A letter that allegedly reveals Main League Baseball hid sign-stealing by the New York Yankees must be unsealed, an appeals court docket in Florida dominated on Monday, nj.com reported.

The letter, from MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred to Yankees Basic Supervisor Brian Cashman, supposedly is in reference to an incident in 2017 between the Yankees and the Boston Crimson Sox, nj.com reported.

The incident reportedly concerned an Apple Watch utilized by the Crimson Sox to transmit indicators to gamers. The Crimson Sox have been fined, nj.com reported, and so have been the Yankees for improperly utilizing a cellphone within the dugout. Nevertheless, the letter supposedly reveals that the Yankees did greater than that.

Moreover, the court docket upheld a ruling dismissing a lawsuit in April of 2020 introduced by a DraftKings participant and greater than 100 others in opposition to MLB, the Houston Astros and the Crimson Sox, based on nj.com. They alleged that the customers may need misplaced cash when these two groups may need cheated.

Newsweek reached out to MLB and the Yankees for remark.

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A letter that allegedly reveals Main League Baseball hid sign-stealing by the New York Yankees must be unsealed, an appeals court docket in Florida dominated on Monday. Above, the outside of Yankee Stadium on July 8, 2016. (Picture by Noam Galai/WireImage)Noam Galai/WireImage