MLB urged to strip Astros of 2017 title over cheating scandal

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Major League Baseball faced calls to strip the Houston Astros of their 2017 World Series crown on Tuesday as the prospect of further sanctions loomed in the cheating scandal that has rocked the sport. Baseball was left reeling on Monday after Astros skipper A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow were banned for 2020 and then sacked by the club's owners. The Astros were also fined $5 million (4.49 million euros) and stripped of draft picks in 2020 and 2021 after a scathing report by MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred which detailed an illegal sign-stealing scheme used by the team in 2017.

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