Astros Sign Stealing Baseball
Astros manager AJ Hinch holds the championship trophy after Game 7 of the 2017 World Series against the Dodgers. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were suspended for the entire season Monday, and the team was fined $5 million for sign-stealing by the team in 2017 and 2018 season. Houston owner Jim Crane fired his GM and manager later in the day. Commissioner Rob Manfred announced the discipline and strongly hinted that current Boston manager Alex Cora — the Astros bench coach in 2017 — will face punishment later. Manfred said Cora developed the sign-stealing system used by the Astros. (Matt Slocum / AP Photo)