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.
SEATTLE — Both the offender and victim in professional sports’ first hacking scandal may share one trait: a lack of sophistication.
Whoever made their way to private Astros information did not appear to do so with an advanced method of entry or coverup beyond the capacity of any professional programmer.