2023 MLB Thread; Say Hey, Charlie Hustle: Rest In Power, Willie. RIP, Pete.

SI.com:

Stealing signs is a baseball tradition. If you steal them unaided–such as the way the Astros did against Strasburg in the first inning of World Series Game 6 by the way he came set with the ball in his glove; or by decoding the catcher’s signs as a runner at second base–that’s perfectly acceptable gamesmanship. But the use of electronics to do so is far outside the game’s ethical boundary and has been for more than 100 years.

In 1900, Reds shortstop Tommy Corcoran grew concerned about how Phillies third-base coach Petie Chiles planted his foot in the same spot for every pitch at Baker Bowl in Philadelphia. Corcoran ran to the spot and began digging. He found a small wooden box with a buzzer attached to a long wire. The wire led to the Phillies’ clubhouse in centerfield, where Phillies infielder Morgan Murphy was using binoculars to steal the catcher’s signs. Murphy would pass along the signs with a Morse-like code: one buzz for a fastball, two for a curve and three for a changeup. Chiles could feel the buzzes with his foot, and he relayed the message to the hitter what was coming.

It took three weeks for the Phillies to offer an explanation. Their director and treasurer, Col. John I. Rogers, dismissed it by insisting it was part of a lighting system left there by a carnival company. “I will not dignify the charge by pleading ‘not guilty,’” he said.

The press, of course, was not satisfied with the inelegant non-denial. A week later, Charles Dryden of the New York North American detailed the scheme.

It was the first known use of electronics to steal signs. Other than Rogers, most everyone came to the quick conclusion that stealing signs with the use of devices is unacceptable. Wrote The Sporting News, “The explanation that everything in baseball is fair will not suffice. An advantage obtained by underhanded methods is unsportsmanlike.”
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100 years ago, but how had I never heard this before..:lol:
 
johnnyredstorm said:
Glad Boone didn’t win. Tired of these ya Kees fans feeling entitled to win everything. Trash *** organization.
Props to deGrom.
Props to the Astros for stealing signs and beating that *****assness from the Bronx.
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If the Yankees are a trash organization then what are the Mets?
 
Bend_The_Knee said:
Yikes

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was just about to post this



Dog...they really went all in
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Why have the extra bullpen signal if the whistling and the lid banging was working?

unless...they wanted to mix up their signs 🤔
 
Bonds woulda got an 80 game suspension if he woulda tested positive for anything nowadays, and been back to hitting hrs after. Sad.
 
Artie is gonna drop serious money to get Cole and Ryu this offseason so maybe we’ll see Trout next year. Baseball should be ashamed though for their lack of marketing. No one knows who he is let alone how dominant he’s been.

if he hits 40 home runs a year for the next 12 years he’s break the all time homerun record.
 
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