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Ex-Astros GM Jeff Luhnow's wife slams team's poor start: 'Karma sucks'
The wife of an ex-Astros GM isn't holding back her thoughts on the team's performance this season.
Ex-Astros GM: I deleted photos of wife giving birth, not incriminating data
The GM during the Astros' cheating scandal claims he did not delete emails or texts from his phone as MLB began its probe — only photos of his wife giving...
Sign-stealing scandal doesn't cloud fact Astros are the best at sending homegrown talent to the majors
Here is a bit of redemption for Jeff Luhnow, the deposed general manager of those disgraced Astros, and the rest of his front office infrastructure: Look at what he left...
Why Mets are back to square one and where it may lead: Sherman
Steve Cohen is looking at a chessboard similar to last offseason. His preferred candidates are beyond his reach. He has no president of baseball ops, no GM and no manager.
Fired Astros GM wants $22 million for being the cheating 'scapegoat'
Former Houston Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow claims he was made the “scapegoat for the organization” in a $22 million lawsuit filed against the team for breach of contract, according...
Fired Astros GM: These 22,000 texts prove my sign-stealing innocence
Jeff Luhnow still maintains his innocence, and he now claims there are 22,000 text messages that prove it. In his first public comments since being suspended in January, the former...
Nationals GM hints at how much baseball world despises Astros
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Nationals GM Mike Rizzo loved beating Houston in the World Series last October. On Friday he offered up his own St. Valentine’s Day massacre of...
'Dark arts' behind Astros' sign-stealing scandal revealed
A letter sent to former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow from MLB commissioner Rob Manfred in January sheds even more light on the Houston sign-stealing scandal that rocked baseball. In...
Where wild MLB sign-stealing scandal goes from here
“What a week I’m having!” — Walter Kornbluth, “Splash” Goodness gracious. Are you still standing after the most insane four-day period in baseball history? We’ll be discussing the Astros’ electronic...
Major questions remain in Astros cheating scandal
Rob Manfred’s report answered many questions about the Astros’ electronic sign-stealing. But we have some more questions — and answers: Q: The Astros were found guilty of illegally stealing signs...
Carlos Beltran avoids punishment in sign-stealing scandal
Carlos Beltran was the only player singled out in Major League Baseball’s exhaustive report involving the Astros’ sign-stealing scandal, but the new Mets manager avoided punishment. After repeatedly denying any...
Astros fire manager, GM after MLB's huge punishment
Major League Baseball came down hard on Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch for cheating throughout much of the 2017 season, including the playoffs, when the Astros...
Astros manager, GM get huge punishments for sign-stealing scandal
Major League Baseball has penalized the Astros heavily for pounding those garbage cans — and owner Jim Crane did not think it was enough. After conducting what MLB commissioner Rob...
This is how close Astros were to trading for Bryce Harper
Bryce Harper really was nearly an Astro. Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow confirmed an earlier report on Thursday that the Astros had an agreement to acquire Harper at last season’s...
Time for MLB to get serious about potential for high-tech cheats
HOUSTON — Technology is to the major leagues today what performance-enhancing drugs were in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The rules surrounding usage are vague, the likelihood of getting...
Paranoid Astros falsely accused Yankees of using camera to cheat
HOUSTON -- An Astros official confronted a Yankees employee operating a high-tech camera during their late-May series at Yankee Stadium, leveling a charge of cheating and threatening that the culprit...
How family helped Astros GM learn to deal with the media
Jeff Luhnow just completed one of the greatest rebuilding jobs baseball has ever seen, and part of that execution required selling it to the city of Houston, explaining to Astros...
The moves that prove baseball's 'crapshoot' theory is gone
LOS ANGELES – The crapshoot is dead. It’s been nearly 15 years since "Moneyball" came out and Oakland’s Billy Beane was quoted as saying it was his job to get...
15 ideas for how to improve baseball, from top insiders
“You are Baseball Czar and have the power to change any one thing on the field or off. What would you do?” Sandy Alderson, Mets GM “I would require a...
How quickly will baseball titans react after getting exposed?
A baseball season will not forgive shortcomings. The near-daily reality of games -- and 162 of them in all -- removes the ability to camouflage deficiencies forever. Now, every other...