Effectively Wild Episode 1456: Sign Language

Ben Lindbergh and Sam Miller banter about the latest linguistic crimes by Scott Boras, then discuss the Astros sign-sealing scandal, touching on Mike Fiers’ role in the revelations, whether sign-stealing actually benefited the Astros, the immorality of sign-stealing, what the Astros’ punishment should be, the history of sign-stealing, whether the Astros sign-stealers acted alone, whether other teams are stealing signs in a similar way, what MLB can do to prevent electronic sign-stealing, the future of pitch-calling, moral hypotheticals, the implications for Carlos Beltrán and Alex Cora , and more, plus a Stat Blast about close MVP races. Audio intro : Eric Clapton (with Bob Dylan), " Sign Language " Audio outro : Moe Bandy (with Janie Fricke), " It’s a Cheating Situation " Link to The Athletic’ s report on Astros sign-stealing Link to 2018 Passan report Link to story on 2017 sign-stealing scandals Link to BP article on 2019 Astros sign-stealing examples Link to Jomboy breakdown of Astros sign-stealing Link to story on Nationals’ plan to counteract sign-stealing Link to report about Beltrán’s role Link to story about Beltrán’s denial Link to story about Cray supercomputer Link to order The MVP Machine iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!) Sponsor Us on Patreon Facebook Group Effectively Wild Wiki Twitter Account Get Our Merch! Email Us: podcast@fangraphs.com var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source