So they crunched a bunch of data and concluded that this complicated cheating scam didn’t actually help them win the World Series. Two social psychologists wanted to find out. Several key team leaders lost their jobs and the team itself was fined $5 million and received other punishment as well.īut they did win the World Series. The World Series champs were eventually disgraced when news of the scandal leaked out. That season, the Astros reportedly used video cameras to steal the opposing team’s pitching signs and then used a signaling system to get the info to their own hitters, proved the ultimate high-risk/high-reward undertaking. The 2017 Major League Baseball season will be remembered for the elaborate cheating scheme the Houston Astros engaged in throughout a season they would end with a World Series championship.
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