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He said, "So you broke into the Astros' house to see if they stole anything from your house."

The FBI said Correa was able to gain access using a password similar to that used by a Cardinals employee who "had to turn over his Cardinals-owned laptop to Correa along with the laptop's password" when he was leaving for a job with the Astros in 2011. The employee was not identified, though Luhnow left St. Louis for Houston in December of that year to become general manager.

Almost the same password?

Luhnow was in St. Louis when the team built a computer database called Redbird and where he first hired Sig Mejdal, a former NASA employee, as director of amateur draft analytics. Mejdal joined Luhnow in Houston in January of 2012 with the unique title of director of decision sciences, and the pair and the rest of the staff made the Houston version of Redbird and called it Ground Control.


Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow and manager AJ Hinch were each suspended without pay for the 2020 season by Major League Baseball, which on Monday released the findings from its investigation of Houston’s sign-stealing allegations.

And there is more:

Former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow’s lawsuit against the ballclub was dismissed on Friday after both parties “resolved their differences,” severing the final tie between the team and its most successful executive in history.


My problem is St. Louis has always allowed MLB to punish it and push it around.

Lowered mound when Gibby was way too dominant.

Curt Flood does not report/ Philly allowed to rip off top prospect PLUS trade Flood for Unser. Net result +1 Philly -1 StL.

In this case Correa, St. Louis draft director made an executive mistake. Houston was going nowhere with drafts before Luhnow draft picks catapult them.

I don't know the ins and outs but the near identical password is suspicious. Houston was drafting before the Cards in each round, so the Cards could not rip off their potential draftees. MLB was insane to award Houston two first rounders. They never proved St. L had Astro draft picks selected.

Two shady characters. Imagine Lunhow seeing the scandal and then does what he does later.

Sorry for the rant here. Yanks and Sox also cheated and I feel even worse about them. When Cards got Willie McGee Yanks were crybabies and wanted more compensation.