Okay first of all i read the whole article and still didnt undertsand what sign stealing was cause it never really explained it but also why is it not allowed? In waterpolo or volleyball(two sports i have played on high enough level to know) its just called having a shitty system of communicating. You need to account for your opponents stufying your plays and often, especially so in waterpolo, there will be a player on the opposing team that will understand your language even if youre from different countries. It seems like such an arbitrary rule.
Because in normal play it’s very hard or impossible to do. The batter is facing away from the catcher, who is the one signaling. Now that there are more high-tech ways to do it (telephoto lens cameras, ways to communicate things to the batter, etc) it’s just become a much bigger problem. A properly hidden signal would be visible to 2nd and maybe 1st/3rd bases, and the players there would have a harder time seeing and communicating signals. Nowadays, someone with a high-powered camera and a radio in the bleachers behind center field can see and relay things to team members and coaches with extreme ease. And past success doing it has only emboldened people
Okay first of all i read the whole article and still didnt undertsand what sign stealing was cause it never really explained it but also why is it not allowed? In waterpolo or volleyball(two sports i have played on high enough level to know) its just called having a shitty system of communicating. You need to account for your opponents stufying your plays and often, especially so in waterpolo, there will be a player on the opposing team that will understand your language even if youre from different countries. It seems like such an arbitrary rule.
Because in normal play it’s very hard or impossible to do. The batter is facing away from the catcher, who is the one signaling. Now that there are more high-tech ways to do it (telephoto lens cameras, ways to communicate things to the batter, etc) it’s just become a much bigger problem. A properly hidden signal would be visible to 2nd and maybe 1st/3rd bases, and the players there would have a harder time seeing and communicating signals. Nowadays, someone with a high-powered camera and a radio in the bleachers behind center field can see and relay things to team members and coaches with extreme ease. And past success doing it has only emboldened people