Think about it: the NFL, NBA and NHL all have instituted changes in recent years to shorten delays, making the games faster, more entertaining. Meanwhile baseball can’t even get the pitchers to throw the ball. If pitchers like Price and Justin Verlander are going to give Manfred the finger when he talks about a pitch clock, what chance does the commissioner possibly have of getting the positional players to stop stealing signs?
The 2018 banner on the press box isn't coming down and the parade down Boylston Street still happened, but there's no doubt the Alex Cora experience has come with a price, writes Matt McCarthy.
Obviously, there’s a lot to address here, particularly as the Red Sox look to shed payroll under a first-time general manager who must think he just bought a ticket on the Hindenburg. David Price is chronically unhappy. Mookie Betts probably wants out. Your $80 million starting rotation remains an unknown and your manager is in the eye of a historic cheating scandal.
Let’s make something clear here: organizational penalties are great and all, but they’re impersonal. The penalties always mean a little more when someone specific is paying the price. This brings us to Hinch and, more specifically, Cora, who is now starting to look downright devious.
Major League Baseball has already released a statement on the accusations of sign-stealing against the Red Sox. Now, the Red Sox themselves have released a statement.
The Boston Red Sox have been accused of illegally using the video replay room to learn opposing teams' signals during their World Series-winning 2018 season.
