2017 Astros Memorabilia

[71buc]

Great read here
https://amp.theatlantic.com/amp/article/606850/

[RCMcKenzie]

I heard Reddick and Tony Kemp didn't do it? Do their cards go up or down?

I think 50 years from now Altuve cards go up up up...

[steve B]

Not an Astros fan, but I have a hard time getting worked up over this.

What I haven't seen mentioned is that the "crime" wasn't sign stealing itself, but using technology to do it.

A few things also come to mind.
In one of Jerry Remys books, I think it was watching baseball, he gave a rough outline of Variteks sign system, which varied by inning and situation at a minimum, and involved math using a number from the scoreboard.
Seems like that wouldn't be an easy system to crack.
If someone is still using the one finger/two fingers thing, they're pretty much asking for trouble technology or not.

None of the other teams put 2+2 together on the trash can banging? So that code must have been complex as well, or someone would surely have picked up on it. Especially in pro sports where they now analyze everything looking for tendencies they can exploit. Like if a pitcher goes to a certain pitch on a 2-2 count 80% of the time.
In a way nobody noticing for a couple years is pretty sad.

[packs]

If you read the reports plenty of teams noticed something strange was going on and plenty of teams shared their suspicions with each other. It was not confirmed until Fiers made his statement.