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Saturday 20 OctOber 2018
SOX-CESSFUL!
In this Aug. 1, 2013 file photo,
Seattle Mariners bench coach
Robby Thompson, filling in for
manager Eric Wedge, signals
to the bullpen for a pitching
change in the ninth inning of
a baseball game against the
Seattle Mariners in Boston.
Associated Press
New
technology
only adds to
baseball’s
culture of
paranoia
By NOAH TRISTER
AP Baseball Writer
It probably felt like a cut-
ting-edge caper at the
time: The New York Giants,
using an elaborate spy-
glass-and-buzzer system,
would have the opposing
team’s signs relayed from
their center-field club-
house at the Polo Grounds
to the bullpen and then to
the batter, passing along
valuable information dur-
ing the team’s pursuit of Red Sox advance to
the 1951 pennant.
The question nowadays is World Series, win ALCS
whether there’s an app for
that.
Stealing signs is as much Boston Red Sox relief pitcher Craig Kimbrel
a part of baseball tradi- celebrates with catcher Sandy Leon after winning
tion as stealing bases, but the baseball American League Championship
the technology available Series against the Houston Astros on Thursday,
now could open a whole
new frontier of competitive Oct. 18, 2018, in Houston.
sleuthing. Associated Press
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