When Will The Astros Backlash Subside?
The Lead
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🗓️ 4 August 2020
⏱️ 16 minutes
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Last week, when his team was up against the Astros, Dodgers right-hander Joe Kelly had a very noisy relief appearance, brushing back Alex Bregman and Carlos Correa before both benches cleared. Today, we’re joined by The Athletic’s Andy McCullough to look at how this incident fits into the ongoing backlash against the Astros in the aftermath of their sign-stealing scandal, and what it might take for the anger against them to subside.
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| 0:31.0 | Last week in a game against the Astros, Dodgers' Relief or Joe Kelly made some noise. |
| 0:38.0 | Kelly, to a 96-mile per hour that whizzed behind the head of Alex Breggman, moments later, |
| 0:44.0 | Kelly struck out another Astros player to end the inning and then taunted him. |
| 0:48.0 | Benches cleared, but no punches were thrown. |
| 0:51.0 | There's been bad blood between the teams ever since it was revealed the Astros cheated |
| 0:54.2 | in the 2017 World Series against the Dodgers. |
| 0:57.0 | Today, we're joined by the Athletics Andy McCullough to look at the ongoing backlash toward |
| 1:01.2 | the Astros in the wake of their science ceiling scandal and how empty stadiums are affecting |
| 1:06.2 | things. |
| 1:07.2 | I think that until fans have had a full go at booing these guys, it's not going to go away |
| 1:14.4 | anytime soon. |
| 1:18.5 | From Wondery and the Athletic, I'm Anders Keltow. |
| 1:21.1 | And I'm Kavitha Davidson. |
| 1:22.1 | It's Tuesday, August 4th, and this is The Lead. |
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