A sign-stealing segment Joe Girardi did on MLB Network has now resurfaced and raising questions about why the New York Yankees aren’t under investigation.
Social media has been abuzz about this suspicious video that shows the former New York Yankees manager describes how the Bronx Bombers delivered stolen signs to batters in his time with the team.
“I was part of a system where [the signs] came from upstairs, to someone in the dugout, to the guy at second base,” Joe Girardi said before fumbling with his words.
To be very clear, this is nothing like the trash banging system the Houston Astros used to relay signs to hitters, but stealing is stealing. That video implicates the Yanks in a scheme that involved a live video feed from somewhere “upstairs.”
Will Major League Baseball actually look into this? You can fully expect nothing to happen.
A small market team like the Astros taking all the heat is what the league would prefer. A cheating scandal involving the cash cow Yankees would hurt tremendously.
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Earlier this week, Girardi, who is now the manager of the Phillies, appeared ESPN’s Golic and Wingo radio show and said Manfred’s discipline to the Astros is “not a huge deterrent for the players.”
“There are some people that lost their jobs that really were the people that had to pay for it, but there were a lot more people involved,” Girardi said. “The financial gain for the players is substantial if they have big seasons because of this, so if there’s no punishment for them, I’m not sure that it stops. I’m really not sure. Because the financial gain, similar to the steroid era, is very similar. If you know it’s coming and you have a big year and you’re a free agent, there’s a lot (of money) to be made there and players want to take care of their families.
“I’m not exactly sure what the right answer is, but I don’t know how much of a deterrent it is for players right now. There’s not a huge deterrent for the players and I think there has to be to make sure that it stops.”
