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into report

'17 Astros

stole signs, DOWN

broke rules

By DAVID BRANDT
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) —
Major League Baseball has
expanded its investigation
into the Houston Astros af-
ter The Athletic website
reported the team stole
signs during home games
in 2017 by using a camera
positioned in center field.
The report Tuesday quot-
ed pitcher Mike Fiers, who
played for the Astros that
season, and three other
unidentified people with
the club. The Astros won
the World Series that year
— two sources told The
Athletic that Houston used
the system into the playoffs
while another source said
the system ended before
the postseason.
The website said the pro-
cess was started by a
struggling hitter and a
coach, neither of whom
was identified. The camera
at Minute Maid Park was
connected to a television
monitor in the tunnel be-
tween the Astros' dugout
and clubhouse, The Ath-
letic said, and team em-
ployees or players would
communicate expected
pitches by banging a trash
can to signal off-speed
pitches.
“I just want the game to
be cleaned up a little bit
because there are guys
who are losing their jobs Panthers rally from 4 down,
because they’re going in
there not knowing,” Fiers
told the website. beat Bruins 5-4 in SO
The Astros said in a state-
ment the team “has begun
an investigation in coop-
eration with Major League Boston Bruins center Joakim Nordstrom (20) smiles after his goal against Florida Panthers goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky during the
Baseball” and declined second period of an NHL hockey game in Boston, Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2019.
additional comment. Associated Press
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