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McDowell: La Russa put in sign-stealing system
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Friday, 17 January 2020 11:10
Former Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell on Friday accused Hall of Fame manager Tony La Russa of having a camera-aided sign-stealing system installed when he was with the Chicago White Sox in the late 1980s.McDowell, who made his major league debut for the White Sox in 1987 and pitched for 12 seasons in the majors, never played for La…
How the internet helped crack the Astros' sign-stealing case
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Friday, 17 January 2020 08:11
NEW YORK -- When allegations that the Houston Astros had stolen signs electronically during their 2017 World Series championship season surfaced in November, Jimmy O'Brien was sitting in his new apartment in Harlem, waiting for five Verizon workers to finish setting up his cable internet.Known better as Jomboy, O'Brien had broken into baseball internet prominence over the course of the…
Buzzers, burner accounts and conspiracies: Inside baseball's day of epic chaos
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Friday, 17 January 2020 08:10
BASEBALL LOST ITS mind Thursday. Every sport endures this: part-cleansing, part-reckoning, part-recalibration -- a day to release everything, good, bad and otherwise, a full-throated scream into the void. It was inevitable, building up over the previous three days, each unforgettable in its own right. History will treat Thursday as a footnote, even if it said as much about the sport's…
Giants make Nakken 1st female coach in MLB
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Thursday, 16 January 2020 15:36
SAN FRANCISCO -- Alyssa Nakken became the first female coach on a major league staff in baseball history Thursday when she was named an assistant under new San Francisco Giants manager Gabe Kapler.Major League Baseball confirmed Nakken is the first full-time female coach in the majors. She is a former softball standout at first base for Sacramento State who joined…
MLB: No evidence Astros used wearable devices
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Thursday, 16 January 2020 17:08
The Astros' illegal use of technology fueled further speculation Thursday that Houston players took their methods a step further by wearing concealed devices that notified them of certain pitches, including this past season.In response, Major League Baseball said Thursday it "explored wearable devices during the investigation [into the Astros] but found no evidence to substantiate it."An MLB official said the…
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