The St. Louis Cardinals are being investigated by the FBI for potentially being the ones who perpetrated the hack of the Houston Astros’ front office internal conversations.
This is a serious offense and unlike anything we have seen in MLB history. My first thought upon hearing this news was that the allegations are worse than what the Patriots faced for “Spygate.” Unsurprisingly, many others felt the same way and even noted plenty of similarities between the cases. The result was plenty of jokes and memes to hit the net, which is pretty much business as usual.
Take a look at these great memes and jokes about the Cardinals’ alleged hack:
Wait a minute… pic.twitter.com/M3un9tiyVY
— Batting Stance Guy (@BattingStanceG) June 16, 2015
BREAKING: #Cardinals release headshot of employee suspected of hacking the #Astros. pic.twitter.com/LJ1ocDzdPS
— Rob Tornoe (@RobTornoe) June 16, 2015
And then of course there were the obligatory “new logo” and “new jerseys” jokes:
St. Louis Cardinals announce new jerseys that they totally came up with on their own. pic.twitter.com/hiQBIyWn2c
— Aaron Nemo (@aaronnemo) June 16, 2015
New St. Louis Cardinals Logo, after today: pic.twitter.com/hAkOx5AbAN
— Rob Perez (@World_Wide_Wob) June 16, 2015
Oh man, The #Cardinals revealed their new logo.
h/t @NickTavares pic.twitter.com/BwDxp2DZhv
— MLB Memes (@MLBMeme) June 16, 2015
Dodgers pitcher Brandon McCarthy had the best joke we saw:
in keeping with baseball tradition, a Houston exec should walk into the STL offices and hit their best front office guy with a fastball
— Brandon McCarthy (@BMcCarthy32) June 16, 2015
This isn’t really a joke. It’s just sad.
"If you can't beat the Cardinals…Call the FBI" Derrick Driskill, 28,#stlcsrds fan from St. Peters pic.twitter.com/F1NrcDcf6Q
— David Carson (@PDPJ) June 16, 2015
In addition to the photos and jokes above, an entire hashtag was born from the story. People cracked jokes using the hashtag “#astrospasswords.” Our friends at SI captured some of the best ones.
