Keywords
Arete, Sport and Society, American Sport History, Technology, Baseball, MLB, Cheating, Houston Astros, Steal signs
Subjects
Major League Baseball (Organization); Houston Astros (Baseball team); Baseball signs and signals; Technological innovations; Sports; Corrupt practices
Introduction
In studying World War I, the American historian Bruce Catton identified a simple and ironclad rule concerning technology: What you can do, you must do. I was thinking about the current uproar over the Houston Astros’ use of technology to steal signs and I thought about Catton’s observation and how it might offer some understanding of what happened in this latest of baseball scandals.
Publication Date
1-21-2020
Document Type
Commentary
Type
Text
Format
application/pdf
Source Title
Sport and Society for Arete
Language
English
Collection
Publication Version
Author's version
Copyright Status
Author retained
College
College of Arts and Humanities
Department
History
Creator (Linked Data)
Crepeau, Richard C., 1941- (VIAF)
Recommended Citation
Crepeau, Richard C., "The Astros et.al." (2020). On Sport and Society. 843.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/onsportandsociety/843