The internet slowly got wind of another sports scandal (*Author’s note: and thankfully it came along just as the NBA Finals were winding down) on Tuesday: it turns out, the St. Louis Cardinals had hacked their way into the Houston Astros’ online database in a kind-of-shocking-but-mostly-not act of corporate espionage. What made this cyber-attack so interesting is that there were all kinds of twists and turns and it was the first “hack-gate” in the sports world that didn’t involve Dwight Howard or Shaquille O’Neal repeatedly being put on the free throw line.

We were able to gain access to just one screenshot of the hacked Astro’s database, an incriminating e-mail inbox chalk full of goodies, and have it here for your enjoyment now. With missives like these floating around in the Astros’ un-secure cyberspace, it’s no wonder they were justifiably worried.

(*Author’s note: the formatting sucks, but if you click on the image it will expand for you.)

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