Report: Red Sox used Apple Watch to steal Yankees’ signs
BOSTON » Looking for any edge in an ageold rivalry, the Boston Red Sox got called out in a high-tech sign-stealing scheme they ran on the New York Yankees.
The first-place Red Sox admitted to Major League Baseball that they used an Apple Watch to relay signals from opposing catchers to Boston players, The New York Times reported Tuesday. Sign stealing has long been a part of the game, but employing electronic gadgets to do it is against the rules.
MLB is looking into allegations levied by the Yankees after a series between the teams last month in Boston. The Times said the Red Sox told MLB investigators that Boston manager John Farrell, general Dave Dombrowski and other team executives were not aware of the operation, which had been going on for weeks.
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 — and I’m not saying that there was — to the extent that there was a violation on either side, we are 100 percent comfortable that it is not an ongoing issue — that if it happened, it is no longer happening,” he said. REDS 9, BREWERS 3 » Robert Stephenson escaped threats while pitching into the seventh, and Scooter Gennett homered during Cincinnati’s five-run rally in the bottom of the inning, sending the Reds to a victory over Milwaukee. NATIONALS 2, MARLINS 1 » Stephen Strasburg pitched six innings to help Washington beat Miami. PIRATES 4, CUBS 3 » Max Moroff and David Freese delivered RBI singles off Carl Edwards Jr. in the eighth inning as Pittsburgh rallied past Chicago. TIGERS 13, ROYALS 2 » Jacoby Jones and John Hicks hit two home runs and Detroit had six homers in all in a victory over Kansas City. RAYS 2, TWINS 1» Jake Odorizzi took a no-hitter into the seventh in front of a tiny home crowd, and Tampa Bay beat Minnesota.