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Bill Plaschke: It's official: Dodgers cheated out of 2017 World Series title by Astros' sign-stealing

LOS ANGELES - For three years we've wondered, and now we know.

How did the Houston Astros hitters so easily pound three of the Los Angeles Dodgers' hottest pitchers in two key games in Houston in the 2017 World Series?

How did they so easily wreck Yu Darvish for four runs in the second inning of a Game 3 Astros victory? How did they so effortlessly score 10 runs against Clayton Kershaw and Brandon Morrow in the Game 5 victory?

They cheated, that's how.

They used technology

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