Rob Manfred snarkily compliments reporter who uncovered letter detailing sign-stealing scheme to Houston Astros
"Nice reporting on your part."
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Long-time SI writer and “Astroball” author Ben Reiter is doing a podcast on the Astros’ scandal, with a TV series based on it...
"The Astros of the 2010s were the most innovative organization in the history of sports. As it turned out, the ‘new way to win it all’ involved factors that no one could have imagined - myself included. Cadence13, Prologue Projects, and Left/Right are the ideal partners with whom to reveal the full story of the Astros’ exhilarating rise and shocking fall."
Los Angeles’ KTLA labels José Altuve and Alex Bregman with “Astros Cheater,” leads with “After stealing the 2017 World Series…”
"After stealing the 2017 World Series from the Dodgers and eventually getting caught, the Houston Astros' players are finally saying they're sorry."
ESPN’s Jessica Mendoza highlights conflict of interest as Mets employee by criticizing Mike Fiers for whistleblowing
It's not difficult to imagine that Mets management told her to call Fiers' integrity into question and defend Carlos Beltran.
Philly’s Fox 29 interviews trash can involved in Astros’ sign-stealing: “Nobody asks about my feelings”
"It's the worst job in sports!"
Mets beat writers Andy Martino and Anthony DiComo trade barbs over possible Carlos Correa deal
"It's not a rumor, it's a report."
How @Jomboy_ became Baseball Twitter’s most intriguing offseason follow
Since the 2019 baseball season ended, plenty of beat writers, national insiders and columnists have provided “hot stove”...
Former Baseball Prospectus writer Kevin Goldstein reported as Astros exec suggesting scouts use cameras to steal signs
As Major League Baseball’s investigation into sign-stealing allegations against the Houston Astros expand and develop, it’s becoming increasingly...
Former radio partners Mike Francesa and Chris “Mad Dog” Russo dissent on Astros’ sign-stealing, with Francesa wrong on the facts
"Did you ever realize the games are on a delay? Depending on whether the game is on a real line or a satellite line. The game can be on a three-to-five second delay, also. You didn't bring that part up. Okay?"
Nationals-Astros delivered least-watched World Series Game 7 ever, but enough viewers to only be third-least watched World Series
Game 7 drew 23.013 million viewers, the lowest for a World Series Game 7, but still more than enough to make this not the least-watched World Series ever.
Here’s the Washington Nationals radio call of the final out to win the World Series
"SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! SWING AND A MISS! AND A WORLD SERIES GAME 7 WINNING CURLY W IS IN THE BOOKS! THE CELEBRATION IS ON! THE WASHINGTON NATIONALS ARE THE WORLD CHAMPIONS! REMEMBER WHERE YOU ARE!"
If the World Series ends in Game 6, that game will need around 18 million viewers for the series not to be the...
If Game 6 ends the World Series, it may well be the least-watched World Series ever unless the average viewership goes up by over six million from Game 5.
Astros owner Jim Crane retracts team remarks and apologizes to SI’s Stephanie Apstein
Better late than never certainly applies but "late" sure is an understatement.
Astros’ GM Jeff Luhnow meets with SI’s Stephanie Apstein after firing Brandon Taubman, but doesn’t commit to retracting “wrong” statement
A full retraction of a statement Luhnow and the Astros have already called "wrong" and "incorrect" would seemingly be easy, but they haven't committed to doing that.
Astros’ GM Jeff Luhnow continues organization’s PR blunders, says “many people” wrote fabrication statement, he couldn’t personally apologize
Luhnow and the Astros are still digging themselves deeper.
