There were boos, jeers, chants. Even an inflatable trash can.
“Cheat-ers! Cheat-ers!” Angel Stadium rhythmically decried.
Playing in front of Southern Californian fans for the first time since their sign-stealing scandal became public in November 2019, the Astros were heckled Monday night by an announced crowd of 13,447 that included more than a few people dressed in Dodger blue.
It was nothing like the Astros probably would have received had the 2020 season been played normally. Eighteen months have passed since the first public revelations about their trash-can-banging scheme that took place in 2017.