Red Sox Caught Red-Handed

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

Photo courtesy of Creative Commons

Alex Grosswald, Staff Writer

    Cheating in Major League Baseball is nothing new. Whether it is sneaky hand signals to batters or using binoculars to read pitch calls, cheating has been around forever. The Red Sox organization got caught cheating by the Yankees during a game. They took advantage of technology by using the Apple Watches to gain an unfair advantage.

    “I think it is unfair for the teams they are playing. I also think that they should be penalized for doing this. At the end of the day, this will ruin their reputation,” senior Jordan Fant said.  

    The Yankees caught a member of the opposing looking at his Apple Watch in the dugout during a game. Someone on the Sox training staff was curiously checking his watch for stats on the game that were collected by analysts. The staff also used the Apple Watch to look at hand signals given to the pitcher by the opposing catcher.

     The Yankee’s general manager was so enraged that he filed a complaint to the commissioner of the league. Along with a long complaint, they also sent in a video of the Red Sox dugout which proved that they were cheating, validating their claim. Suspicion of the Red Sox stealing signals began when the Yankees played a three-game series against the Red Sox last month.

   “I think the Red Sox are a bunch of dirty cheaters who should be punished. There is a standard each team is held to, and doing this just disregards it. This is not how the game was meant to be played,” senior Richard Dull said.

   The system was described as follows. First, the trainer would look at the Apple Watch in the dugout. Second, the trainer would relay the messages to other players in the dugout to fill them in on what’s coming next. Finally, the players who just spoke with the trainer would signal to the batters about the next pitch.

   As more news on scandals have surfaced, teams looking to cut corners are forced to find more covert means of evasion. Hopefully in the future, teams will possess some pride and play within the rules.