Cardinals fire scouting director as hacking investigations continue

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http://www.stltoday.com/sports/baseball/professional/cardinals-fire-scouting-director/article_b529088f-70c3-51c5-bab2-106afa1d2a12.html

By Robert Patrick, Derrick Goold
St. Louis Post Dispatch
July 3, 2015

ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals have terminated the contract of their 
scouting director, Chris Correa, as investigations continue into alleged 
hacking of a Houston Astros database.

A Cardinals’ lawyer, James G. Martin, confirmed the move Thursday, saying 
Correa already had been on an “imposed leave of absence.” Martin declined 
to comment on the reason. And he would not say whether any employee has 
admitted hacking the Astros, citing ongoing investigations by the club, 
Major League Baseball and the FBI.

Correa declined to comment.

In a prepared statement, Correa’s lawyer, Nicholas Williams, wrote: “Mr. 
Correa denies any illegal conduct. The relevant inquiry should be what 
information did former St. Louis Cardinals employees steal from the St. 
Louis Cardinals organization prior to joining the Houston Astros, and who 
in the Houston Astros organization authorized, consented to, or benefited 
from that roguish behavior?”

Giles Kibbe, the attorney for the Astros, reaffirmed an earlier denial 
that neither the Houston organization nor any previous Cardinals employees 
now with the Astros had taken anything proprietary from the Cardinals.

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