By Tim Wohlbold
Carlos Correa and the Houston Astros want the second title in club history.
Foto: imago/Jonathan Mailhes
“Cheaters” versus “Everybody’s Darling” – the finalists of the North American MLB baseball league, the Houston Astros and Atlanta Braves, could hardly be more different. But they are united by an absurd plan: to get to the top, you had to lose at all costs.
By Tim Wohlbold
10/25/2021 – 4:37 pm
Stuttgart – Flying plastic trash cans, “cheat” shouts and shrill whistles: When the Houston Astros compete in the North American MLB baseball league, they feel all the contempt of American baseball fans. The fraud scandal that caught up with the club after its only championship in 2017 continues to this day. Even if insiders have long agreed that the Texans weren’t the only team that used illegal methods at the time to decipher the opponent’s throwing and game tactics during the games – the fan soul doesn’t forget them.
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