“To call this scandal ‘sign-stealing'’— a part of
baseball forever — doesn't really capture the disgusting behavior involved. According
to the report [from baseball commissioner Rob Manfred], [Alex] Cora had a video
monitor installed just outside the dugout so players could receive intelligence
from the center-field cameras and relay it — by banging on a trash can to alert
hitters in the batter's box. Aside from being corrupt, it was stupid. (The
Astros eventually scrapped the scheme, following Cora's departure, after
several players concluded that it was more distracting than helpful.)”— Columnist
Adrian
Walker, “Alex Cora’s Time Is Up,” The
Boston Globe, Jan. 15, 2020
This cropped photo of Alex Cora was taken Sept. 24,
2008, by Eric Kilby.
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