

The Houston Astros have been dominating baseball for a few years now and it appears they have had some help along the way.
More and more evidence is surfacing, showing they have a collection of different ways to inform their batters of the upcoming pitch. A recent tweet got Yankees star, Aaron Judges attention and it seems the chatter has picked up ever since.
Appears 2017 was a big year for the cheaters…
Source: The Houston Astros used a center-field camera to help steal signs during their 2017 championship season, a former pitcher for the team told The Athletic, a practice that would have run afoul of rules against using technology for an advantage and has prompted an investigation.
Mike Fiers, who now pitches for the Oakland Athletics, told the website that he warned teammates with the Detroit Tigers and A’s that Astros hitters had used a video feed piped into a monitor near the dugout to decode signs and relay them to hitters during games.
“I just want the game to be cleaned up a little bit because there are guys who are losing their jobs because they’re going in there not knowing,” Fiers said in the story. “Young guys getting hit around in the first couple of innings starting a game, and then they get sent down. It’s [B.S.] on that end. It’s ruining jobs for younger guys. The guys who know are more prepared. But most people don’t. That’s why I told my team. We had a lot of young guys with Detroit [in 2018] trying to make a name and establish themselves. I wanted to help them out and say, ‘Hey, this stuff really does go on. Just be prepared.'”
Check out these videos, and you can make up your own mind:
Just donate all your 2017 World Series rings to charity… what a con job @JustinVerlander @ABREG_1 @GeorgeSpringer @ajhinch https://t.co/8B4CNSl4Qy
— IB THE GAMBLER 🔌 (@incarceratedbob) November 13, 2019
ICYMI – This is the infamous garbage can banging noise from a Blue Jays and Astros game back in 2017. It's very clear if you listen with headphones, too. pic.twitter.com/FLevUbzKnj
— Ian Hunter (@BlueJayHunter) November 14, 2019
Lets play “What year did the Astros start cheating” all bets on 2017. pic.twitter.com/0W3xDHEqA9
— Clayton (@claythefirst) November 13, 2019
Oh my god, here's DEFINITIVE proof that the @astros were cheating by tipping pitches, make sure you turn your volume up as loud as you can, the banging is kind of hard to hear #Astros pic.twitter.com/Kt2gvtHzeX
— Jack W (@JWillsNH) November 14, 2019
Ok, we can start there as the Houston Patriots were really onto something. Tons of calls for them to hand over their World Series, MVP’s, and any other awards they picked up along the way while they were fudging their way to victories.
That’s a hard no. If you ain’t cheating, you ain’t trying.
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