“Everyone knows they stole the ring from us,” Dodgers center fielder Cody Bellinger said in the spring of 2020.
FEMALE STREAKER AT DODGERS ASTROS GAME SERIES
Hinch, general manager Jeff Luhnow and then-Astros bench coach Alex Cora lost their jobs, Cora getting fired by Boston for his involvement in the scandal in January 2020 after he managed the Red Sox in 20.īut Astros players were granted immunity in exchange for honest testimony during Major League Baseball’s investigation, and MLB did not strip the club of its only World Series title. The Dodgers, who lost a seven-game World Series to Houston in 2017, were furious when no Astros players were punished for their role in an elaborate scheme in which the club used video to steal the signs of opposing catchers and relayed them to hitters by banging on trash cans or whistling. It will be interesting to see if there is any lingering animosity between players, who had four games last season to work through some of their resentment.
The Dodgers have Walker Buehler, who was named NL pitcher of the month Monday after going 3-0 with a 1.67 ERA in five July starts, and Max Scherzer, acquired in Friday’s trade with the Washington Nationals, lined up to start. The Dodgers had no trouble beating the Diamondbacks 13-0 Sunday, but they understand they have work to do to catch the Giants in the NL West. Houston also beat Oakland in an American League Division Series played in Dodger Stadium last October.ĭodgers After blowout win, Dodgers know urgency is needed for rest of season The Dodgers and Astros have met three times since Houston’s cheating scandal came to light after the 2019 season, playing two-game sets in Houston in July 2020 and Los Angeles last September and two games in Houston this May. “Our fans have waited a long time to have these guys at our place,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said before Sunday’s 13-0 win over the Diamondbacks. That was merely an appetizer for the main dish of disdain the Astros will be served Tuesday and Wednesday, when some 50,000 fans in Chavez Ravine each night will finally get to voice their full-throated scorn for the team they believe stole a championship from the Dodgers almost four years ago. There were so many Dodgers fans in Phoenix over the weekend that chants of “Cheater! Cheater!” could be heard clearly in Chase Field every time Josh Reddick, the Arizona Diamondbacks outfielder who played for Houston’s sign-stealing, World Series-winning team in 2017, came to the plate.
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