Red Sox use Apple Watch to steal Yankees’ signs

NEW YORK — The first-place Boston Red Sox have reportedly admitted to Major League Baseball that they improperly used electronic devices to steal signs from their longtime rival New York Yankees.

The New York Times reported Tuesday the Red Sox used a high-tech watch to relay signs by the Yankees catchers during a series last month at Fenway Park.

The newspaper said the Red Sox told MLB investigators that Boston manager John Farrell, general Dave Dombrowski and other team executives were not aware of the scheme.

Commissioner Rob Manfred, who was at Fenway Park on Tuesday night as part of a previously planned visit, said he wanted to get the matter resolved quickly. He didn’t comment about possible penalties.

“The only thing that I can tell you about repercussions is that to the extent that there was a violation on either side, we are 100 per cent comfortable that it is not an ongoing issue,” he said. Farrell said he knew the rule. “Electronic devices are not to be used in the dugout,” he said before Boston hosted Toronto.

The Times said the MLB probe started after Yankees general manager Brian Cashman filed a complaint with the commissioner’s office that included video. The newspaper said the video showed a member of Boston’s training staff looking at his Apple Watch in the dugout and relaying a message to players.

Red Sox 3, Blue Jays 2

BOSTON — The Red Sox have won their own version of the Boston marathon, playing 19 innings and beating the Toronto Blue Jays 3-2.

The game at Fenway Park took six hours and ended after 1 a.m. Boston time. About 700 fans were left in the ballpark when Hanley Ramirez hit a winning single.