For decades, spying on another team has been as much a part of baseball’s gamesmanship as brushback pitches and hard slides. The Boston Red Sox have apparently added a modern — and illicit — twist: They used an Apple Watch to gain an advantage against the Yankees and other teams.
Investigators for Major League Baseball have determined that the Red Sox, who are in first place in the American League East and very likely headed to the playoffs, executed a scheme to illicitly steal hand signals from opponents’ catchers in games against the second-place Yankees and other teams, according to several people briefed on the matter...
The
Yankees, who had long been suspicious of the Red Sox’ stealing
catchers’ signs in Fenway Park, contended the video showed a member of
the Red Sox training staff looking at his Apple Watch in the dugout. The
trainer then relayed a message to other players in the dugout, who, in
turn, would signal teammates on the field about the type of pitch that
was about to be thrown, according to the people familiar with the case.
What's with Boston anyway?!?! Spying football team. Spying baseball team. Ugh.
Extra Credit: Turn Your iPhone into a Spy Camera Using Your Apple Watch [How-To]
Put this in your pocket to be extra covert. ~Kevin
