BOSTON – If the Red Sox are concerned about a Major League Baseball investigation into their using high-tech timepieces to steal pitch signs from the New York Yankees, they aren't showing it. A day after The New York Times reported that the Yankees had filed a complaint about the practice, the AL East leaders expressed little concern about possible punishment.
"It's part of the game," said Boston second baseman Dustin Pedroia, one of the players implicated. "Our adjustment to that stuff is: Go out to the mound and change the signs. ... It's been around a long, long time. We were doing that at Douglas Junior High School, where I played. So I don't think this should be news to anybody."
According to the paper, the Red Sox admitted to MLB that they used an Apple Watch to relay signals to Boston players. Sign-stealing has a long tradition in baseball and is not prohibited, but the use of technology to do it is against the rules.
Boston manager John Farrell has said he knew his players were trying to steal signs but was not aware they were using watches to do it.
The Red Sox have filed a counter-complaint that the Yankees used TV cameras to help them steal signs.
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