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Too bad you'll be missing a lot of the game experience this way, like the roar of the crowd and the banging of trashcans.
by sdca 7y ago
Too bad you'll be missing a lot of the game experience this way, like the roar of the crowd and the banging of trashcans.
- oplav 7y agoFor those out of the loop, the Houston Astros have been accused of stealing signs between the pitcher and catcher by banging on a trash can in the dugout using a camera placed in center field. https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/mlb/2019/11/12/20961911/houston-astros-sign-stealing-cameras-mlb https://www.sbnation.com/platform/amp/mlb/2019/11/12/2096191...
- remarkEon 7y agoThere's more to it than just sign stealing. The Astros were the team that, allegedly, made "Moneyball" work well enough to win the Last Game of The Season. That they've been accused of stealing signs is a stain on that legacy. [1] https://www.si.com/longform/astros/index.html https://www.si.com/longform/astros/index.html [2] https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/10/24/houston-astros-sports-illustrated-world-series-prediction https://www.si.com/mlb/2017/10/24/houston-astros-sports-illu...
- Scoundreller 7y agoWhenever I'm asked how I managed to do something and want to keep it mysterious, I always plead ignorance and say that Machine Learning told me to do it.
- LandR 7y agoSo the guy catching the ball tells the guy throwing the ball how to throw the ball? And the other team is seeing what he's telling the thrower, and then signalling that to the batter so he knows how the ball is going to be thrown? And this is disallowed ? yet stealing bases is allowed? There is a lot more going on in baseball than I thought!
- votepaunchy 7y ago> So the guy catching the ball tells the guy throwing the ball how to throw the ball? Not quite. The catcher benefits from knowing the type of pitch in order to actually catch the ball, but only signals pitch options which are accepted or rejected by the pitcher. They can also huddle if signs are being stolen, but this of course takes much longer (hence the prohibition on sign stealing).
- LandR 7y agoSorry, not American but this seems an interesting aspect of a sport I know nothing about! Is this done because the catcher might know the batter is worse at hitting pitch type X, but is better at pitch type Y, so signals to the pitcher to throw an X? But the pitcher might think he can't throw a good X right now (for whatever reason), and instead will throw a Z ? And the pitcher and catcher need to somehow secretly agree on what's being thrown? Does it ever happen that the catcher fails to catch it? It seems he has a pretty small window that he needs to catch it in, but then I guess sometimes these pitches are crazy fast and can't have much time to react.
- KevinEldon 7y agoYes, the catcher does miss the ball occasionally. It's common for the pitches to be 90 MPH or higher. I've seen them as high as 104 MPH. The ball will also move; it's not always thrown in a straight line. Some times it cuts across the plate, other times it can drop as it crosses the plate. If the catcher knows where to expect the ball they have a higher probability of catching it.
- cityroasted 7y agoA small correction, stealing signs is not disallowed, and pitchers and catchers will have different sets of signs they use when there is a runner on second base. What is disallowed is the use of technology to steal signs, the camera in center field going to the TV behind the dugout
- cityroasted 7y ago
- TeMPOraL 7y agoThere should be a dB indicator telling you how noisy the crowd is.