Sign stealing could start an ‘avalanche’ of lawsuits against MLB: Brian Kilmeade Fox News’ Brian Kilmeade discusses a Draftkings user suing the MLB over the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal and the impact the scandal will have on the league. Several active MLB players, including Los Ang...
Double-faced Major League Baseball is selling us a left-handed bill of goods. Pete Rose has petitioned MLB to remove his name from their ineligible list, especially now with the sign-stealing scandal. I mean, how many sets of rules do they submit to, most notably as the MLB has opted ...
Ripken also weighed in on the sign-stealing scandal that roiled baseball this offseason. He said the Houston Astros (2017) and Boston Red Sox (2018) World Series championships are "tainted" by the scandal. But Ripken said he is unsure of what repercussions the franchises should face for the...
In lieu of actual baseball, I’ll be posting snippets that were cut from The Baseball Codes as a way of amusing myself and, hopefully, you. The theme this week: Sign stealing from beyond stadium boundaries, pre-Astros era. The Astros scandal is only the latest (and, of course, most ...
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Another major issue over the off-season was thesign-stealing scandalthat engulfed two recentWorld Serieschampions, the2017 Houston Astrosand2018 Boston Red Sox. This was started by revelations made by former Astros pitcherMike Fierswho toldThe Athleticthat the team had put together a sophisticated ...
Altuve might be a controversial pick given his involvement in Houston’s sign-stealing scandal, but he was ultimately never punished by MLB and should be a viable pick here. Plus, pairing him with Pablo Sanchez as a diminutive middle infield duo would be a lot of fun. ...
The difference, of course, is that Beltrán has the added hurdle of his involvement in the Astros’ 2017 sign-stealing scandal -- involvement that cost him his job as manager of the Mets before he managed a single game. The 2017 season was Beltrán’s last of 20 seasons as a player, ...
New Mets manager Beltrán out amid sign-stealing scandal Carlos Beltrán, called out on a curveball again. So for the second time since they last threw a pitch, the New York Mets are in the market for a new manager. Sign of the times. Beltrán’s 2 1/2-month tenure as Mets manager...
But Crane was heavily criticized in February 2020 for his tone-deaf comments in the wake of Houston’s cheating scandal, when he said stealing signs “didn’t impact the game.” Kansas City Royals Kansas City Royals owner John Sherman. (Charlie Riedel / Associated Press) Chairman and CEO...