The electronic sign-stealing scheme the Houston Astros are accused of using on their way to the 2017 World Series championship reportedly has a paper trail.
An Astros front-office executive requested the team’s advance scouts look into potential sign-stealing methods that can be used in the stands ahead of the playoffs in an email during the 2017 season, according to Ken Rosenthal and Evan Drellich of The Athletic.
The reported email:
“One thing in specific we are looking for is picking up signs coming out of the dugout,” the email’s sender wrote in a message from August of 2017.