“What a week I’m having!” Goodness gracious. Are you still standing after the most insane four-day period in baseball history? We’ll be discussing the Astros’ electronic sign-stealing scandal and its many reverberations for years to come. What an amazing, fun story. For now, as we prepare to mark its one-week anniversary on Monday, some random thoughts on it: — What’s next? Besides the Astros, Red Sox and Mets hiring new managers and Houston adding a general manager as well, the greatest certainty might be MLB adding staff to its Department of Investigations.
— Walter Kornbluth, “Splash”