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LA Dodgers pitcher suspended for throwing at the head of Houston Astros batter after team’s ‘sign-stealing’ scandal – ABC News
Everyone thought the Houston Astros would be targeted for using technology to “steal signs” on their way to a 2017 World Series win. Now, an opposition pitcher is suspended for throwing a ball at the head of an Astros batter.
In 2017, the Houston Astros won Major League Baseball’s World Series for the first time in the team’s history.
Late last year it emerged that along the way to the title that the Astros had broken the rules by “stealing signs” and earlier this year, Houston was penalised by the league.
- In January, MLB fined Houston Astros nearly $7 million among other penalties for “sign-stealing” during their title-winning season of 2017
- On Wednesday, the Astros faced the LA Dodgers the team th…
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