Houston Astros: Caught Stealing | Uncovering the Scheme | 5

American Scandal

Wondery

True Crime, Exhibit C, Society & Culture, History, Documentary, History Daily, American History Tellers, Lindsay Graham

4.6 • 18.7K Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Rumors were already swirling about the Astros and sign-stealing when people on the inside tipped off reporter Evan Drellich with damning details of the scheme. What he and his colleague Ken Rosenthal published in The Athletic in 2019 rocked the baseball world and forced many people to question the Astros’ 2017 World Series title. Today, Drellich joins Lindsay to talk about the scandal and his book, Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball’s Brightest Minds Created Sports’ Biggest Mess.

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0:00.0	Wondry Plus subscribers can binge new seasons of American Scandal early and ad-free right now.
0:05.9	Join Wondry Plus in the Wondery app or on Apple Podcasts.
0:20.2	From Wondery, I'm Lindsay Graham, and this is American Scandal. That's a ground. Here's a ground ball right side could do it.
0:46.2	The Houston Astros are world champions for the first time in franchise history.
0:54.0	That's the sound of the Houston Astros winning Game 7 against the Dodgers to become
0:59.2	World Series champions in 2017. As the players and owner Jim Crane reveled in the victory,
1:05.8	one announcer said, this well-run organization gets to celebrate here at Dodger Stadium.
1:11.3	But beyond the champagne and commissioner's trophy, a dark cloud swirled.
1:16.0	All around baseball, insiders began to talk, alleging the Astros had invented a system of sign stealing
1:21.9	that involved using video technology and banging on trash cans.
1:26.2	At least one fan noticed a distinct pattern to the thumping,
1:29.6	and questions and rumors began to swirl. When inside sources tipped off reporter Evan Drellick,
1:35.4	he knew it might be a huge story, and it was. Drelick and fellow reporter Ken Rosenthal
1:40.9	broke the Astro's sign-stealing scandal for the athletic, and Evan joins me today.
1:45.5	He's a senior writer for the athletic covering baseball, and the author of the book,
1:49.9	Winning Fixes Everything, How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports Biggest Mess.
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