The news we’ve all been waiting for finally came on Wednesday. MLB released the commissioner’s report from his investigation into allegations that the Boston Red Sox illegally stole signs during the 2018 season. Predictably, the so-called punishment was laughably light and was nothing more than a joke when compared to the much harsher penalties imposed on the Houston Astros.
A brief history is that the Astros were found to have used in-game video feeds to steal and decode signs between opposing teams’ pitchers and catchers during the 2017 season and early in 2018.