Red Sox reportedly used video replay room to steal signs illegally during 2018 regular season.
The Houston Astros aren’t the only recent World Series winner linked to sign stealing anymore., the Red Sox used their video replay room to steal signs illegally during the 2018 regular season, when they won 108 games on the way to a World Series title.
Compared to the Astros’ method – reportedly banging a garbage can to alert batters to which pitches were coming – Boston’s system was less direct. Plus, it was only possible with runners on base. Still, MLB has rules against digital sign stealing and, according toThree people with the Red Sox that year toldthat some players visited the video replay room during games to learn opponents’ sign sequences.
However, the system was not viable during the 2018 post-season, according to the report. Not only were opponents changing their sign sequences more often, MLB placed representatives within teams’ video replay rooms. Alex Cora was Boston’s manager in 2018, and he was also Houston’s bench coach in 2017, when the Astros won the World Series while reportedly violating MLB rules by banging on garbage cans from the dugout tunnel. As MLB weighs discipline for the reported violations, Cora’s actions will be of interest.
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