Steve Garvey says Astros cheating vs. Dodgers, Yankees in World Series run was 'like taking steroids'

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EXCLUSIVE: Steve Garvey knows what a Yankees-Dodgers World Series means to America. 

He played in the last three between the two franchises, helping the Dodgers win the most recent meeting in 1981 and playing on the losing end to New York in 1977 and '78. Before that, he was a ball boy for the Brooklyn Dodgers and watched with wide eyes when Brooklyn beat the Yankees for the first time ever to win the title. 

And like many others in baseball, Garvey knows how close America was to witnessing a matchup between the two teams in 2017. The Yankees fell one game shy, losing to the Houston Astros in Game 7 of the ALCS. Then he watched his former team lose to Houston in Game 7 of the World Series. 

Two years later, Garvey was shocked by news Houston had cheated that year. The Astros were exposed for an elaborate illegal sign-stealing operation, resulting in sanctions by MLB and suspensions and eventual firings of manager A.J. Hinch and general manager Jeff Luhnow. 

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"We were all saddened by it happening. There was evidence of it, and it got to the point where there was always a question when they went seven games with the Astros if it was happening then," Garvey told Fox News Digital in an exclusive interview. "And the fans haven't forgotten. So, when they see Houston, it brings out the loudest in them." 

Los Angeles Dodgers Steve Garvey, Steve Howe and Steve Yeager celebrate winning the World Series against the New York Yankees at the end of