Astros hitting coach Alex Cintron suspended 20 games, A’s OF Ramon Laureano suspended 6 games for roles in brawl
Cintron allegedly said something vile in Spanish about Laureano's mother.
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Dodgers-Astros drama almost made the 2020 MLB season feel normal for a while
Wasn't it fun to think about just baseball, not COVID-19, for about an hour?
Dodgers RP Joe Kelly throws behind Astros hitters and mocks Carlos Correa after strikeout, and benches clear
This is Joe Kelly making a funny face at Carlos Correa.
Report says Justin Verlander done for the season with elbow injury, Verlander says that’s ‘not accurate’ and hopes arm will heal with some...
Either way, Justin Verlander will be out for a while, and that's significant in a tiny season.
Yankees’ Clint Frazier and Astros’ Aledmys Diaz intend to wear mask during games
"Hopefully someone sees it and maybe they do it, too.”- Clint Frazier
Judge orders Yankees to unseal 2017 MLB letter that could reveal sign-stealing effort
We may have a better idea of what kind of shenanigans the Yankees were getting up to soon.
Houston Astros block the auction of a World Series ring that would’ve gone toward COVID-19 efforts
The Astros claim to have an agreement to buy back any World Series ring for $1.
Many people spend sportsless weekend throwing at Astros batters in MLB The Show 20
Early access of MLB The Show 20 became available on Friday, and some gamers went right to throwing at the Astros.
The Houston Astros continue to get booed & heckled and it’s not stopping anytime soon
The Astros continue to get booed and heckled mercilessly.
Little League organizations in CA, NY, and PA dropping ‘Astros’ name due to sign stealing scandal
There may not be as many Little League teams with the "Astros" name this season.
Rob Manfred on intensity of sign-stealing criticism: “Part of it is the way society has evolved. It’s a very different world than 1919.”
There's a lot more to the backlash over the Astros' sign-stealing saga than "the way society has evolved," but that's how MLB commissioner Rob Manfred started an answer about it. He did apologize for calling the Commissioner's Trophy "a piece of metal," though.
Rob Manfred trashes World Series trophy, warns MLB players over retaliation, all in defense of the Astros
Thank goodness someone is looking out for the Houston Astros.
Everyone needs to see Jose Altuve’s ‘unfinished tattoo’ that Carlos Correa claims exists ASAP
Jose Altuve needs to get to a tattoo parlor ASAP!
WSJ “Codebreaker”/”Dark Arts” report and A.J. Hinch’s MLBN interview raise further questions for Astros and MLB
The Wall Street Journal reported many new details of the Astros' sign-stealing saga, some of which contradicted information MLB previously released to the public. And Hinch's MLB Network interview saw quite the non-denial on 2019 buzzer allegations.
MLB sign-stealing saga has now seen buzzer allegations, players weighing in, and more “parting ways”
The sign-stealing storylines just keep growing.
2010s MLB decade in review: The best teams and significant trends
Many MLB teams had their moment on top in the 2010s, we take a look back.
Yankees give ace Gerrit Cole record-breaking $324 million contract
Nine years, $324 million.
MLB’s Astros investigation “could expand” after The Athletic’s allegations of 2017 electronic sign-stealing
The Athletic's Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich reported that four people with the Astros in 2017, including pitcher Mike Fiers, confirmed the team used electronic aids (a center-field camera hooked to a TV near the dugout) to steal signs that year.
The Washington Nationals are World Series champions for the first time in franchise history
An incredible championship run by the Nats.
Juan Soto crushes moonshot homer in Game 6, takes bat to 1st base like Alex Bregman did earlier
Game 6 is very entertaining.
Alex Bregman cranks Game 6 dinger, carries his bat all the way to 1st base
Pedro Cerrano-esque.
Max Scherzer scratched from pivotal World Series Game 5 start
There's hope Scherzer is back for Game 6 or 7 but missing Game 5 will hurt if the Nationals lose.
The World Series is now a best-of-three
The Houston Astros have won two in a row to tie the series 2-2.
