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Astros troll Yankees after MLB letter about sign-stealing ordered to be unsealed
Jun 13, 2020, 5:53 pm
Composite photo by Brandon Strange
With a judge ordering the unsealing of a 2017 letter that allegedly mentions the Yankees involvement in sign-stealing, several Astros had some fun on social media at the Yankees expense. Evan Drellich of The Athletic is reporting that U.S. District Court Judge Jed S. Rakoff has ordered that the letter will be unsealed this Friday. So we'll have to wait until more details about the Yankees involvement in sign-stealing are known. But that hasn't kept many Astros players from getting fired up on social media. For more information about the release of the letter, click here.
Wait... what? ....?
— Carlos Correa (@TeamCJCorrea) June 13, 2020
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— Lance McCullers Jr. (@lmccullers43) June 13, 2020
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— Josh Reddick (@RealJoshReddick) June 13, 2020
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