<p>In the early days of baseball, sign-stealing was almost like a game within the game. Teams and players would try all kinds of tricks to get a glimpse of what the catcher was signaling to the pitcher. Even with this long history, when the Houston Astros were recently caught stealing signs during their championship season it became a huge scandal.</p>
<p><a href="https://99percentinvisible.org/?post_type=episode&p=34503" target="_blank">Sign Stealing</a></p>
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<p><em>This episode is adapted from <a href="https://www.radio.com/podcasts/the-edge-45185" target="_blank">The Edge</a>, a six-part series hosted by Ben Reiter.</em></p>
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