Episode 42 - Stealing Signs

Despite Mark’s computer taking it’s last breath, we still managed to cover the history of stealing signs in MLB baseball. The Astros might be the latest to be accused but they are far from the first. From the Hartford Dark Blues to Ty Cobb to the Shot Heard Round the World, signs have been pilfered as long as they’ve been used. Mark also takes on the first round of the Great Nickname Quiz. Can you score higher than our resident nickname expert? Will Mark remember who the One Dawg is, finally? And what would a baseball history podcast be without a story about Mark Twain?

Astros Sign Stealing Mega Threads!

Jomboy breakdown - https://twitter.com/Jomboy_/status/1194348775965437952

Reddit thread with tons of video - https://www.reddit.com/r/baseball/comments/dw1u4g/astros_sign_stealing_video_footage_megathread_for/

SI article about history of sign stealing - https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/11/13/sign-stealing-baseball-history

Ringer article - https://www.theringer.com/mlb/2019/11/13/20963519/houston-astros-sign-stealing-scandal-2017-jeff-luhnow

Accusations that both Joey Cora and Carlos Beltran were involved in 2017 - https://www.si.com/mlb/2019/11/14/astros-sign-stealing-alex-cora-carlos-beltran?utm_source=reddit.com