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Chicago Cubs: Does cheating really matter to baseball?

Let us say the Chicago Cubs got caught cheating, hypothetically. Or they didn’t get caught, but clearly, they were. Would you take away their World Series Trophy? (Also hypothetically.) Would it matter? Interesting question. And this article will explain it–or not. Whatever your take on it, it’ll be fulfilled.

In a piece by Rachael McDaniel by Fangraphs, the question was posed ‘does cheating matter?’ And I immediately thought, ‘Yes, it does.’ Then it dawned on me, the Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo ‘cheats.’ You don’t think so? Remember when he digs into the batter’s box to the rear side?