RedSox baseball news, and Apple Watch news.
What?
Really?
Yes.
The world she is a changing.
Stealing signs in baseball is where a player somehow "read" the communication between pitcher and catcher to figure out what pitch is coming next. This is a practice as old as the sport itself.
Do you ever wonder, or have you noticed, pitchers cover their mouths with their gloves when talking with their catchers on the mound? That's because the San Francisco Giant great Will Clark read the lips of the pitcher and banged another great hit once upon a time. Changed the game.
Now the RedSox have introduced wearable devices for the same effect, breaking the rules of baseball in the process:
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/05/sports/baseball/boston-red-sox-stealing-signs-yankees.html?mcubz=1
The results? They've been fined and the practice is discontinued. The amount of the fine is to remain undisclosed and will be donated to hurrican relief in Florida.
http://www.espn.com/mlb/story/_/id/20716110/boston-red-sox-new-york-yankees-fined-separately-part-mlb-investigation-sign-stealing
Wow! Tech has taken over sports hasn't it?
Happy ... something,
J.W. Gant
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