A Major Baseball League investigation has found the Boston Red Sox guilty of illicitly using an Apple Watch to give themselves an advantage, by using the device to receive messages which indicated what kind of pitch was about to be thrown.
As reported by the New York Times, the Red Sox would have an off-field person watching a camera feed of the catcher; when the catcher signalled the play to the pitcher, they would relay the information to the dugout via Apple watch, where the information would then be passed to the batter.
It's not strictly the passing of information that's the problem here - "stealing signs", the process whereby a pitcher's instruction is somehow relayed to the batter, is perfectly legal when done through traditional means; the difference here is that the Red Sox - currently at the top of America's Eastern League Division - used technology to give themselves the advantage, which is against game rules.
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As reported by the New York Times, the Red Sox would have an off-field person watching a camera feed of the catcher; when the catcher signalled the play to the pitcher, they would relay the information to the dugout via Apple watch, where the information would then be passed to the batter.
It's not strictly the passing of information that's the problem here - "stealing signs", the process whereby a pitcher's instruction is somehow relayed to the batter, is perfectly legal when done through traditional means; the difference here is that the Red Sox - currently at the top of America's Eastern League Division - used technology to give themselves the advantage, which is against game rules.
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