Friday, April 18, 2008
Philly Spygate?
NY Daily News:
"Before the Bill Belichick SpyGate scandal, the Mets had their own concerns about stolen signals via camera. They believed the Phillies were relaying signs from a center field camera to a video room adjacent to the dugout last season. A coach in the dugout, who had a buzzer in his pocket, would supposedly shout a code to the batter to signal what pitch was coming. MLB took the Mets' complaint seriously enough to send Bob Watson to Citizens Bank Park on Aug. 30 to investigate, but the MLB discipline czar didn't uncover evidence.
Randolph confirmed the Mets would be on guard during this weekend's three-game series in Philly, but surmised that last year's attention probably has resulted in an end to any questionable tactics."
...It wouldn't surprise me if they did, but does anyone think that the Mets and other teams do not do this themselves? If the Mets had one last year they probably wouldn't have complained about this, but peaking isn't why the Phillies won. Keith Hernandez said this season he would sometimes peak at the catcher and what is the difference between peaking yourself or having a camera peak for you? I guess we should go with the innocent until proven guilty thing here so I'll take it easy on the Phills until this is 100% proven.
