The Houston Astros got off to a blistering start with the bats at Dodger Stadium on Friday night.
Isaac Paredes launched the first pitch of the game for a home run, and they didn't slow down much from there.
The potent bats prompted a serious bit of criticism from the Los Angeles Dodgers broadcast.
After Cam Smith crushed a breaking ball to the centerfield wall for a double, here's what they said:
"I don't want to open an old wound, but in some ways, they're swinging at these breaking balls like they know what's coming."
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That's a serious accusation, especially given the context that the Astros once used trash cans to signal in pitches stolen via cameras.
Almost no one from that team is still around, save for Jose Altuve, who was said to be one of the non-participants in that scandal.
Most likely, there's nothing here. The Astros may have figured out how to hit early and often in many different ways.
But it is ironic. And it proves that no one has quite forgotten or even forgiven the Astros yet for what they did.
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