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Cheating and chaos with Astros, Red Sox should have teams dialing former SF Giants manager(s)

It’s too soon to know exactly how legacies will be damaged and how much reputations will be ruined by Major League Baseball’s sign-stealing scandal, but there’s no denying the fact that cheating has tarnished the 2017 and 2018 World Series titles.

In response to a comprehensive report released by MLB commissioner Rob Manfred on Monday, Houston owner Jim Crane immediately fired general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager A.J. Hinch, who oversaw the Astros’ 2017 World Series title.

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A little more than 24 hours later, the Boston Red Sox and manager Alex Cora, who was Houston’s bench coach during the 2017 season, announced they would “mutually part ways.