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With the Astros' 2020 season extending to the postseason, so too are the heckles toward Houston after getting caught committing the largest modern cheating scandal in baseball history. The most recent example came outside Target Field on Tuesday, with Twins fans taunting their team's incoming opponents with what they've done.

Of course, ballparks being closed to the public across the country due to the coronavirus outbreak has put a limit on the jeers Houston has received this season. So the latest bit of heckling is just a pair of fans loudly yelling "HOUS-TON ASTER-ISKS!" outside the gates and banging on a trash can. 

As the 2020 Astros Shame Tour Twitter account -- which is run by Brendan Donley, who lives in Western Michigan -- noted in a reply to the first video, someone reportedly told the fans to stop the heckling or they would be forced off the property. The heckler said it was "fun while it lasted."

The Astros have been subject to plenty of outside-the-park heckles from fans throughout the 2020 season. A prominent example happened during the team's series with the Dodgers earlier in the year, when fans crowdfunded two banners to fly over Dodgers Stadium that read HEY ASTR*S, TRY STEALING THIS SIGN! and STEAL THIS SIGN, ASTROS. 

It's not just that the Astros were caught cheating, it's also that there was no real punishment handed down for the players who were involved. Frustrations related to that issue have spilled onto the diamond, with teams hitting Houston batters with pitches -- something the commissioner's office warned teams against doing prior to the season.