I think on a pro level, stealing signs the traditional way is part of the game

Jan 17, 2020
8:44:04am

SJS Shaky place kicker

But I taught kids to steal signs, and believe me, they weren't the sharpest tools in the shed and wouldn't have thought of it on their own. That's why I'm feeling a tiny bit guilty.

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SJS

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Does it make me a cheater that I taught my 12 year old team to steal signs?

SJS Shaky place kicker

1/17/20 8:30am

I thought it was all part and parcel to the game

byuguns55

1/17/20 8:32am

Not the same thing at all...

CoachSpeak

1/17/20 8:34am

So like the difference between a misdemeanor and a felony? Both are stealing

StarMan

1/17/20 8:37am

I think on a pro level, stealing signs the traditional way is part of the game

SJS

1/17/20 8:44am

Nope, the MLB explicitly says it's legal to steal signs as long as you're not

Scratch

1/17/20 8:45am

No not really...

CoachSpeak

1/17/20 8:58am

I'm no baseball expert

D.T. Survivor

1/17/20 9:17am

Baseball is a game of all sorts of unspoken "rules"...

CoachSpeak

1/17/20 9:24am

But in this case it's not an unspoken rule, it's a written rule.

Scratch

1/17/20 9:42am

Difference between rules and unwritten rules.

TheLoneCougar

1/17/20 10:09am

It’s confusing to a baseball outsider like me

D.T. Survivor

1/17/20 3:21pm

Baseball is definitely a sport that could do that.

TheLoneCougar

1/17/20 4:02pm

Is he using a camera to do it?

chago04

1/17/20 8:37am

Of course not. These kids are cheap

SJS

1/17/20 8:44am

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rivercitycoug

1/17/20 9:00am

RE: I still can’t believe there are some people that don’t see the difference

SJS

1/17/20 9:05am

No, but great job focusing on the important things

ocho quatro

1/17/20 9:01am

Thank you, it was pretty effective

SJS

1/17/20 9:03am

Guilty as charged. I’ve done the same thing. I guess we’ll

kotacoug

1/17/20 9:02am

Hey if the coach is flashing the one and two sign to his pitcher while

kotacoug

1/17/20 9:22am

THAT is part of the game. Enhanced surveillance is going too far.

Dr MoBYU

1/17/20 9:15am

If a team is using "secret" signals, out in the open...

byujdmba

1/17/20 9:17am

RE: Does it make me a cheater that I taught my 12 year old team to steal signs?

Turd Ferguson

1/17/20 9:30am

If you were violating a rule of the league you were playing in, yes. Otherwise

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