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The Red Sox illegally used a video replay room during 2018 regular-season games to decipher the signs of opposing catchers, three unnamed sources who were with the franchise that year told The Athletic. I grinned ear-to-ear when I saw this exchange live on the broadcast of Saturday night's thrilling game, and I hope you're smiling upon seeing it as well. I've watched this guy crush my team (the A's) on a regular basis every season of his career, and here I am smiling and feeling proud nonetheless.
Houston Astros players and coaching staff celebrate second baseman Jose Altuve's walk off three-run home run and the Astros defeated New York Yankees 8-7 in a MLB game Sunday, July 11, 2021, from Minute Maid Park in Houston. Your favorite teams, topics, and players all on your favorite mobile devices. Build your custom FanSided Daily email newsletter with news and analysis on Houston Astros and all your favorite sports teams, TV shows, and more. Will usually ship within 2 business days of receiving cleared payment.
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Manager Dusty Baker Jr. #12 of the Houston Astros hugs Jose Altuve after hitting a three run walk off home run in the ninth inning to beat the New York Yankees 8-7 at Minute Maid Park on July 11, 2021 in Houston. "Everybody thought we were going to lose this game, except for us," he told reporter Julia Morales of AT&T SportsNet. "We kept grinding and kept battling every time and we made it happen." "Whenever they keep the roof closed here, it's a little chilly. I was just telling my teammates to button up a little bit," Judge told reporters,including MLB.com's Bryan Hoch. Apparently, this whole thing boils down to a whole lot of temperature discrepancies at Minute Maid.
It's also perfect that he didn't let his teammates tear off his jersey in celebration of the most exciting and definitely most important few minutes of any baseball game this season. A rumor regarding the Astros’ cheating scandal suggested their players were using electronic buzzers. Altuve was even accused of covering his alleged buzzer up after a 2019 home run to eliminate the Yankees from the postseason during the ALCS. Aaron Judge made reference to this accusation during his home run trot on Saturday . The Astros might have wanted to rip Altuve’s shirt off as a point Sunday to show that the second baseman did not have any devices strapped to his chest.
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MLB said Cora had arranged for a video room technician to install a monitor displaying the center field camera feed outside of the Astros’ dugout. Beltran becomes the third big-league manager out of a job because of the controversy. “We met with Carlos last night and again this morning and agreed to mutually part ways,” Mets COO Jeff Wilpon and Mets Executive Vice President and General Manager Brodie Van Wagenen said in a statement. It's perfect that Altuve was the one up, at that precise moment, hitting that precise pitch for that precise home run to punch Houston's return ticket to the World Series. Altuve’s 3-run home run in the bottom of the ninth capped off a 6-run inning and gave the Astros an 8-7 win on Sunday. The Houston Astros second baseman hit a walk-off home run to beat the New York Yankees, only this time the stakes were not quite as high.
People are dancing in the streets of Houston today afterJosé Altuve hit a three-run home run in the bottom of the ninth inning to put the Astros ahead of the New York Yankees. Altuve ripped off his shirt in celebration and frankly, we don’t blame him one bit. One or more players watched the live feed of the center field camera on the monitor, and after decoding the sign, a player would bang a nearby trash can with a bat or a massage gun to communicate the upcoming pitch type to the batter, according to the report. The national pastime has been reeling since Monday, when MLB announced it had found the Astros illegally created a system that decoded and communicated the opposing teams’ pitching signs during their 2017 championship season. As Altuve rounded third base, he held his jersey together tightly and signaled to teammates not to rip it off in celebration. After hitting his walk-off home run, Altuve’s jersey was ripped off by his teammates.
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After all, it was Altuve' three-run, go-ahead homer in the eighth inning on May 6 -- also off Chad Green -- at Yankee Stadium that avoided a sweep and sparked the Astros to a surge into the All-Star break. Maldonado, who pulled down his jersey before touching home following his second-inning homer Sunday in response to Judge, said it was the best game of the regular season to date. Perhaps the most improbable thing about the ninth-inning rally is how lifeless the Astros had looked offensively all weekend against the Yankees. They were shut out on Friday and Saturday and had scored just two runs heading to the ninth inning Sunday. The Astros were staring a four-game losing streak heading into an All-Star break in which none of their four elected players, including Altuve, chose to play in Tuesday's All-Star Game. Major League Baseball found the Astros guilty of stealing signs throughout the 2017 regular season and postseason, and early in 2018 as well.
"It was 100 percent coming off after that home run," said rookie outfielder Chas McMcCormick, who keyed the rally with a two-run double. "It felt good, though. I'm just happy for Jose Altuve and he deserves all that. He got a little emotional after the game, and we all did. It was something special today." Down 7-2 heading to the ninth, the Astros posted their first win when trailing by five or more runs in the ninth inning since July 25, 1980 (and the first ended on a walk-off hit since July 24, 1978). The New York Yankees and Houston Astros wrapped up their three-game series Sunday afternoon at Minute Maid Park in Houston.
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Following Maldonado's homer, Yankees outfielder Tim Locastro crushed an opposite-field home run to give New York back the lead in the fourth inning. Houston Astros left fielder Michael Brantley celebrates with second baseman Jose Altuve after Altuve hit a walk-off three-run home run and the Astros defeated New York Yankees 8-7 in a MLB game Sunday, July 11, 2021, from Minute Maid Park in Houston. Houston Astros left fielder Michael Brantley lifts second baseman Jose Altuve up after Altuve hit a walk-off three-run home run and the Astros defeated New York Yankees 8-7 in a MLB game Sunday, July 11, 2021, from Minute Maid Park in Houston. Houston Astros players celebrate second baseman Jose Altuve in a circle after Altuve hit a walk off three-run home run and the Astros defeated New York Yankees 8-7 in a MLB game Sunday, July 11, 2021, from Minute Maid Park in Houston. Houston Astros players congratulate second baseman Jose Altuve after Altuve hit a walk-off three-run home run and the Astros defeated New York Yankees 8-7 in a MLB game Sunday, July 11, 2021, from Minute Maid Park in Houston.
The emotions from Altuve were taken to another level when he was informed minutes after the game ended that his father had been taken to a Houston hospital. There was no word on the seriousness of his condition, but before he got the news, Altuve spoke about his belief in his team. The Yankees kept piling on the runs thanks to a Gio Urshela RBI double in the seventh inning followed by a three-run Gary Sanchez home run in the eighth. That extended New York's lead to a comfortable five-run advantage, at 7-2 entering the ninth inning.
He's a man all his own, with a personality all his own, and it's all just incredibly adorable. The Astros had been shut out by the Yankees the previous two games, highlighted by ace Gerrit Cole’s three-hitter in a 4-0 win on Saturday night. "I knew we had already lost three and it wasn't going to be fun going to the break losing a fourth game," he said. "It was pretty amazing how Altuve did it again. He's a guy with a big heart, the face of this team. … I would say Altuve, the guy's done it for many years. Seeing him out there and when he got to the plate, we know something big is going to happen." Altuve's dramatic homer -- his 20th of the season -- only added to his Astros legacy, which includes a Most Valuable Player Award, seven selections to the All-Star Game and that series-clincher over the Yanks in 2019. Those who have played with him admire him as much as any player they've met, and they had no doubt he was going to come through again in the clutch.
Heading into the All-Star break, the Yankees are eight games behind the first-place Red Sox in the AL East, while the Astros sit in first place in the AL West with a three and a half game lead over the Oakland A's. The two clubs won't play each other again in the regular season, and the Yankees finish with a 4-2 regular-season record over the Astros in 2021. After the game, Judge coyly said he was telling his teammates to button up because it gets chilly inside Minute Maid Park with the roof closed. The poking continued Sunday with home runs by Tim Locastro and Gary Sanchez being celebrated by them being wrapped in a coat when they returned to the dugout. Sanchez also did the jersey closing thing as he rounded third base.
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