Boston Red Sox Used Apple Watch to Illicitly Steal Hand Signals From Opposing Teams [Updated]

[Tech198]

Baseball and Apple tech? I smell a Sorkin screenplay in the works…

I'm not sure if baseball and Apple watch should be used together.... Sounds like a dangerous mix.

 

[macduke]

What is up with Boston?

 

[Rogifan]

AW is having its iPhone moment.


[doublepost=1504647541][/doublepost]You're missing something. Cell phones are banned during play.

If cell phones are banned how are they sending communications via Apple Watch?

 

[nexesnex]

Again with New England and getting caught! Man.

 

[LordVic]

If cell phones are banned how are they sending communications via Apple Watch?

likely wifi.

once your phone has seen a WiFi access point and signed in. your watch will automatically log into that WiFi access point on it's own even without the phone nearby. Allowing for WiFi use of many of the functions.

 

[Gasu E.]

Cheating at baseball would be so much harder with Samsung products.

 

[lowendlinux]

At least they're cheating with some flair

 

[RogerWilco]

Say it ain't so, Tim.

 

[Gasu E.]

The irony... coming from the Yanks.

Revenge is sweet. Even sweeter when accompanied by a nice whine.

 

[Westside guy]

I thought you were allowed to steal in baseball.

Yup. It's just crying that's not allowed.

 

[Gasu E.]

And this

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And after the Sox complaining about THAT-- why would you expect the Yankees not to turn the tables.

 

[Westside guy]

Cheating at baseball would be so much harder with Samsung products.

Given most dugout contain wooden benches, using a Samsung product might be asking for trouble.

 

[serialiphoneuser]

#Soxgate

 

[dannyyankou]

And this

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And this

 

[Urban Joe]

I hope Cook issues a memo

I hope he doesn't fire off a memo here. And, with the implications of this, he will probably have to pass even an “uh hum” past the legal dept.

 

[jz1492]

Maybe I'm missing something, but this sounds like the "used an Apple Watch to steal signs" portion of this story could be summarized as "the people stealing signs sent a text message to a person in the dugout. That person happened to be wearing an Apple Watch".

Clickbait headline, much?

While an Apple Watch was not in any way necessary in making the steal possible, it could certainly be instrumental in making it IMPOSSIBLE, if only catcher and pitcher were allowed to privately communicate on them.

 

[Blu Reel]

Finally, a reason to buy my first Apple watch!

 

[C Jackson]

They seem to do well developing cheaters up in that area

 

[technopimp]

I know it's played-out to cry "first world problems", but...

The fact that I could not possibly care less about the monumental waste of time and resources that are major league sports notwithstanding, I dare say there are other, larger issues in the world these days than if a sportsing team cheated at sportsing with their Apple toys.

 

[Sevendaymelee]

Ban all electronic devices during game time. Ban them from the dugouts, club houses, players etc. If someone gets caught with one, it's a one year ban.

Problem solved.

 

[veritas238]

"If you're not trying to cheat, you're not trying to win."
- Bill Belichick

 

[s1m]

I know it's played-out to cry "first world problems", but...

The fact that I could not possibly care less about the monumental waste of time and resources that are major league sports notwithstanding, I dare say there are other, larger issues in the world these days than if a sportsing team cheated at sportsing with their Apple toys.

Given the Billions of $ involved in professional sports, cheating is quite a big deal. It is not much different than the Maddoff Ponzi scheme - theft is theft.

 

[Cosmosent]

Tim Cook visiting Fenway Park in June​

Hey Apple, how do you like them Apples ???

 

[dontworry]

How exactly is Tim Cook stealing jobs from Americans?

just a little humor, everybody is so serious about Tim lately.

 

[Larry-K]

So, it is good for something after all.