astros, was only fined a symbolic amount of about 5 million USD and future draft picks.
Although the Astros have apologized and taken corrective actions, for true sports lovers, especially athletes, this will still be an unacceptable behavior and James is one of them.
