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Cardinals fire scouting director connected to hacking of Astros’ database

Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow, hired in 2011 after a stint in St. Louis' front office, brought a forward-thinking approach that utilizes analytics heavily. Under his watch, the team created the Ground Control database. Click through the gallery for some of the notable revelations from when that database was hacked during the 2013 season and subsequent offseason.

The Cardinals have dismissed their scouting director amid published reports Thursday that he acknowledged making an unauthorized entry into the Astros’ baseball operation database.

Chris Correa, a Cardinals employee since 2009 and director of scouting since December 2014, was let go after what an attorney for team executives described to the St.