So Maybe the Cardinals-Astros Password Thing Wasn't Exactly Like Silicon Valley?

On Tuesday the New York Times broke the story about the FBI’s investigation into the St. Louis Cardinals accessing the Houston Astros information database. From the initial report it didn’t sound like much of a hack at all. The working theory at the time was that someone within the Cardinals organization tried passwords that current Astros GM Jeff Luhnow and others used when they were employees of St. Louis.

This led to numerous comparisons on the web to a plot point from this season’s Silicon Valley. I don’t know who made this joke/comparison first. I saw it on Jason Lisk’s Twitter feed and referenced it in my kneejerk reaction to the story. Let’s agree it would be difficult for someone to claim they were the first and only person to draw this comparison. Silicon Valley is a popular television show. The Cardinals story was all over the news. Lo and behold more than one human being might make the same connection, no big deal. We all get gold stars!

If a Sports Illustrated exclusive with Luhnow is to be believed, this Silicon Valley password premise loses some of its luster. From Ben Reiter’s piece.

Taking Luhnow at his word shuts down the fun sports-to-pop culture comparison. Bummer.

Next time Luhnow speaks to the media someone needs to ask him his take on Fage Yogurt.