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Bang the trash can slowly (Original Post) kairos12 Jan 2020 OP
and play the fife lowly. whoa nelly! Kurt V. Jan 2020 #1
Good. MontanaMama Jan 2020 #2
Loss of draft picks will hurt. kairos12 Jan 2020 #4
It should hurt. MontanaMama Jan 2020 #7
They were stealing signs by banging on the garbage can. I gotta figure kairos12 Jan 2020 #9
Oh I know it. MontanaMama Jan 2020 #12
It's great your son is playing baseball. kairos12 Jan 2020 #13
That's so funny you said that! MontanaMama Jan 2020 #14
Great attitude! kairos12 Jan 2020 #15
Not for cheating. It was for getting caught. CaptYossarian Jan 2020 #5
Lol. Right?? MontanaMama Jan 2020 #6
Wow! Ohiogal Jan 2020 #3
Well done Kairos12. The Polack MSgt Jan 2020 #8
Thanks Polack MSgt. I just couldn't resist it. kairos12 Jan 2020 #10
Republicans? RicROC Jan 2020 #11
Field of Schemes BeyondGeography Jan 2020 #16
Outstanding!! kairos12 Jan 2020 #17

MontanaMama

(24,021 posts)
7. It should hurt.
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 04:23 PM
Jan 2020

I have to wonder if anyone else in the organization knew what these guys were doing. The way players and coaches are trained to watch signs...did anyone else catch on to this? I hope it was limited to to the GM and manager.

kairos12

(13,248 posts)
9. They were stealing signs by banging on the garbage can. I gotta figure
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 04:41 PM
Jan 2020

many people knew. Including, the fans in the first row behind the dugout.

There is a reason they were 8-1 in the playoffs at home that year.

MontanaMama

(24,021 posts)
12. Oh I know it.
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 07:25 PM
Jan 2020

To be complicit in it is disgusting. My kiddo plays travel baseball at a fairly high level. He was talking about this before it hit the news... he had dozens of clips saved to his phone and he would show me and say “did you see that? Did you hear that?” Baseball players are steeped in signs and signals...like you said, fans are too if they’re paying attention. I hope this doesn’t end with these two firings.

kairos12

(13,248 posts)
13. It's great your son is playing baseball.
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 08:03 PM
Jan 2020

I’m sure he doesn’t need to be reminded: baseball is either hard, or really hard.

Ask Micheal Jordan.

MontanaMama

(24,021 posts)
14. That's so funny you said that!
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 10:50 PM
Jan 2020

My kiddo, Owen, just came home from pitching lessons...I asked him how his night was and he said it was hard. I asked if was really hard and he said it was just hard.

RicROC

(1,227 posts)
11. Republicans?
Mon Jan 13, 2020, 06:45 PM
Jan 2020

Another example of corporate cheating. What's the chance they both are Republicans? even Trumpers?

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