Baseball Sign-Stealing Scandals and Catcher Signal Codes
The mechanics of baseball catcher signals are examined, specifically how catchers communicate pitch types to pitchers while attempting to hide them from the opposing team. Recent sign-stealing scandals are referenced, including the use of binoculars from scoreboards and banging on trash cans to alert batters. The complexity of signal coding, such as using multiple thigh taps to designate which signal is live, is highlighted as a necessary countermeasure against unsportsmanlike behavior.
baseball· sign stealing· catcher signals· mlb· sportsmanship
00:00 She can't stand John's voice. Whaaaaat? Adam Curry, John C. DeVora Sunday October 3rd 2021 this is your award-winning Gitmo Nation Media Assassination Episode 1387 This is no agenda Proud member of the 30% and broadcasting live from the heart of Texas Hill Country here in FEMA Region number 6, In The Morning everybody. I'm Adam Curry And from Northern Silicon Valley where we're all saying go Giants today's the day! I'm John C. Dvorak. Or the playoffs first. It's the end of the season, they're going to have a playoffs we want them to win that National League Championship and beat the Dodgers for that and then Dodgers have to go to the wild card game against St Louis team which could be anybody yeah I watched it little bit last night watch it let me ask you question so when when the when the batter is up and then the catcher is signaling to the pitcher
01:10 Yeah. Alright, and he's signaling so this is the big secret for those of you who've never watched this or if you watch cricket. He's not just relieving himself from an itch, the catcher is there signalling to the pitcher which ball he thinks what type of pitch would be good So since I'm at home on television, I'm clearly seeing the signals. Isn't there someone from like the other team who's sitting there watching the monitor and going all right here comes a fastball he just signaled it? Yeah they do that fact that was a scandal recently when they would bang on the...
01:48 Oh, that's right. Yeah! That was the... oh okay. But they do that all the time. They have guys sometimes will have a guy out in the scoreboard in the middle of the field with binoculars and they check the signals. There are two issues one is to get it to the uh…to get the information to the batters not that easy and especially placement because they move the mitt around where they want the ball to be thrown, and the pitcher should be able to throw it there. And the other problem is that if they suspect this is going on then the catcher will have fake signals My goodness, who knew? So intricate. And so they'll tap themselves like maybe three times on the left thigh and which means that third signal will be the signal they want or if they tap it three times it might mean that the second signal is... It's coded yes for trying to do that. I mean why wouldn't you? Yeah just hit me all of a sudden. It's always scandalous though when somebody does it. Well of course, it's unsportsmanlike! And sometimes also when there's a guy on second base
02:53 You can clearly see the catcher signal right he'll be messaging the second base player will always will have signals that he'll send to the batter and He can do it, and you know scratch his cheek or something means a guy's gonna throw a fastball But then that's when they really go into the codes And there sometimes the catcher will come out to the mound and say we're gonna Do this and I give him like five pitches in a row and then whatever the signals are. They just bullcrap Got it Now you know. The more you know, the more you know I've uh...I've trashed the TASCAM What? I trashed the TASCAM Just now? No! Uh yesterday
