Stealing the Signs: How Allegations Against the Astros Could Change Baseball

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🗓️ 20 November 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Major League Baseball has promised a thorough investigation into the Astros' stealing of pitching signs during their 2017 championship run, using a live video feed and...trash cans. At the owners meetings, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred said there is no reason to expand the case to other teams at this time. But the scandal has raised big questions, and could change the game itself. ESPN MLB Insider Jeff Passan explores tough decisions for the league going forward. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Any allegation that relates to a rule violation that could affect the outcome of a game or games is the most serious matter.
0:15.0	That was MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred, responding to questions about the biggest baseball scandal in recent memory.
0:23.6	Amidst accusations that the Houston Astros stole signs two years ago,
0:28.6	executives and players around the league are wondering what will happen next,
0:32.6	and whether it goes beyond the Astros.
0:35.6	It's a story that could change the game as we know it.
0:40.3	I'm Mina Kimes.
0:41.5	It's Wednesday, November 20th.
0:43.7	This is ESPN Daily, presented by Indeed.
0:52.6	Jeff, thanks for coming on this show.
0:55.2	There's really nothing going on in baseball these days.
0:58.5	No, nothing at all.
0:59.8	Just the biggest scandal in the last decade, two last century maybe?
1:05.9	Jeff Passon is an MLB insider for ESPN.
1:09.2	Jeff, you're at the MLB owners meeting in Arlington, Texas.
1:14.1	What is the scene like there?
1:15.7	So the scene is actually a construction scene.
1:20.1	Globe Life Field is being built right next door in the shadow of Jerry world.
1:25.5	Rob Manfred and a bunch of Texas Rangers executives took a tour through the new
1:30.3	ballpark.
1:31.3	And so we're looking in the suites and we're looking at the club down the first
1:37.2	baseline.
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