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The making of one of the best teams and worst scandals, “The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball” on FRONTLINE – Oct. 3 at 10 pm
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“The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball”
Tuesday, October 3 at 10 pm
(text from Houston Public Media)
“The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball” will premiere Oct. 3 on Frontline, the award-winning documentary journalism series on PBS. The episode will focus on the trash can-banging, sign-stealing scheme that helped the Astros win their first title and made them arguably the most villainized team in the sport, along with how the cheating scandal has shaped today’s game.
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Featured in the report will be Ben Reiter, a Sports Illustrated writer who authored the book, “Astroball,” which chronicled the team’s rise to a championship in 2017. The Astros’ sign-stealing scheme – in which players used live video feeds and banged on the side of a trash can to alert the batter about what type of pitch was coming – came to light after the team lost in the 2019 World Series and resulted in the firing of manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow.
In a promotional email about the forthcoming release of “The Astros Edge,” Frontline described it as “the making of one of the best teams and worst scandals in modern MLB history, the limited accountability and how Astros baseball changed the sport.”
The documentary was recently expanded from one hour to 90 minutes in length because of “new and exclusive interviews,” according to producers of the program. It can also be viewed starting at 6 p.m. Oct. 3 at pbs.org/frontline and in the PBS App.