The Astros Cheating Scandal, five years later | Baseball Bits

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It's been five years since the Houston Astros Cheating Scandal broke via an article in The Athletic. The Astros trash can banging scheme set the sports world ablaze. The Astros cheated in 2017, the year of their 2017 Astros World Series title.

In the five years since, we've gained some perspective. We've learned the Astros sign stealing wasn't an isolated incident, and fines like the Red Sox apple watches and Yankees letter have been handed down by MLB to other teams. The Astros banging scheme was the most flagrant, but baserunner schemes were in use all over the league.

With help from five new sources, we're going to explore this scandal with some hindsight. Did the Astros cheat in the 2017 playoffs? Did they cheat on the road? Did they cheat in 2018 and beyond? These questions will be answered to the best of our abilities. Rob Manfred regrets giving Astros players immunity, but the trade-off has been a lot of info about how the scheme was hatched by Carlos Beltran and Alex Cora and put to work.

We'll also the learn about the roles played by those suspended in the wake of the scandal, like Astros Jeff Luhnow and Astros AJ Hinch. What did they know about the Astros sign stealing?

I hope you'll enjoy this episode of Baseball Bits, a Foolish Baseball production.

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The Athletic article: https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/1363...
Rob Manfred's Astros Report: https://img.mlbstatic.com/mlb-images/...
The Astros Edge:    • The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal ...  
Winning Fixes Everything by Evan Drellich: https://www.harpercollins.com/product...
Cheated by Andy Martino: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/bo...
Sign Stealing Scandal by Tony Adams: https://signstealingscandal.com/

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