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Why using technology is a foul way to cheat in baseball

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Did the Red Sox go too far in using technology to steal Yankee signs?

The Boston Red Sox are accused of using technology to record and decode the signals between New York Yankees’ pitchers and catchers in order to use that information to their advantage in the middle of the game. William Brangham is joined by journalist Joshua Prager to discuss the history of sign-stealing in baseball and whether this strategy clashes with the rules of the game.

09/06/2017

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