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Astros Fire A.J. Hinch and Jeff Luhnow Following Suspensions for Sign Stealing

The Astros have fired manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow following Major League Baseball's unprecedented discipline over the club illegally stealing signs.

Houston's dismissal of Hinch and Luhnow came shortly after commissioner Rob Manfred handed both men one-year suspensions which run through the 2020 World Series.

"When I found out, I was very upset. We want to be known as playing by the rules," owner Jim Crane said of the sign-stealing allegations. "Neither one of those guys implemented this or pushed it through the system...but neither one of them did anything about it.