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Cheated
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  • Published: 3 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593311431
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $39.99
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Cheated

The Inside Story of the Astros Scandal and a Colorful History of Sign Stealing

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8 June 2021
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8 June 2021
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3 May 2022
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“A baseball book that reads like a spy novel—a story about cheaters and the cheated that has the power to forever change how we feel about the game.” —Brian Williams, MSNBC anchor and host of The 11th Hour
 
The definitive insider story of one of the biggest cheating scandals to ever rock Major League Baseball, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball

“A baseball book that reads like a spy novel—a story about cheaters and the cheated that has the power to forever change how we feel about the game.” —Brian Williams, MSNBC anchor and host of The 11th Hour
 
The definitive insider story of one of the biggest cheating scandals to ever rock Major League Baseball, bringing down high-profile coaches and players, and exposing a long-rumored "sign-stealing" dark side of baseball

By the fall of 2019, most teams in Major League Baseball suspected that the Houston Astros, winners of the 2017 World Series, had been stealing signs for several years. Deconstructing exactly what happened in this explosive story, award-winning sports reporter and analyst Andy Martino reveals how otherwise good people like Astros manager A. J. Hinch, bench coach Alex Cora, and veteran leader Carlos Beltrán found themselves on the wrong side of clear ethical lines.

Along the way, Martino explores the colorful history of cheating in baseball, from notorious episodes like the 1919 “Black Sox” fiasco all the way to the modern steroid era. But as Martino deftly shows, the Astros scandal became one of the most significant that the game has ever seen—its fallout ensnaring many other teams, as victims, alleged cheaters, or both. Like a riveting true sports whodunit, Cheated is an electrifying, behind-the-scenes look into the heart of a scandal that shocked the baseball world.
  • Published: 3 May 2022
  • ISBN: 9780593311431
  • Imprint: Knopf US
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 304
  • RRP: $39.99
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Praise for Cheated

Praise for Cheated

  • “The definitive account. . . . Forensic. . . . Beltran’s descent down the slippery slope from all-but-sanctioned espionage to reprehensible cheating gives Martino’s narrative its compelling tragic arc.” —The New York Times Book Review
  • “Masterfully delivers the high drama. . . . Crisply told and densely packed with historical and psychological insights, this is one of the best books about American sports I have read in years.” —Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy and 4 3 2 1
  • “A caper story about a plot to steal baseball’s most coveted prize, the World Series, an outlandish scheme that works…until it doesn’t. Fascinating, fascinating stuff.” —Leigh Montville, author of The Big Bam and Ted Williams

    • Praise for Cheated

  • “The definitive account. . . . Forensic. . . . Beltran’s descent down the slippery slope from all-but-sanctioned espionage to reprehensible cheating gives Martino’s narrative its compelling tragic arc.” —The New York Times Book Review
  • “Masterfully delivers the high drama. . . . Crisply told and densely packed with historical and psychological insights, this is one of the best books about American sports I have read in years.” —Paul Auster, author of The New York Trilogy and 4 3 2 1
  • “A caper story about a plot to steal baseball’s most coveted prize, the World Series, an outlandish scheme that works…until it doesn’t. Fascinating, fascinating stuff.” —Leigh Montville, author of The Big Bam and Ted Williams

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