Column: Baseball is in the Headlines — But Not Because Spring Training is Here

The Houston Astros were found to be stealing signs at Minute Maid Park in 2017.After one of the more interesting offseasons in recent memory, baseball finally returns to our TVs this weekend.

Well, unless you’re a Cubs fan and your TV provider doesn’t have the new Marquee Sports Network. Then you can turn on the radio to listen to Cubs games.

But as Spring Training starts Feb. 22, we’ve heard a lot of baseball talk on the radio the last few weeks — and it’s not for good reason.

In November, The Athletic reported the Houston Astros used video cameras to steal signs during the 2017 season when they won the World Series. The report also said they’d bang on trash cans to signal an off-speed pitch,…