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America's pastimes: Baseball and Fraud!
What happens when a bunch of fleece-vested jabronis take over a Major League Baseball team? Becca and Adam hop the fence at the stadium formerly known as Enron field and bring you the tea from the front-office of the Houston Astros.
Two years after the Astros won the World Series, the Athletic dropped a bombshell: the team had cheated. The public fallout was swift - fines were levied, rules were changed, and championships were threatened. The players and coaches bore the brunt of the blame, while the true schemers at the root of the scandal evaded scrutiny. That is until a group of tenacious reporters uncovered how Astros leadership were infected by the MBA-pilled corporate villains at McKinsey.
If you listened to our episode on McKinsey you know what happens next. Values were trashed as profits were maxed by any means possible. Ultimately, the Astros clubhouse became an environment where cheating was acceptable. Because after all, Winning Fixes Everything.
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Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
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The Astros opened baseball ops to McKinsey consultants, from scouting to R&D and the farm
The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 — part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball
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America's pastimes: Baseball and Fraud!
What happens when a bunch of fleece-vested jabronis take over a Major League Baseball team? Becca and Adam hop the fence at the stadium formerly known as Enron field and bring you the tea from the front-office of the Houston Astros.
Two years after the Astros won the World Series, the Athletic dropped a bombshell: the team had cheated. The public fallout was swift - fines were levied, rules were changed, and championships were threatened. The players and coaches bore the brunt of the blame, while the true schemers at the root of the scandal evaded scrutiny. That is until a group of tenacious reporters uncovered how Astros leadership were infected by the MBA-pilled corporate villains at McKinsey.
If you listened to our episode on McKinsey you know what happens next. Values were trashed as profits were maxed by any means possible. Ultimately, the Astros clubhouse became an environment where cheating was acceptable. Because after all, Winning Fixes Everything.
Listen to all of Season 4 on Patreon
Support the pod
Links:
Pics on our Substack
Read Winning Fixes Everything: How Baseball's Brightest Minds Created Sports' Biggest Mess
Watch The Astros Edge
The Astros opened baseball ops to McKinsey consultants, from scouting to R&D and the farm
The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017 — part of a much broader issue for Major League Baseball
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