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On August 3, 2021, the Dodgers and Astros played the first game of a two-game series at Dodger Stadium, their first meeting in front of Dodgers fans since the story broke in 2019. Stadium and league personnel increased security in anticipation of crowd anger towards the Astros. [167] The game had the largest attendance of any MLB game in 2021.
Yordan Alvarez delivers decisive homer. To win it all, capped off by a 4-1 victory over the upstart Philadelphia Phillies, the 2022 Astros were themselves. With the Astros leading three games to ...
Time has not healed the anguish the Houston Astros caused by cheating the Dodgers out of a World Series title. They still deserve to be booed by fans. Plaschke: Give 'em hell, Dodgers fans.
Carlos Correa, George Springer and Justin Verlander deny the Astros used buzzers to cheat in 2019.
Acts of cheating that are not detected during a game may still result in punishment. The above noted incidents of illegal sign stealing during 2017 and 2018 by the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox were discovered after-the-fact, and resulted in punishment meted out by the Commissioner of Baseball.
[5] [6] In March 2016, the league suspended Aroldis Chapman for 30 games following an alleged incident between Chapman and his girlfriend. He was the first player suspended by the league following the implementation of the league-wide policy.
"It's one of the biggest accomplishments in my life," Correa said after the game. "And right now I'm about to take another big step in my life."
After an investigation by MLB, Astros manager A. J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were each suspended for one year from MLB. In addition, the Astros were fined $5 million and lost their first- and second-round draft picks for the 2020 and 2021 MLB drafts. After the news broke, Astros owner Jim Crane fired both Hinch and Lunhow. Hinch ...