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2017 letter could implicate New York Yankees, MLB in sign-stealing coverup

2020 has been a year of surprises and those surprises will not be stopping anytime soon. Except this time instead of laughing at the misfortune of other rival teams, the New York Yankees might have to eat crow.

According to NJ.com, a federal judge ordered the unsealing of a letter from an earlier lawsuit from DraftKings player Kristopher Olsen filed against MLB. The suit was dismissed but clearly the implications go far beyond that.

The letter supposedly exposes the Yankees for far more involved sign-stealing accusations than was presented to the media. The Yankees were originally reprimanded for illegal use of the dugout phone to relay signs but it sounds as though the unsealing of this letter would reveal far more nefarious dealings going on.