Houston Astros

MLB fans were treated to an adorable act of thievery Tuesday night when the Houston Astros took on the New York Mets at Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas.

The banner commemorating the Astros’ 2017 World Series “victory’ has gone missing from the plaza outside Minute Maid Park in Houston.

It was a rough night for the Toronto Blue Jays on Friday. The visiting Houston Astros were thumping the hometown Jays and, in the bottom of the sixth inning, a pair of kids decided to do what they could to liven up the atmosphere.

A federal court ruled Monday that a letter penned by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred about the Yankees’ sign-stealing should be made public.

MLB’s woke play has backfired, as the Braves bring the World Series back to the city MLB pulled the All-Star Game from earlier this year.

HOUSTON (AP) — Most of the season, it just seemed this wasn’t their year.

MSNBC host Joy Reid said Thursday on her show “The ReidOut” that the Atlanta Braves fans’ “racist” tomahawk chop gesture is the embodiment of Trumpian white privilege.

An Astros fan hoisted a sign attacking the Atlanta Braves’ “Tomahawk Chop” chant calling it “racist” during Game 1 of the World Series.

Chants of “F*ck Joe Biden” repeatedly interrupted the Fox ALCS postgame show Tuesday as producers tried to mute the noise.

Chicago White Sox pitcher Ryan Tepera implied that the Astros are still cheating during postgame comments following Chicago’s Game 3 victory.

Violence at pro sports venues continues to escalate, this time a White Sox fan is seen in a viral video taking a brutal haymaker to the head.

Tampa Bay Rays pitcher Tyler Glasnow blames Major League Baseball’s ban on foreign substances for the injury to his pitching arm.

Fans stood and cheered as Houston Astros shortstop Carlos Correa was hit by a pitch in the fourth inning of a game against the Oakland A’s,

Tigers star Miguel Cabrera is calling BS on claims that the Houston Astros’ 2017 World Series win is “tainted” by the sign-stealing scandal.

ATLANTA (AP) — Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers.

Former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow is suing the team, saying that they had no cause to fire him over the sign-stealing sandal.

Alex Cora will become the next Boston Red Sox manager despite his one-year suspension over the Houston Astros cheating scandal.

Game 1 of Major League Baseball’s “Fall Classic” turned out to be a ratings classic, in that it was classically awful.

Senator Ben Sasse decided to take a moment Wednesday to slam the “miserable cheater” Houston Astros during the Supreme Court hearings.

It was widely believed that the Astros would have to fight this year due to other teams throwing at their hitters. Instead, the Stros first thing approaching a real scrap (we’re not counting the non-fight against the Dodgers) came after an Astros pitcher hit an opposing hitter.

HOUSTON (AP) — Benches cleared Tuesday night in the first game between the Astros and Dodgers since it was revealed that Houston stole signs en route to a 2017 World Series championship that came at Los Angeles’ expense.

There are 30 teams in Major League Baseball and 30 clubs in the NBA. The NHL skates 31 squads, while the NFL has 32 franchises. That’s 123 professional teams in the four major sports. A grand total of one recognized Flag Day on social media. One. Uno. Just one.

Astros star Alex Bregman has parted ways with an agent who worked in connection with LeBron James, because the NBA star is making a film about the Astros sign-stealing scandal.

Houston Astros pitcher Justin Verlander told fans that he would be donating his ongoing Major League Baseball paychecks to coronavirus relief.

Of all the pre-virus stories that were dominating the sports landscape, none was greater than the Astros sign-stealing scandal and the team’s unwillingness to take responsibility for it.

The Houston Astros have reportedly said in court documents that they sincerely apologize for the sign-stealing scandal the team used, most notably during their World Series run in 2017.

Former Houston Astros pitcher Collin McHugh says that palers were told other teams were cheating too, as a justification for Houston’s now infamous sign-stealing scheme.

Former Yankees third baseman Alex Rodriguez, a guy who knows a thing or two about running afoul of the rules, recently let the Houston Astros know that they have “earned” every bit of the criticism they’ve received as a result of their sign-stealing scandal.

The MLB regular season hasn’t even started yet, and the Houston Astros are already getting beat up. The team was booed at spring training and Alex Bregman got plunked as the Stros faced the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday.

NEW YORK (AP) — Attempts at cheating are a part of sports, Major League Baseball said in urging a federal judge to dismiss a lawsuit by fantasy contestants.

LAKELAND, Fla. (AP) — José Altuve insisted he tuned out the hecklers. He couldn’t avoid a pitch that grazed him.

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Oakland Athletics fan K.C. Sandstrom was sitting down the right field line watching his team warm up while armed with a small dry-erase board, a marker and a statement written in all caps.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Fans hoping to heckle the sign-stealing Houston Astros at their spring opener were met with quite the coincidence.

The head of a Pennsylvania Little League district has announced that none of his teams will be permitted to use the Astros nickname, in response to the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred apologized Tuesday for what he called a disrespectful reference to the World Series trophy as a “piece of metal.”

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Commissioner Rob Manfred’s stern warning covering the intentional beaning of Houston players in the wake of the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal hasn’t stopped an offshore sports book from publishing odds on a variety of bets related to possible plunkings.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — LeBron James is stepping to the plate for ballplayers furious over baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred’s handling of the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scam.

NORTH PORT, Fla. (AP) — With baseball ablaze over the Houston Astros’ cheating scandal, commissioner Rob Manfred met with nearly half of the major leagues managers Sunday and told them to knock off any notion of get-even beanballs.

Several MLB players have spoken out and voiced their anger at the Houston Astros over the sign-stealing scheme the team used during their World Series run in 2017. However, not many have voiced their anger as bluntly as Nick Markakis.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Mike Trout thinks the Houston Astros should pay more dearly for their cheating ways.