Meeting in Las Vegas this week, baseball's power brokers are kicking the tires on a lot of different things -- and players.
They should be more concerned about technology available to steal signs -- HD cameras trained on dugout, coaches, catchers, etc. with immediate review readily available, and reigning in this technology.
Stealing signs has always been part of the game, and I appreciate them. But technology should not be part of the equation. Being able to look at a catcher's signs, for example, in real time is total bullshit. Time to get back to the days when this chess match was total brain-driven.
I recall a time from my senior year of high school. I was manager/statistician and we were facing an area team in the playoffs, the third meeting with them. Coach Terry B. suspected they had figured out the signs he was using from the thirdbase coach box. So, he instructed the team to look over at him, but that I would be relaying signs from the bench.
Simple system. If I crossed my legs, the runner on base was to steal. At some point late in the game, I had a momentary lapse and, with a slow-ish runner on base, crossed my legs. The runner took off, successfully stealing. Coach looks over at me and raises his arms in the universal "what?" gesture. I sheepishly smiled and shrugged.
We did win the game, by the way.
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