Beltrán went to Houston after playing for the Yankees & told the Astros they were way behind the times on live-video sign stealing. Cora parlayed the 2017 title into the manager’s job in Boston, where his tricks of the trade produced another title. Tech cheating was not isolated.

Teams that lost should be angry, angry that a sport so big didn’t have its arms forcefully around the topic from the jump.

Ask Mike Elias, Sig Mejdal, Dallas Keuchel, Gerrit Cole, Jake Marisnick, Marwin González, Brian McCann & ‘20 Clemente Award nominees Tony Kemp & Charlie Morton to characterize Houston’s cheating. They’ll agree it was a garbage manifestation in a don’t ask, don’t tell tech window.