Comments on: Joe Mauer Will Do Anything To Win, Including Cheating?

By: Calling wolf

Calling wolf — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 17:15:29 +0000

Most of these people saying it's cheating have to be women..

I guess using your power of observation and deduction is now cheating..

By: it'salrightma

it'salrightma — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:13:29 +0000

It's a huge part of the game and it always has been.

By: jack

jack — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 14:58:34 +0000

FIRST OF ALL.. if he was or not tipping signs to jason its fair game especially in this heated series.—– definatley not cheating!! ever!

SECOND.. joe has ben grabbing his helmet like that since i can remember. he wasnt tipping pitches.–if he was he would be beaned next ab or next day…. and before that Laird would have switched it up. not just touches.

THIRD.. Laird switched the signs on the 0-1 pitch. if joe was picking Laird up he wouldnt have tagged. CONGRATS ur an idiot!!

LASTLY.. stay on you damn couch instead of posting this crap on the most humble and great baseball player and person for that matter in MLB. this is a great man and theres nothing else to it!

By: John

John — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 11:25:11 +0000

Stealing signs…is like pretending your handy-capped to win the special Olympics

By: Brad

Brad — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:22:19 +0000

The purpose of signs is to keep what is going on hidden to the other team. If you can't keep what's going on hidden with your signs, then you're not doing a good job. It's not cheating at all. That's a careless catcher who should know that there is another team's catcher on 2nd and he WILL be watching the signs and giving them to his teammate. Just change the signs up.

By: G

Fri, 02 Oct 2009 08:57:31 +0000

Mauer touches his helmet all the time, regardless of situation. He does this when he's at the plate. But then, he's probably tipping pitches to himself.

Great work, couch jockey.

By: TC

TC — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:55:46 +0000

Number 1, HS & American Legion teams change the catcher's signals with a man on 2b as a normal action. They also hide the fingers so base coaches cannot see them. Number 2, big league catchers wait to set a target until the last possible moment as well as a using finger & hand signal combinations. WHY? Because they expect the opposition to try to steal them. It is part of the game. —- Just like picking up a steal sign. TV announcers need something to talk about during long games.

By: Jacky Chan

Jacky Chan — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 07:32:28 +0000

To hit Verlander 98 MPH fastball you aint taking your eye off him to look over to 2nd base. Full focus to hit that ball.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:41:20 +0000

First to Bob, uh, yeah there is an advantage to being on third instead of second, namely you can score on a wild pitch or passed ball. Because of this, it also forces the pitcher to worry about bouncing a breaking ball, making it more likely he'll inadvertently leave one out over the plate. The point of stealing signs isn't to always try and have someone at 2nd to help the batter, the point is that when the situation presents itself, you take advantage.

And, oh yes, this isn't cheating.

By: PB

PB — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:05:41 +0000

There's no way someone would try to steal signs so blatantly as this. It's a great way to have you or your teammates hit by a couple of those 99MPH fastballs.