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Jose Altuve whistle sound

New video shows Astros’ alleged different whistles for stealing signs

The Houston Astros have been accused of using numerous methods to communicate illegally stolen signs to their hitters in real time. One such method they are alleged to have used to communicate signs is whistles. A new video by a man named Rafael …

Minute Maid Park Houston

Astros’ 2017 AL MVP gets funny edit on Wikipedia

Jose Altuve won the AL MVP award in 2017. But if you checked Wikipedia on Thursday to see who won it, you’d have found a different answer. A funny Wikipedia edit listed the 2017 AL MVP award as going to the “Center Field Camera” for …

Yasmani Grandal

Yasmani Grandal signs four-year, $73 million contract with White Sox

Yasmani Grandal gambled on himself by signing a one-year contract with the Milwaukee Brewers as a free agent last winter, and the veteran catcher is now cashing in. The Chicago White Sox announced on Thursday that they have agreed to a four-year, $73 …

Yankees finally release free agent bust Jacoby Ellsbury

The New York Yankees have finally moved on from free agent bust Jacoby Ellsbury. The Yankees on Wednesday released Ellsbury and designated Greg Bird for assignment as part of moves related to their 40-man roster. Finally cutting Ellsbury ends what …

Rob Manfred

Report: MLB will take hard line on economic issues in labor negotiations

If you needed another suggestion that the upcoming labor negotiations between MLB and the MLBPA are going to be very difficult, commissioner Rob Manfred provided one Wednesday. According to Craig Calcaterra of NBC Sports, Manfred told the MLBPA in …

Fired Astros scouts providing information to MLB about cheating?

MLB is investigating the Houston Astros over sign stealing that allegedly occurred in 2017. Four former members of the team reportedly told The Athletic for an article published last week about the cheating schemes by the team. One of the …

Felipe Vazquez

Felipe Vazquez facing 21 new charges in child sex case

Pittsburgh Pirates closer Felipe Vazquez is in even deeper legal trouble after a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Vazquez, who was already facing charges relating to alleged sexual involvement with a child, is now facing 21 new charges in the state of …

Rob Manfred

Rob Manfred hints he can hammer Astros with sign-stealing punishment

Major League Baseball continues to investigate the bombshell allegations that surfaced against the Houston Astros last week, and commissioner Rob Manfred hinted on Tuesday that the punishment could be severe if it is determined that they did, in …

Look: Here is the Astros’ alleged cheating setup with trash can, monitor

The Houston Astros have essentially been caught redhanded stealing signs during their World Series season in 2017, and a documentary from their championship year appears to have given us a first-hand look at the setup they allegedly used to steal and …

Astros TV camera angle

Astros moved position of TV cameras to center them for 2017 season

The Houston Astros’ decision to move the position of their TV cameras for home games for the 2017 season now may take on new meaning in context of the cheating scandal in which they are involved. Ahead of the 2017 MLB season, the Astros worked …

Report: Email shows Astros discussed having scouts illegally use cameras to steal signs

As if there weren’t already enough evidence implicating the Houston Astros in the sign-stealing scandal, now there may be a smoking gun in the form of written proof. The Athletic’s Evan Drellich and Ken Rosenthal, who first reported …

Yu Darvish

Yu Darvish cracks jokes in aftermath of Christian Yelich tweet

Yu Darvish was on the receiving end of a pretty vicious tweet from Christian Yelich on Friday, but the Chicago Cubs pitcher is taking it in stride. Darvish said that his picture was accidentally used as part of a Japanese news report about a …

Minute Maid Park Houston

Hilarious College GameDay sign takes aim at Astros

You can always tell when sports news is big if it crosses over onto a College GameDay sign. Which means for the Houston Astros, it’s their unlucky day. Allegations of an elaborate electronic sign-stealing operation run by the Astros have …

Josh Donaldson

Josh Donaldson humorously enters Christian Yelich-Yu Darvish beef

The sudden Twitter beef between Christian Yelich and Yu Darvish is, at the very least, entertaining to the rest of baseball. Yelich reacted strongly to suggestions that he may have been stealing signs against Yu Darvish in a 2019 game between the …

Christian Yelich

Christian Yelich slams Yu Darvish over Brewers sign stealing allegation

After widespread stories about the Houston Astros’ electronic sign stealing operation dominated the news this week, it seems plenty of people are looking for evidence that other teams may have been up to shady business as well. One of the teams …

Rob Manfred

Report: MLB adding 15-day IL for pitchers to combat roster manipulation

Major League Baseball is making another change to the injured list for 2020, this time to try to cut down on roster manipulation. According to Jon Heyman of MLB Network, MLB will keep the 10-day IL in place for position players. However, pitchers …

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