Stealing signs IS part of the game. It’s common, even in little league to try and pickup bunts and steal calls. The Astros however used the home field advanta

Stealing signs IS part of the game. It’s common, even in little league to try and pickup bunts and steal calls. The Astros however used the home field advantage and centerfield camera to pickup pitch signs, and then relay that to batters so they knew when a pitch with minimum movement was coming. That’s cheating through and through. The visiting team is straight not on the same playing field there. Doctoring the ball, similarly has been a thing for a long time. But only those most obvious (pine tar on the hat) generally got smacked. And even sometimes not then. But generally it’s a level playing field.