Daniel Tosh rallies fans to cancel Houston following Astros cheating scandal
By Amy Kaplan
Comedian Daniel Tosh rallies fans to cancel Houston following the Astros cheating scandal.
The fans are clearly not going to let the Houston Astros get off as easy as Rob Manfred has. On Wednesday fans joined together to “cancel Houston” via some hilarious tweets aimed at the team following the cheating scandal.
It seems like everyone, even outside of Major League Baseball has an opinion about the Astros cheating scandal. Even NBA GOAT Lebron James voiced his displeasure over how the reveal was handled.
Now fans are joining the bandwagon by using #CancelHouston hashtags on Twitter. Here’s some of the best from the day.
Comedian Daniel Tosh clearly stole the show early on asking for new rules for the Astros in the 2020 season.
And then fans joined in with ideas of their own.
Astros have to travel via @SpiritAirlines until every player from the 2017 team is retired.
— Vince DiVincenzo (@v_divincenzo) February 19, 2020
Scratch the speedos, make it diapers. And Astros players can't use the bathroom upon arrival at the ballpark. #cancelhouston https://t.co/m9JnSWO765
— Mark Springer: Radio Machine (@MarkAMark) February 19, 2020
During the national anthem Astro players have to do the worm. The whole time. #cancelhouston
— Nixon LB 💀 (@NixonLB) February 19, 2020
Houston pitchers are limited to only throwing fastballs and every other team can select 2 players on their team to use steroids for the 2020 season. #cancelhouston https://t.co/NUj9IEykGv
— budbud (@hoplord69) February 19, 2020
Orbit should have to stand on the sidelines for every inning of every Astros game for the entire season holding this sign. #cancelhouston pic.twitter.com/P24rfkaNJj
— David Ingber (@davidingber1) February 19, 2020
#cancelhouston Change the spelling of their jerseys to ASSTROS https://t.co/340msGFL4k
— Jeremy Powell (@jk_powell) February 19, 2020
All Astros fielders must use the old-timey gloves on defense. #cancelhouston pic.twitter.com/AK34gckZym
— Seth (@sethbuck12) February 19, 2020
Astros players must be accompanied by the Game of Thrones "Shame" nun around the bases #cancelhouston pic.twitter.com/UgNSKEM6IW
— Heath (@heathsanders16) February 19, 2020
Of course, not every fan was keen on this idea.
https://twitter.com/propain713/status/1230285120730431488?s=20
#cancelhouston as if we haven’t already been the most hated on.
— Houston’s Very Own (@YoItsKenneth) February 19, 2020
This ain’t nothing new.
The great Houston rapper, Slim Thug, once said, “ain’t too many punks down here in Houston, TX”.
So, keep y’all energy coming.
pic.twitter.com/mdC8tCpmUK
https://twitter.com/bounceandturntx/status/1230241806153080832?s=20
Just in case you are living under a rock … The Houston Astros were found to have been cheating, by stealing signs over a series of seasons, including ones where they won World Series titles.
James, Tosh and the fans weren’t the only ones reacting to the news. In the last few days, we’ve seen the following MLB players voice their displeasure with the team including the Los Angeles Dodgers Cody Bellinger and Justin Turner, who lost the 2017 World Series to the Astros as well as Angels’ Mike Trout and Yankees’ Aaron Judge.