Manfred Fines Red Sox Over Stealing Signs and Issues Warning to All 30 Teams

[Eugene]

Source: New York Times

Manfred Fines Red Sox Over Stealing Signs and Issues Warning to All 30 Teams

By BILLY WITZ SEPT. 15, 2017

The sign-stealing confrontation between the Yankees and the Red Sox came to an apparent conclusion on Friday when Rob Manfred, the commissioner of Major League Baseball, fined the Boston team an undisclosed amount but chose not to hit it with more forceful penalties for using an Apple Watch to try to swipe signals from Yankees catchers.

Manfred used the announcement of the penalty to also issue a reminder to every major league team that the use of electronic devices to steal signs during games is prohibited, although he acknowledged that it is increasingly difficult to police such activities when all clubhouses are now outfitted with sophisticated replay equipment.

“All 30 clubs have been notified that future violations of this type will be subject to more serious sanctions, including the possible loss of draft picks,” Manfred said in a statement.

Major League Baseball’s sign-stealing inquiry began several weeks ago, after Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman filed a detailed complaint with Manfred’s office that included video the Yankees shot of the Red Sox dugout during a three-game series between the teams in Fenway Park in August.

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Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/15/sports/baseball/red-sox-fined-stealing-signs-yankees.html

[underpants]

1. Oh those poor Yankees

Sign stealing is as old as baseball

[JonLP24]

2. You can't use video to do it

If you do that all you have to do is look at the signal look at the tape and look what the next move is. There is no skill in that is trying to decipher signals in baseball or football.