Former Houston Astros manager A.J. Hinch says it is a "fair question" as to whether or not his club's 2017 World Series title was tainted or not by a sign-stealing scandal. Portions of an interview with the Major League Baseball Network were unveiled in a report on the league's website, Hinch's first public comments since he was fired last month in the wake of an MLB probe into the Astros' banned signal-swiping moves. The Astros defeated the Los Angeles Dodgers four games to three in MLB's best-of-seven championship series, but an investigation showed a video camera was used in centerfield to steal signals, with a monitor near the team's dugout and signals on what pitches were coming relayed to batters by banging on trash cans.