When Hank Aaron expressed his displeasure at Astros players escaping strict punishment after sign-stealing scandal

Former MLB star Hank Aaron once expressed his dissatisfaction at Houston Astros players escaping severe punishments after the sign-stealing scandal.

On the Today Show in 2020, he said that the players involved in the scandal should be banned for life:

"I think whoever did that should be out of baseball the rest of their life.”

An MLB investigation in 2020 confirmed that the Astros had used cameras to decipher opposing teams' signals during the 2017 and 2018 seasons. Players would then knock on garbage cans to indicate what kind of pitch was coming.

After the cheating scandal, AJ Hinch and Jeff Luhnow were banned, and later dismissed, but no players were suspended.

The team was also hit with a $5 million fine and lost future draft picks.

Hank Aaron's MLB career

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Hank Aaron played for the Milwaukee / Atlanta Braves in the National League (NL) for 21 seasons and the Milwaukee Brewers in the American League (AL) for two seasons. He is regarded as one of the best baseball players in history. Aaron owned the majority of the important power-hitting records at the time of his retirement.

Aaron beat Babe Ruth's long-standing MLB home run record of 714 home runs, and he held the career mark for 33 years. From 1955 through 1973, he hit 24 or more home runs annually. He is one of just two players to have hit 30 or more home runs in a season at least 15 times.