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Ex-Cards Exec To Be Indicted, Plead Guilty For Hacking Astros

Just the classiest baseball crime there is

Hey, so, remember that time The Classiest Organization In Baseball — yes, you most certainly should capitalize that — hacked into the Houston Astros' player personnel database?

And how The Best Fans In Baseball — yep, capitalize that one, too — went all "Naww, this isn't important," about it? Because, after all, how could The Cardinal Way — fuck it, capitalize that bit as well — ever be reproached?

Well, per the Wall Street Journal, since-fired scouting director Chris Correa is getting indicted today on 12 charges of criminal activity related to the data breach and is expected to plead guilty on five of them. Per the Houston Chronicle's Evan Drellich, Major League Baseball is expected to release a statement about Correa sometime today.

VICE Sports will keep you apprised of any developments regarding the Classiest, Best, Most-Cardinalest Fraud In Baseball as they come.