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Did the Phils steal signs against the Sox?

Boston.com says one major league official thinks so

Major League Baseball has not received a specific complaint about the Red Sox being victims of sign stealing, but the Phillies have been investigated for this in the past. The Sox played the Phillies last week, and one major league official thought the Phillies were taking Boston's signs. The Sox won two out of three in Philadelphia. Sox general manager Theo Epstein had no comment on the topic

If the Phils were stealing signs, they certainly didn't do it very effectively considering the outcome of that series...

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Payback for the 2005 Super Bowl?

by dajafi on Jun 26, 2008 12:49 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Anyone know anything about this line: “the Phillies have been investigated for this in the past.”

by David S. Cohen on Jun 26, 2008 1:27 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

The thing that bothers me about that phrase is that there’s no time frame… I’m sure every team has been investigated for stealing signs at least once in the 100+ years of baseball. So for me to say “Every team in MLB has been investigated for this in the past” is 100% true. If something happened 50 years ago, who cares. However, I’m sure there’s nothing significant here.

by foos05 on Jun 26, 2008 2:45 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Not only no time frame

Not only no time frame, but no context. And just throwing an aside in like that is completely irresponsible as it leaves readers to wildly speculate. Isn’t the point of a reporter to inform not to leave readers to invent information on their own?

by David S. Cohen on Jun 27, 2008 2:27 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

True

As far as I can tell, most sports reporters take the following as their core mission: to show that they’re in the know and we aren’t.

by David S. Cohen on Jun 27, 2008 3:20 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

I assume they mean that they think the Phils did it with electronic equipment, because stealing signs on the field is fair game.

by taco pal on Jun 26, 2008 2:06 PM EDT reply reply actions actions   0 recs

Right, it’s more poor sportsmanship than it is illegal…

by JasonB on Jun 26, 2008 2:26 PM EDT to parent up reply reply actions actions   0 recs

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