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Reply to ""The Astros stole signs electronically in 2017""

greatgame posted:

Am I the only person who thinks if you signs are stolen, you did not do a good job trying to disguise them and it's you own fault. I do think using cameras is a little over the top but only because it gives the home team an advantage. When I was coaching my signs never changed, my indicator did. I changed it every game, sometimes during the game. 

I had a player who quit our team and went to a local rival. The player told me his new coaches asked about our signs. He told me he gave them every sign we had. Then he told them that the only reason he gave up the signs was because I always said that my signs never change and I don't care who knows them. then he told them they will never figure what's being called because I change the indicator all the time.

To me if your signs are being stolen the weren't very creative and or disguise enough and that is your fault.

If they used machine learning in combination with image recognition technologies they can easily decode a sign system.

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