EastCoastNiner Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I'm pretty sure ESPN did an article on this before, and somehow it's legal, but I don't know why it is. Derek Jete uses Yankees employees in the stands to put fingers up to show how fast the previous pitch was because the guns in the stadium are juiced. This is the same damn thing as stealing signs......... http://boston.3432.voxcdn.com/files/2011/04/Yankees-cheat1-480x460.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Nothing wrong with it, use everything you can as an advantage. If your sox did this you wouldn't even post a thread.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Nothing wrong with it, use everything you can as an advantage. If your sox did this you wouldn't even post a thread.. Obviously I wouldn't.....someone else probably would. I'm questioning why it is legal, when stealing signs is not, or signaling from center field. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Why is it legal to have someone tell you how fast a pitch was? Should we ban radar guns? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Why is it legal to have someone tell you how fast a pitch was? Should we ban radar guns? Have someone from the dugout do it. You don't have to be hiding in the stands with a radar gun. Jeter should use his eyes. I don't blame him though since he's been regressing like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NomarFachix Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I honestly don't get what the problem is here, but maybe it's because I'm a Yankees fan. A guy tells him how fast the pitch was, totally huge advantage. It's almost like he was video taping signs and signals and plays and all of that... but he's too classy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I honestly don't get what the problem is here, but maybe it's because I'm a Yankees fan. A guy tells him how fast the pitch was, totally huge advantage. It's almost like he was video taping signs and signals and plays and all of that... but he's too classy. I don't care too much either, However, if people have problems with giving signs away, then I don't see how this isn't similar. Also, filming teams was never illegal. It was the location, which was a new rule that season, in which BB admitted he violated, and paid the price. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trutrojan8 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I don't care too much either, However, if people have problems with giving signs away, then I don't see how this isn't similar. Also, filming teams was never illegal. It was the location, which was a new rule that season, in which BB admitted he violated, and paid the price.Tipping signs tells hitters where the pitch is going, and what pitch it is [if the runner on 2nd can pick up that much]. That'll help a ton being a hitter. Knowing the pitch was 94 mph instead of 96? That won't help anywhere near as much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EastCoastNiner Posted April 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Tipping signs tells hitters where the pitch is going, and what pitch it is [if the runner on 2nd can pick up that much]. That'll help a ton being a hitter. Knowing the pitch was 94 mph instead of 96? That won't help anywhere near as much. I don't deny stealing signs probably has more of an effect, but you are downplaying how much a few mph can change a hitters approach. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phightins Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Every team in baseball does it. Or tries to, anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flash Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 ECN is reaching with this one. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fish7718 Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 Lol, how is cheating to know how fast the ball is going? Does that make is easier to hit? Baseball is see the ball hit the ball. Jeter isn't going to be like "oh 94, now I gotta swing the bat...this fast" smh @ this I hope I don't have to put up with these dumb Yankee-hate threads all year... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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