Cheating to lose and cheating to win are two different things, with very different motivations. However, cheating to win still takes something away from the ga

Cheating to lose and cheating to win are two different things, with very different motivations. However, cheating to win still takes something away from the game. But fundamentally, any sport is based on the principle of a level playing field... that everyone is playing by the same rules. This isn't a case where they stretched the rules, or went right up to the line -- they gained an undeniable advantage using tools that the other teams didn't have. When the batter know the pitch that's coming, you take the most competitive aspect of baseball away.