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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins
Thanks. It does sound like there was some disagreement even among the players involved as to whether or not this was even effective. Still, in a sport that is so much a part of "Americana", and so ubiquitous as far as teaching kids the value of fair play, this is pretty despicable.
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There is, because it is baseball, a lot of data out there:
https://blogs.fangraphs.com/which-players-might-have-benefited-from-the-astros-sign-stealing/
And, if the results were not compelling, why did they continue to do it?
Baseball was my first love. I played in college until I was hurt. I am frankly somewhat a disinterested fan unless the Giants are in the mix...I haven't watched a regular season game in 20 years.
That said, what the Astros did matters.