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MLB to investigate reports 2018

champion Red Sox stole signs

By KYLE HIGHTOWER clubs how seriously he matter."
AP Sports Writer would take any future vio- The incident that prompted
BOSTON (AP) — Major lation of the regulations re- MLB's 2017 warning from
League Baseball says it garding use of electronic Commissioner Rob Man-
will investigate allegations equipment or the inap- fred to teams came after
the Boston Red Sox illegal- propriate use of the video the Red Sox were fined an
ly used their video replay replay room. Given these undisclosed sum for "send-
room to steal signs be- allegations, MLB will com- ing electronic communica-
tween opposing pitchers mence an investigation tions from their video replay
and catchers during their into this matter," the league room to an athletic trainer Boston Red Sox manager Alex Cora speaks during the Major
League Baseball winter meetings Monday, Dec. 9, 2019, in San
2018 World Series champi- said in a statement. in the dugout" during an Diego.
onship season. The Red Sox said they will August 2017 series against Associated Press
The claims were made cooperate as MLB looks the rival New York Yankees.
Tuesday in a report by The into the allegations. The New York Times re- in the dugout and relaying The latest allegations
Athletic. The website cited "We were recently made ported that general man- a message to players. against the Red Sox come
three anonymous sources aware of allegations sug- ager Brian Cashman filed Manfred said at the time after The Athletic reported
it said were with the Red gesting the inappropriate a complaint with the com- that future violations would last month that the Hous-
Sox during the 2018 season use of our video replay missioner's office regarding be subject to more serious ton Astros allegedly stole
who said some players vis- room," the team said in a that incident which includ- sanctions, including pos- signs during home games
ited the replay room during statement. "We take these ed video. The newspaper sible loss of draft picks. He of their 2017 World Series
games to get information allegations seriously and said it showed a member said last month that he has championship season by
on sign sequences. will fully cooperate with of Boston's training staff the authority to levy even using a camera positioned
Those sources told The MLB as they investigate the looking at his Apple Watch stiffer penalties. in center field. q
Athletic that the Red Sox
weren't able to do it during
the postseason because of
in-person monitors used by
MLB in those games.
"The Commissioner made
clear in a September 15,
2017 memorandum to

Nats-Mets,

Tigers-Indians

start earliest

opening day

NEW YORK (AP) — The
World Series champion
Washington Nationals will
be at the New York Mets,
and Detroit will play at
Cleveland on March 26
in the first two games of
Major League Baseball's
earliest opening day other
than international games.
Washington's game is part
of a nationally televised tri-
pleheader on ESPN and will
be followed by San Fran-
cisco at the Los Angeles
Dodgers at 4:10 p.m. EDT
and the Los Angeles An-
gels at AL champion Hous-
ton at 7:10 p.m.
Other AL opening-day
games (all times EDT) are:
Kansas City at the Chicago
White Sox (2:10 p.m.), New
York Yankees at Baltimore
(3:05 p.m.), Boston at To-
ronto (3:37 p.m.), Minneso-
ta at Oakland (4:07 p.m.)
and Texas at Seattle (4:10
p.m.).q