Tag Archives: Jeff Luhnow

Former Astros GM Demands Trial Over his Sign-Stealing Termination, but Quiet Arbitration Settlement May be Unavoidable

Posted on November 17, 2020 by Joe Ahmad

Former Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow is not fading quietly into the footnotes of baseball’s hall of shame. Still unemployed after his termination by the Astros following Major League Baseball’s investigation of the dark arts employed during the team’s World … Continue reading →

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Cardinal/Astros Hack: Earth-Shaking in Baseball, Business as Usual in the C-Suite

Posted on June 23, 2015 by Joe Ahmad

The recent hack into the Houston Astros’ Ground Control database may be unprecedented in sports, but it has echoes of countless trade secret theft cases in the business world. And even if the culprit turns out to be just one or two “rogue elements” within the Cardinals’ front office, it also offers lessons to high-level executives who change jobs. Continue reading →

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