ASTROS & ASTERISKS

This new anthology offers a host of perspectives on the scandal itself and what it reveals about the team and the sport as a whole. It makes for a fascinating read on one of the most revealing moments in professional sports in recent memory. (InsideHook) Despite this volume's title and primary focus, many of its 15 essays go well beyond specifics of the Houston Astros' 2017 sign-stealing scandal (and gamesmanship/cheating practices in sports in general) . . . In sum the book is an insightful but painful reflection on the conditions of sport and society in late capitalism. (CHOICE) For any learned fan interested in cheating within baseball outside of the PED scandals where deceitful action has been focused the past two decades, this is an important edition . . . [Astros and Asterisks] is a niche work, and it functions quite well in that niche to describe the contexts and contours of the scandal under analysis. Also, many of the chapters offer creative lenses for exploring sports, cheating, and modern ideas of technology and ethics in broader and interesting ways for social studies of sport. (The Journal of Popular Culture) [This is] a wide-ranging edited volume that examines the [Houston Astros sign-stealing] scandal from historical, journalistic, legal, ethical, and cultural perspectives and considers the implications the scandal has for the sport and its future. (Journal of Sport History)