5 other MLB conspiracy theories that Trevor Bauer probably believes

3. The Astrodome had some extra home cooking

Since Trevor Bauer has it out for the Houston Astros, there’s a very good chance he believes one of the original stadium-related conspiracy theories. When it was opened in 1965, the Astrodome became the world’s first multi-purpose, domed sports stadium and was nicknamed “The Eighth Wonder of the World.” With its fake grass and strange skylights, the Astrodome was a sight to behold — especially because the team spent most of their early days there wearing some of the ugliest uniforms in MLB history.

Because the dome was in Houston, air conditioning was a necessity. Being that the Astrodome was the first stadium of its kind, there were not many well-established rules for how to operate the climate controls. This led to a constant stream of rumors that the Astros were manipulating the fans to give themselves an extra bit of home-field advantage.

Conspiracy-theory types are very easily hooked by anything involving climate, air temperature and winds, so this is an easy one for Bauer to believe. The roots of the Astros brazen cheating span decades of baseball, and they have been doing it right under our noses and getting away with it.

Of course, no one ever proved the Astros were fiddling with their air conditioning based on who was batting. All it was doing was providing an escape from the heat in the humid Gulf Coast summers. The Astrodome is now a crumbling relic and the city of Houston needs to figure out a practical use for it. Perhaps NASA can send a few scientists up to study spin rate and exonerate the Astros.