For as long as baseball has been a pastime, players and coaches have been using signs to send one another secret messages about what to expect or what to do. For almost as long, members of the opposing teams have been working to steal those signs and uncover the secrets. Major League Baseball (MLB), the professional sports league, has developed rules to limit sign stealing. But teams don’t always follow those rules. In 2022, MLB allowed for the use of PitchCom, a new technology that might make sign stealing almost impossible.
When the Shortstop Gets Fidgety
If you watch a baseball game, you might see a lot of caps being adjusted, bellies touched, or ears tugged. Those little movements are often secret messages to fellow team members. Infielders signal one
