Joe Mauer Stealing Signs (YouTube)

[Jeff]

Not technically cheating. And fascinating to watch.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/HhWYrmcSDAU" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/HhWYrmcSDAU</a>

[Poop Fresh-Herbed Pickles]

It's ridiculous to me that anyone would consider stealing signs "cheating" (unless you're using cameras to do it).

It's right there for a guy standing on second base to see so what's the problem?.  The hitter could look down himself, but the catcher would probably just change the sign when he wasn't looking.

Joe Mauer is one of the best players in the world and this is just a good example why.


Anyway, cheating is a timeless element of baseball's appeal.  Doctoring the ball, corking bats, now steroids.  It's all part of the fun.

One of my favorite Indians memories is when the White Sox confiscated Albert Belle's corked bat.  Jason Grimsley climbed through the ceiling into the unpire's locker room to switch the confiscated bat with a non-corked bat...The problem was that all of Belle's bats were corked, so he had to replace it with a bat that looked nothing like Albert's.

Of course Grimsley also got caught doing steroids years later.  Good times.

[bebopbalogna]

not sure why i just saw this. (maybe because i never check the jock itch isles?)  but just wanted to say...FSU recruited/signed Joe Mauer as a QB in 2001.  he was the top rated high school QB in the nation at the time.  he then decided to forego college/football and instead play baseball for the twins. so FSU was forced to start redshirt freshman chris rix in his place.  and my beloved seminoles have been mediocre to shitty ever since.  fuck you, joe mauer.