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Ken Rosenthal is an American sportswriter and reporter. He has served as a field reporter for Fox Major League Baseball since 2005, and was an in-studio reporter for MLB Network from 2009 to 2022. Sin
Rosenthal at Yankee Stadium in 2012
The Houston Astros sign stealing scandal in Major League Baseball broke in November 2019. Several members of the Houston Astros management were disciplined for failing to prevent Astros players from i
Ken Rosenthal
…The Athletic in August 2017 as a senior baseball writer. On November 12, 2019, Rosenthal and Evan Drellich were the first to break the news on the Houston Astros sign stealing scandal, reporting that during the 2017 MLB season, the Astros used a camera in center field to see what signal the catcher was giving, then banged on a metal…
The 2017 World Series champion Houston Astros visiting the White House. The legitimacy of their victory came under question following the scandal.
Pitcher Mike Fiers, pictured here with the Houston Astros in 2017, brought the scandal to light in November 2019 during an interview with reporters of The Athletic.
Minute Maid Park, the Astros' home ballpark, in 2010
Commissioner Rob Manfred began an investigation into the Astros' sign stealing after The Athletic's article.