Indeed – very slowly – the internet is catching the Houston Astros at their own game. Furthermore, on Monday; more content broke out on twitter that displays the Astros cheating up a storm (allegedly).
Equally important, let’s take a comprehensive look at the evidence mounting against the Astros. Obviously, this is the biggest story in sports right now.
Executive Who Encouraged Sign-Stealing Revealed
First off, official word made it’s way out that Kevin Goldstein; formerly a writer for for Baseball Prospectus, was the Front Office man heading up the project.
Remember – in his farewell column at Baseball Prospectus – Goldstein says the following of talking to scouts.
“I loved writing here, but I was never a writer. I never enjoyed the actual process of writing. It always was a chore for me. I loved gathering information. I loved talking to scouts and agents and various front office officials and trying to tell the readers everything I learned. Writing was the medium I was stuck with, so here I am. I’ve always felt bad for my editors, scuffling to make my words something decipherable.”
Indeed, when Goldstein moved to the Astros; he did exactly that. However, he was encouraging the Astros’ scouts to grab the signs of the opposition; according to multiple sources on Monday.
Documentary Footage of Astros 2017 World Series Shows Cheating Monitor
Next, a twitter account appears to pick up Astros’ personnel removing a monitor in the tunnel of the home runway. Take a look at this clip.
I have found the clip where the #Astros sign stealing monitor is set up. @YankeeReport_ was first to find the picture.
Here is the clip from which that picture was taken from the Astros 2017 World Series Documentary pic.twitter.com/BZ7VFkUy5m
— nmbaseball52 (@nmbaseball52) November 17, 2019
In case you missed it, here’s the frame to care about:
Without question, a 2017 World Series documentary appears to show alleged sign-stealing monitor being taken down after game. As we stated, the evidence continues to pile up; and it’s not likely that the Astros were watching Sesame Street on that monitor during home games.
Buzz about ‘Buzzing Devices’ from Joel Sherman & Jomboy
Notably, one of the biggest case crackers on the Astros project has been one ‘Jomboy’ on twitter. Now, Jomboy points out that Joel Sherman talked about buzzing devices the Astros used on their bodies; a rumor he has talked about and heard of prior.
If you listened to Talkin Baseball today, @Joelsherman1 just reported the same rumor that I have heard from three different places. https://t.co/21ymSPkzmg pic.twitter.com/p2doEvPf8Z
— Jomboy (@Jomboy_) November 18, 2019
An electronic bandage device? This is getting very interesting.
Obviously, and this could be said about anything; the truth often lies somewhere in between. Certainly, the Astros aren’t guilty of 100 percent of the stuff being written. However, they’re not likely to be innocent or completely in the clear either.
Finally, more of this will continue to make it’s way to light. The truth always does. Whenever that happens, we will continue to document it for you here at Get More Sports.
