Sign-Stealing 101 Gets a Fan Ejected From Yankee Stadium
- 7 years ago
Sign-Stealing 101 Gets a Fan Ejected From Yankee Stadium
That was all it took on Tuesday night for that fan to be ejected from Yankee Stadium for yelling out information on pitch location
to the Yankees’ Gary Sanchez while he was hitting in the eighth inning of his team’s 6-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
That effort appeared to involve Red Sox personnel gleaning information about a catcher’s signals off video feeds of the game, rapidly getting
that information to the dugout via the watch and then verbally conveying that information to players on the field.
This was, for sure, not anything like the recent sign-stealing case involving the Boston Red Sox, who had a member of their
training staff wearing an Apple Watch in a fairly high-tech bid to let their hitters know what pitch might be coming.
But after the fan’s booming voice was heard by Sanchez; the Rays’ catcher, Wilson Ramos;
and the home-plate umpire, Dan Bellino, he was pointed out to stadium security and removed from the stadium.
Everybody’s supposed to see the ball and just react with pitches … so to me, it’s like cheating.”
After the fan was ejected, Sanchez hit a bloop single to drive in the Yankees’ fifth run.
That was all it took on Tuesday night for that fan to be ejected from Yankee Stadium for yelling out information on pitch location
to the Yankees’ Gary Sanchez while he was hitting in the eighth inning of his team’s 6-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays.
That effort appeared to involve Red Sox personnel gleaning information about a catcher’s signals off video feeds of the game, rapidly getting
that information to the dugout via the watch and then verbally conveying that information to players on the field.
This was, for sure, not anything like the recent sign-stealing case involving the Boston Red Sox, who had a member of their
training staff wearing an Apple Watch in a fairly high-tech bid to let their hitters know what pitch might be coming.
But after the fan’s booming voice was heard by Sanchez; the Rays’ catcher, Wilson Ramos;
and the home-plate umpire, Dan Bellino, he was pointed out to stadium security and removed from the stadium.
Everybody’s supposed to see the ball and just react with pitches … so to me, it’s like cheating.”
After the fan was ejected, Sanchez hit a bloop single to drive in the Yankees’ fifth run.