ANALYSIS/OPINION:
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — I figured Davey Johnson would have something to say about this whole Houston Astros sign-stealing scandal. After all, the former Washington Nationals manager was in the middle of another Astros cheating controversy when he was skipper of the New York Mets — the 1986 National League Championship Series, where the Mets faced the Astros and their NL Cy Young Award winner that season, Mike Scott.
That would be, according to players around the league, the cheating Mike Scott
“It’s the consensus around the league that Mike Scott cheats,” Mets catcher Gary Carter told reporters, and Carter never said a bad word about anyone.