One year after the scandal, how do we view the Astros and what s next for MLB?
On Jan. 13, 2020, MLB commissioner Rob Manfred released his findings and announced the Houston Astros punishment for electronically stealing signs during the team s 2017 World Series run. Manager AJ Hinch and GM Jeff Luhnow were each suspended one year by MLB before they were both fired by the Astros, and even in a pandemic, the fallout of the scandal has been in the headlines throughout the 12 months since.
One year later, we asked our panel of MLB experts to weigh in on how much their view of the Astros has changed, what the next year of fallout could bring for MLB and how the team will be treated when fans eventually return to ballparks.
Blue Jays president and CEO Mark Shapiro has signed a five-year contract extension, Rogers ownership announced Wednesday. Shapiro joined the Blue Jays on Oct. 31, 2015, after 24 seasons with Cleveland, and will be entering his 30th season in baseball in ‘21. After taking over the club following
Toronto Blue Jays president Mark Shapiro helped guide a rebuilding effort through most of his tenure with the team. Now he ll get a chance to try to finish the job. Team owner Rogers Communications . . .
Bill Ballou: Yankee Stadium elevator wasn t big enough for writers and Donald Trump s ego
By Bill Ballou
The events of last week in Washington, as unprecedented and horrible as they were, came as no surprise to some 20, maybe 25 baseball writers who covered Game 7 of the American League Championship Series at Yankee Stadium in 2003 and had a too-close, too in-person, but very telling encounter with future President Donald Trump.
The game itself is an ugly memory for Red Sox fans, a 6-5 victory for New York on Aaron Boone’s solo home run in the bottom of the 11th. At the time, nobody knew that it would be the final game for the old Red Sox of heartbreak and disappointment. It was just more of what had been the same for 86 seasons.
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