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

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.

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.

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.

Houston Astros fans were not very happy when Buffalo Wild Wings posted a snarky tweet about the Astros sign-stealing scandal.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Dusty Baker wants action from Major League Baseball: End the criticism of the Astros from across baseball over sign stealing, and take steps to ensure pitchers don’t throw at his players.

Feb. 14 (UPI) — Los Angeles Dodgers star Cody Bellinger was one of several Major League Baseball stars to criticize the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scheme Friday, saying the team stole an MVP award and a World Series title.

It would be hard to make the situation resulting from the Astros cheating scandal worse than it already is, however, the Astros are giving it one heck of a try.

The fallout from the Astros cheating scandal continues to impact not only the Astros, but the rest of Major League Baseball.

Former Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch has admitted that the team’s sign-stealing scandal was “wrong,” but his admissions only went up to a point.

Former Astros manager AJ Hinch isn’t dismissing the idea that Houston’s 2017 World Series championship has been tainted by the sign-stealing scandal that cost him his job.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Pete Rose again asked Major League Baseball to end his lifetime ban, saying the penalty is unfair compared with discipline for steroids use and electronic sign stealing.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — With Los Angeles fans reeling from news that two of the Dodgers’ recent World Series opponents were linked to a cheating scandal that tipped off batters to what pitch was about to be thrown, the City Council voted Tuesday to ask Major League Baseball to strip the Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox of their World Series titles.

Major League Baseball may be done punishing the Astros for their cheating scandal, but that doesn’t mean that MLB players are going to be quiet.

The fall out over the Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal continues to reverberate in Major League Baseball. This time, Cleveland Indians pitcher Mike Clevinger slammed the Stros for their actions in the cheating scandal.

HOUSTON (AP) — George Springer, the World Series MVP of the tainted 2017 Houston Astros, and the team settled on a $21 million, one-year contract Thursday.

ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza says pitcher Mike Fiers should have gone to Major League Baseball before he told a journalist about his allegation the Houston Astros had been using a camera to steal signs.

Despite MLB’s denials, rumors have begun circulating that Astros players Jose Altuve and Alex Bregman wore electronic devices that “buzzed” to warn them about coming pitches in baseball’s sign-stealing scandal.

NEW YORK (AP) — Carlos Beltrán is out as manager of the New York Mets before a single game, the latest fallout from the Houston Astros’ sign-stealing scandal that has rocked Major League Baseball.

Former Cincinnati Reds star Pete Rose took a swipe at the Houston Astros for their sign-stealing scandal, arguing that while what he did was wrong, the Astros scandal is worse because it tainted baseball.

AJ Hinch won’t be managing in the big leagues any time soon, if at all. Alex Cora will soon join him in the unemployment line, and it’s hard to believe anyone will ever give him another job that involves being a leader of men.