The Dodgers have not won the World Series since 1988. They have only appeared in the World Series twice since then, in 2017 and 2018.
Both teams that beat them — the Houston Astros in 2017 and the Boston Red Sox in 2018 — now are under investigation by Major League Baseball over allegations they improperly using technology to steal signs.
During the 2018 regular season, according to a story posted by the Athletic on Tuesday, the Red Sox visited the replay room during games to review signs flashed by opposing teams.
“It’s cheating,” one person who was with the 2018 Red Sox told the Athletic. “Because if you’re using a camera to zoom in on the crotch of the catcher, to break down the sign system, and then take that information and give it out to the runner, then he doesn’t have to steal it.”
The league monitored replay rooms during the 2018 postseason, making it unlikely the Red Sox would have been able to use the system during the World Series.
The Red Sox said in a statement Tuesday: “We were recently made aware of allegations suggesting the inappropriate use of our video replay room. We take these allegations seriously and will fully cooperate with MLB as they investigate the matter.”
See here and here for the most recent updates on the Astro investigation. As a Yankees fan, I’m torn between stifling a giggle, and lighting a thousand candles in the fervent hope that my team isn’t the next one in the barrel. I can believe that some teams may have been doing this more (and more egregiously) than others, but I have no trouble believing that most if not all of them were at least dipping a toe into this kind of illegal activity. In the meantime, Astros fans, enjoy the schadenfreude while you can.
Chronicle writer Jordan Ray….very classy.
Don’t hold your breath for a Pulitzer Jordie.
No schadenfreude from this Astros fan, just sadness and disappointment. I also would be shocked if there was no cheating going on beyond the Houston and Boston clubs.
I would say something, but I don’t know how many Hail Marys and Acts of Contrition it would call for…
Kuff, you are a Yankees fan? I saw Steve Earle get booed at his own concert at Heights Theater for announcing he was a life-long supporter of the team from the Bronx.
Alex, I’m a native New Yorker, and I come from a family of Yankee fans. It’s in my blood, and I’d be disowned if I ever gave it up.
Kuff–I hear you. I still wear my San Francisco Giants hat around Arlingotn, and it was pretty lonely in October 2010. Luckily, the Giants’ run of World Series rings safely overcame that loneliness. I will root for the Rangers though as long as they aren’t playing the Giants.
Alex, I’m more inclined to boo Steve Earle for F’in up his marriage to Allison Moorer (an Angel of a C&W voice, but one of seven wives he’s had) and that fact the he still dresses and looks like he just got off his mattress after sleeping under a bridge somewhere. There ARE ways to lose you hair and avoid looking like a panhandler.
But goodness sake, come into Houston and self-profess to be a fan of their baseball rival ? Brilliant.
Copperhead Road was good…
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