Posted on 04/03/2011 8:30:53 AM PDT by Realman30
NEW YORK (AP)—The New York Yankees say they are finished flashing hand signals from the stands—at least for now.
General manager Brian Cashman confirmed that the team received a call Saturday from the commissioner’s office inquiring about a club employee relaying information to players after each pitch on opening day.
The Daily News reported Saturday that broadcaster Keith Olbermann, a New York season-ticket holder, put a photo on Twitter of Brett Weber, a Yankees baseball operations coaching assistant, holding up four fingers toward the field during Thursday’s game against the Detroit Tigers.
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I’m waiting for the players to start wearing micro sized receivers in their ears....kinda like the ones Jack Bauer uses.
I agree. It is not easy to play blindfolded, but how many teams will be willing to play blindfolded.
Bingo.
“They haven’t but I tend to agree they should come from the field or dugout. Kinda hard to enforce though.”
Decades back guys in centerfield used glasses to try to get the catcher’s signals to the pitcher.
I think he was just a fan of the four horsemen
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New York...maybe he was trying to signal 1/2 of the “VanBuren Boys”, or a new gang called the “Madison Boys” has been formed.
Actually Roger Angell’s Boys of Summer comes to mind:
“Rooting for the Yankees was like rooting for U.S. Steel.”
I took that to mean that the Yanks were the rich people’s team, and that the Brooklyn Dodgers and NY Giants were the commoners’ team.
Binoculars? Try a telescope. Stealing signals that way is such a New York kind of thing. How do you think the '51 NY Giants overcame that 13-1/2 game deficit, and just how did Bobby Thompson knew what pitch was coming before he hit the Shot Heard 'Round The World.
At least that's what Willie Mays, Monte Irvin, Bobby Thompson and other living members of the team said when interviewed in 2001.
Keith Olbermann, a New York season-ticket holder, put a photo on Twitter of Brett Weber, a Yankees baseball operations coaching assistant, holding up four fingers toward the field during Thursday's game against the Detroit Tigers.
Personally I like to see the Tigers to get off to a slow start. Their best seasons seem to grow out of slow starts.
They picked up their game on Sunday with the 10-7 win. Brennan Bosch helped with 4 hits 4 RBIs and 4 runs. The two HRs of Cabrerra didn’t hurt much either.
The Yankees are seen as spectacular but when you look at their record against the Tigers over the last few years they’re pretty even.
CC I never like to see the Tigers lose. As for your thesis, I have one thing to say: 1984, 35-5, World Series Champs. 35-5 was not a slow start.
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