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(16,086 posts)Mookies the best. Congrats, enjoy and Im supremely envious.
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)The first Dodgers game I attended, Kofax was pitching!
KPN
(16,086 posts)was pitching. But Yaz was in his 2nd or 3rd year.
Tikki
(14,795 posts)On to the World Series...
Tikki
TruckFump
(5,812 posts)Im glad the Rays got into the series. I like them. Not an Astros fan.
KatyMan
(4,278 posts)Brother Buzz
(37,737 posts)NEW YORK -- Stealing signals. Banging on a trash can. Beating the Dodgers in October.
Sounds very familiar to Carl Erskine.
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A half-century later, a giant secret was revealed: The Giants had rigged a spyglass-and-buzzer system in late July to steal catchers' signals and tip off their hitters.
"We thought something was going on, we were suspicious, but we couldn't prove anything," Erskine said from his home in Anderson, Indiana. "I remember Ralph said to me, 'I bet those dirty birds are cheating.'"
Herman Franks, a former Dodger who had become a Giants coach, was stationed in the home clubhouse, above the 483-foot mark in center field. From a darkened window, he spied on catchers with a telescope, then relayed the signs.
When a buzzer rang in the New York bullpen conveniently located in play back then, in deep right-center field a Giants player who might waggle a white towel would signal to the hitter what kind of pitch was coming.
"A batter wouldn't even have to move his head," Erskine said. It was right over the pitcher's left shoulder. Just shift your eyes to about 2 o'clock and you'd see it.
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https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/stolen-brooklyn-pitcher-recalls-51-sign-stealing-scam-68320868
The Giants clubhouse was way, way out in centerfield, below the beer sign, so a telescope was essential
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)The Astros went over the line, clearly. But the practice is old and has played a part in many legendary games, along with corked bats.
Brother Buzz
(37,737 posts)Interpreting the signs is the real art. Willie Mays was mentored by the best, and could steal the signs in just three pitches; pitchers and catchers hated it when Mays was on second base, and often resorted to changing the signs.
Just this year, a MLB pitcher intentionally balked to move a runner from second to third just so he wouldn't steal the signs (they had already used the one allowed mound visit).
Wolf Frankula
(3,663 posts)They're up 2/1 over Tampa.
Wolf