Houston Astros Will Never Have the Sign Stealing Scandal Completely Behind Them

SI's Tom Verducci uses the Astros visiting Yankee Stadium this week as the example that the 2017 sign stealing scandal will never fully forgotten.

Tom Verducci | May 5, 2021

The Astros returned to Yankee Stadium this week and Yankees fans showed up with ways, both creative and profane, to show that the Astros sign stealing scandal has not been forgotten. In today's SI Insider, senior writer Tom Verducci shares why the consequences from the 2017 sign stealing scandal are here to stay for the Astros.

Published May 5, 2021

TOM VERDUCCI

Tom Verducci is a senior writer for Sports Illustrated who has covered Major League Baseball since 1981. He also serves as an analyst for FOX Sports and the MLB Network; is a New York Times best-selling author; and cohosts The Book of Joe podcast with Joe Maddon. A five-time Emmy Award winner across three categories (studio analyst, reporter, short form writing) and nominated in a fourth (game analyst), he is a three-time National Sportswriter of the Year winner, two-time National Magazine Award finalist, and a Penn State Distinguished Alumnus Award recipient. Verducci is a member of the National Sports Media Hall of Fame, Baseball Writers Association of America (including past New York chapter chairman) and a Baseball Hall of Fame voter since 1993. He also is the only writer to be a game analyst for World Series telecasts. He lives in New Jersey with his wife, with whom he has two children.