I get why people cannot get over the Houston Astros‘ cheating scandal. Their sins were infinitely more egregious and dangerous than anything the New England Patriots have ever done. Deflategate and Spygate were garden-variety sporting chicanery. A parade of All-Star squaring up breaking balls they know are coming? A pitcher can get killed.
I also understand the Yankees‘ recent efforts to relitigate the 2017 American League Championship Series. The organization is preemptively spinning the soon-to-be-unsealed MLB sign-stealing letter. They need to rehabilitate Carlos Beltran’s image before he starts broadcasting for YES.