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Astros' Use of 'Codebreaker' in Cheating Scandal Detailed in New WSJ Report

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The Houston Astros cheating scandal reportedly went well beyond banging on a trash can during home games and instead was used on the road from 2017 through parts of the 2018 season. Details of Houston's "Codebreaker" program were revealed in a new report by Jared Diamond of the Wall Street Journal on Friday that showed the extent of the team's cheating as well as the depths to which then-general manager Jeff Luhnow was involved.

Accord to Diamond, Luhnow was approached by a team intern in 2016 with a presentation on an Excel-based application that could decode signs from opposing catchers.