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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 16 Jan 2020

      1. Baseball has to come down hard enough on the sign-stealing thing to ensure everyone gets the message that rules will be enforced. If you don't enforce rules, you don't actually have rules.

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    2. Sean‏ @angry_blue_dot 16 Jan 2020
      Replying to @baseballcrank

      I get the penalties because it’s the rules, but does anyone else think it’s stupid that baseball allows sign stealing, but you can’t use tech to do it? Either it’s wrong to steal signs or it’s not. They basically say “it’s ok to cheat, as long as you use 19th Cen. methods.”

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      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 16 Jan 2020
      Replying to @angry_blue_dot

      Same reason there's no aluminum bats.

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        2. Sean‏ @angry_blue_dot 16 Jan 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank

          I actually get that though. That can be a safety issue. Aluminum bats allow the ball to fly faster, which can be dangerous for the pitcher. Stealing signs is ok, but not if done in a certain way. This is like allowing a spitball, but not a vaseline ball.

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        3. Sleve McDichael ︽✵︽‏ @RexDart1 16 Jan 2020
          Replying to @angry_blue_dot @baseballcrank

          Runner-on-second sign stealing isn't cheating, it's more like a poker player reading a tell. But a poker player using an elaborate setup of secret cameras and mirrors to read the cards is cheating.

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        1. Grant Bosse‏ @grantbosse 16 Jan 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @angry_blue_dot

          It’s absurd pearl clutching. 60 day suspensions would have been fine. And then repeal the rule. Make teams switch up their signs. Give them all Bluetooth. I don’t care.

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        1. Bill Donnelly‏ @wildbillnj1975 16 Jan 2020
          Replying to @baseballcrank @angry_blue_dot

          The difference is that the competition should be primarily among the players on the field - 9 vs 9. If the runner can pick up the signs and relay them to the batter, it's perfectly fair. And equally available to both teams. Buzzers & binoculars aren't.

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