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Astros and Asterisks - Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained (Paperback)
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Astros and Asterisks - Houston's Sign-Stealing Scandal Explained (Paperback)
Series: Terry and Jan Todd Series on Physical Culture and Sports
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An in-depth and multiperspectival look at the Astros’
sign-stealing scandal and its roots in the culture of baseball
fandom. In 2017 the Houston Astros won their first World Series
title, a particularly uplifting victory for the city following
Hurricane Harvey. But two years later, the feel-good energy was
gone after The Athletic revealed that the Astros had stolen signs
from opposing catchers during their championship season, perhaps
even during the playoffs and World Series. Their methods were at
once high-tech and crude: staff took video of opponents’ pitching
signals and transmitted the footage in real time to the Astros’
dugout, where players banged on trash cans to signal to their
teammates at bat which pitches were coming their way. Wry observers
labeled them the Asterisks, pointing to the title that no longer
seemed so earned. Astros and Asterisks examines the scandal from
historical, journalistic, legal, ethical, and cultural
perspectives. Authors delve into the Astros’ winning-above-all
attitude, cultivated by a former McKinsey consultant; the
significance of hiring a pitcher recently suspended for domestic
abuse; the career-ending effects of the Astros’ transgression on
opposing players; and the ethically fraught choices necessary to
participate in sign-stealing. Ultimately, it links the Astros’
choices to the sporting world’s obsession with analytics. What
emerges is a sobering tale about the impact of new technology on a
game whose romanticized image feels increasingly incongruous with
its reality in the era of big data and video.
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