They'd been accused over a four-game series against the New York Mets of something approaching cheating, but not exactly cheating, but maybe cheating, the upshot being the Mets seemed to believe Dodgers hitters had known what was coming. The Dodgers noted such suspicions would explain why Mets general manager Brodie Van Wagenen and pitcher Jacob deGrom had been observed one afternoon inspecting the tower of speakers looming beyond the stadium's center-field wall. It's all a bit vague.