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Boston Red Sox Used Apple Watches To Steal Hand Signals From Yankees (macrumors.com)
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Mac Rumors: Investigators for Major League Baseball believe the Boston Red Sox, currently in first place in the American League East, have used the Apple Watch to illicitly steal hand signals from opposing teams, reports The New York Times. The Red Sox are believed to have stolen hand signals from opponents' catchers in games using video recording equipment and communicated the information with the Apple Watch. An inquiry into the Red Sox' practice started two weeks ago following a complaint from Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, who caught a member of the Red Sox training staff looking at his Apple Watch in the dugout and then relaying information to players. It's believed the information was used to determine the type of pitch that was going to be thrown. Baseball investigators corroborated the claim using video for instant replay and broadcasts before confronting the Red Sox. The team admitted that trainers received signals from video replay personnel and then shared them with some players.
"The Red Sox told league investigators said that team personnel scanning instant- replay video were electronically sending the pitch signs to the trainers, who were then passing the information to the players," reports The New York Times. [...] "The video provided to the commissioner's office by the Yankees was captured during the first two games of the series and included at least three clips. In the clips, the team's assistant athletic trainer, Jon Jochim, is seen looking at his Apple Watch and then passing information to outfielder Brock Holt and second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who was injured at the time but in uniform. In one instance, Pedroia is then seen passing the information to Young."
"The Red Sox told league investigators said that team personnel scanning instant- replay video were electronically sending the pitch signs to the trainers, who were then passing the information to the players," reports The New York Times. [...] "The video provided to the commissioner's office by the Yankees was captured during the first two games of the series and included at least three clips. In the clips, the team's assistant athletic trainer, Jon Jochim, is seen looking at his Apple Watch and then passing information to outfielder Brock Holt and second baseman Dustin Pedroia, who was injured at the time but in uniform. In one instance, Pedroia is then seen passing the information to Young."
So fucking what.
My ism, it's full of beliefs.
Can someone please explain how what the Red Sox did was wrong? Is there a rule against observing your opponents? Is it only wrong if it involves an Apple product?
"You can observe a lot by watching." -- Yogi Berra
You can observe the other team, but not with technological assistance.
So glasses and contact lenses are out? ;)
Ezekiel 23:20
and agree with you. "So fucking what."
-The wise argue that there are few absolutes, the fool argues that there are no probabilities.
Where do they play? Boston.
The catcher then gives the signs to the pitcher about what pitch to throw next. The catcher needs to know what the next pitch is so he can position accordingly to catch it. There are also signals to the defense about positioning, which can change from one pitch to the next.
So basically the catcher is incompetent and the pitcher is incapable of picking his own pitches?
Try watching cricket, a similar game in which the guy with the ball makes his own decision on how to deliver it. A fast bowler will choose from an in swinger, out swinger, reverse swing, seam, leg break, off break, yorker, bouncer, slow ball, on a length, full, on the leg side, on off stump, outside off.. all these options and more.
He also knows how the field is set and will bowl accordingly.
Why does baseball need every single fucking play directed by someone else?
You are comparing apple with orange. Baseball is NOT cricket. And it appears that you don't understand baseball at all if you think that the catcher is incompetent and pitcher is incapable of pitching. Baseball is about cooperative between pitcher and catcher. They must be in sync. If they could have telepathy, then there wouldn't be hand signals.
Cricket, on the other hand, is one side only. It is a completely different game strategy. If you can't distinguish between cricket and baseball, then you shouldn't make this kind of silly comment.
Um, asking for the heater down and inside give the catcher a better chance of handling the ball than guessing where that 98mph fastball is going. High in his eyes? Low and outside? Oh, wait, the pitcher changes his mind and it becomes a straight change?
The only pitch you aren't trying to call for anticipated location and speed is the knuckler, and that's a catcher's skill to field.
And if you've watched much baseball, you know what happens when the catcher and pitcher get crossed up. Woops to the backstop.
Baseball is a uniquely strategic game with pitch calls, pitchouts, infield and outfield shifts, throwing behind the runner, stealing bases, bunting (a volume could be written on this, and the Yankees are really, REALLY butthurt that the Red Sox bunted on their lame pitcher last week, exposing his weakness fielding and playing good. fundamental. baseball.), multiple substitutions (except in the AL, where the DH has tarnished the game), delayed steals, hit-and-run, and the rare but always fun decoy plays.
Baseball is so unlike any other game it's remarkable. Soccer and hockey are also unique, soccer less so. American football, Rugby, Aussie Rules, similarities abound. Cricket is like Baseball as Field Hockey is like Ice Hockey.
This argument is naive. Baseball is complex.Very. The pace of the game enhances this, and the rules are actually simple-ish.
deleting the extra space after periods so i can stay relevant, yeah.