(01-16-2020, 04:07 PM)The Real Marty Wrote:

(01-16-2020, 12:02 PM)Rico Wrote: You're not watching then.  The catchers uses multiple signs many times.  Especially with someone on base.  There will be a 'key' or, as you alluded to, a certain sign in the sequence is the valid one.

But if you are watching on camera you don't think it is easy to detect what the 'real' sign is after watching the pitches?

So, my question is, can they or can they not prevent sign stealing from a center field camera?   My point was, it ought to be pretty easy to defeat sign stealing of that nature.

That's exactly what I am saying.  If they are using some sort of key, it is going to get detected by watching the signals and the pitches that are thrown after said signal.  I suppose you could change your key from inning to inning, but that would get incredibly confusing.  Even if you do, it's going to get detected by the guys watching the video.

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