U.S. Congressman Requests Oversight Hearing Into MLB's 'Cheating Scandal'

The scope of MLB's sign stealing scandal appears only to be growing.

At the end of what has been a historic week for the sport, on Friday, U.S. Congressman Bobby Rush (D—Ill.) called for a congressional hearing related to league's sign stealing scandal.

"I believe it is our ethical and moral imperative to investigate the Major League Baseball cheating scandal fully and to determine the extent to which this cancer has spread," Rush wrote in his letter to senior members of the Committee on Energy & Commerce. "I firmly believe that our investigation must also look at the actions taken by Major League Baseball, and the teams that comprise it, to reprimand the individuals who have been implicated."

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