The more details emerge from the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, the angrier CC Sabathia gets. The retired southpaw let loose in a recent podcast, spewing a series of curses.
The cheating saga from the 2017 postseason, when the Astros beat the Yankees in a seven-game ALCS, has tainted their World Series crown to him.
“Forever in my mind now, in ’17, we won the World Series. I don’t give a F what nobody says. Period,” Sabathia said on the “R2C2” podcast, which he co-hosts with Ryan Ruocco.
There have been far-reaching consequences in the days following the release of baseball’s investigation into the Astros, which confirmed the team was using a live video feed and players banging on a trash can to relay to teammates what kind of pitch was coming.