Fans Heckling Astros for Cheating Scandal at Spring Training Get Signs Taken

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Sign-stealing (or sign-confiscating) of a different kind took place at a Houston Astros game on Saturday, as numerous fans had posters with anti-Astros messages taken away at FITTEAM Ballpark of the Palm Beaches.

ESPN News Services set the scene from the Houston vs. Washington Nationals spring training game, which occurred almost six weeks after MLB ruled that the 2017 World Series-winning team stole signs using an intricate system:

"Two men in Nationals gear sitting behind the Astros' dugout briefly held up crudely drawn signs just before first pitch. One read: 'You see my hate?' in large block letters. And another said: 'Houston *'s' to read 'Houston asterisks,'…