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Phil Rosenthal: Jessica Mendoza gave ESPN a new reason to dump her when she criticized whistleblower in Astros cheating scandal

Baseball has been rocked by a cheating scandal, and you know what ESPN analyst Jessica Mendoza said "doesn't sit well with" her and makes her "sad for the sport"?

That former Astros pitcher Mike Fiers told The Athletic about the team's elaborate system for stealing opposing catchers' signs and alerting batters when a breaking ball was on the way.

Talk about a Mendoza line no one in baseball should go near. That's crazy.

The sport's integrity was compromised, yet Thursday on ESPN's "Golic and Wingo," Mendoza said what made her queasy was

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