A federal judge hammered an ex-St. Louis Cardinals official for hacking the Houston Astros' computers, sentencing him to nearly four years in prison.Christopher Correa, the 36-year-old former director of baseball development for the Cards, tried to paint his illicit breach as reckless, but U.S. District Judge Lynn Hughes really didn't want to hear that.
"No," the sharp-tongued and often controversial Texan told him. "You intentionally and knowingly did these acts."
Teams across the Major Leagues were forced to tighten their security after Correa wormed his way into the Astro's internal scouting and analytics site, Ground Control, Hughes said during Correa's sentencing in Houston.
"You have made it harder for them to live their lives," Hughes scolded Correa.
Hughes sentenced the disgraced baseball man to 46 months in federal prison as well as two years supervised release when he gets out.…