FRONTLINE: The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball

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Premieres Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV / PBS App + Encore Thursday, Oct. 5 at 10 p.m. on KPBS TV. The Houston Astros cheating scandal and what it says about baseball today. With reporter Ben Reiter, 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.

On Tuesday, October 3, a 90-minute FRONTLINE documentary sheds new light on one of the most explosive scandals in baseball history. Premiering on PBS and streaming platforms the same date the Major League Baseball postseason is scheduled to begin,FRONTLINE "The Astros Edge" - Preview

Gripping and revealing, the documentary features new and exclusive interviews with former MLB insiders — including a former Astros video operations manager who speaks out for the first time and details the inner workings of the now-infamous sign-stealing scheme, and the most expansive on-camera interview yet with former Astros general managerThe film is narrated by producer and reporter Ben Reiter, who has covered the team extensively for Sports Illustrated, in the book.

With the now-two-time World Series champion Astros in a position to make the playoffs for the seventh year in a row, many of the people implicated in the 2017 cheating scandal still involved in Major League Baseball, and the breakneck, datadriven pursuit of annow standard throughout the game, “The Astros Edge: Triumph and Scandal in Major League Baseball” unpacks the making of one of the best teams and worst scandals in modern MLB history, the limited accountability that followed, and what all...

 

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