investorAg83 said:
the last of the bohemians said:
So much hate, so much holier that thou talk.
As Will Clark recently said, hide your signs better if you think the other team has figured you out, use common sense, because every team is looking to figure out the signals of the opponent.
Common sense is hiding signs better with guys on second base. Worrying about teams using cameras to relay real time info is far from common sense. It's tinfoil hat.
The issue isn't stealing signs...that has been and always will be part of baseball. It's 'how' they did it. And to say it's common sense that it was happening is asinine.
Nothing asinine about it when it was a widespread practice. Red Sox, Yankees, Dodgers, Cards, and Nats have all been accused of the same practice of electronic sign-stealing if they used a different method of it. And they weren't doing it until Beltran comes in and shows them how others are doing it and how they're behind the curve.
MLB knew it was common practice and didn't give a **** until Fiers turned rat and went public. Which is why he's a pariah on his own team now.