Court Rules Letter on Yankees Sign Stealing Should be Unsealed
A Federal Appeals court has shot down the Yankees request that a letter alleging the Bronx Bombers were complicit in their own sign stealing scandal back in 2017 should remain…
WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA – MARCH 12: New York Yankees general manager Brian Cashman talks on the phone prior to a Grapefruit League spring training game between the Washington Nationals and the New York Yankees at FITTEAM Ballpark of The Palm Beaches on March 12, 2020 in West Palm Beach, Florida. Many professional and college sports are canceling or postponing their games due to the ongoing threat of the Coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. (Photo by Michael Reaves/Getty Images)
A Federal Appeals court has shot down the Yankees request that a letter alleging the Bronx Bombers were complicit in their own sign stealing scandal back in 2017 should remain sealed. Instead that letter will now go public, according to ESPN. That letter is about two weeks away from becoming public.
According to NJ.com on Monday, the Yankees had said the letter from Commissioner Rob Manfred to General Manager Brian Cashman would, "wreck the team’s reputation, and that the letter should never have been introduced to the court in the first place since they weren’t part of the initial lawsuit."
The letter accuses the Yankees of doing more than just improperly using a dugout phone in 2017 around the same time of the Boston Red Sox.
From NJ.com: "The court also upheld the dismissal of a $5-million lawsuit DraftKings player Kristopher Olson filed with more than 100 other plaintiffs against MLB, the Houston Astros and the Boston Red Sox over the illegal sign-stealing scandal that rocked the sport over the winter of 2019-2020.
