A century after Black Sox, baseball cheating goes high-tech

Houston players were suspected of whistling in the dugout to communicate pitch selection to batters, an allegation manager AJ Hinch called 'ridiculous'. — AP

A century after the Black Sox scandal that tarnished the World Series and ushered in major changes in baseball, the notion that millionaire ballplayers would take money to throw a game – much less the World Series – is all but unthinkable.

But that doesn't mean cheating in baseball is a thing of the past, and there are still concerns about gambling affecting the integrity of the sport.