Red Sox Stole Yankees' Signs Using Apple Watches: Report

Welcome to the future of the Yankees-Sox rivalry. According to a New York Times report, MLB investigators found the Red Sox are on the cutting edge of spying, using an Apple Watch to steal hand signals from the Yanks and other organizations and relaying them to hitters.

Brian Cashman, the Yankees' general manager, filed a complaint with the commissioner's office in August based on video the team shot of the Red Sox during a series in Boston that month, the Times reported. The video purportedly showed a member of the Sox training staff in the dugout looking at his Apple Watch and conveying a message to batters, who may have been able to determine what pitch was about to be thrown, sources told the Times.

Tape used by the commissioner's office for instant replay and broadcasts backed the Yanks' claims, investigators found. According to the Times, the Sox reportedly admitted to a weeks-long plot that involved receiving signs from video replay personnel and sending the information to some players.

Watch: Red Sox Reportedly Stole Yankees' Signs With Help Of An Apple Watch

Sox manager John Farrell was short on words when confronted with questions at an afternoon press conference, but President of Baseball Operations Dave Dombrowski essentially laughed off the accusation. Dombrowski said he doesn't believe sign-stealing, which has gone on for about as long as baseball has been around, is necessarily wrong.

But it's not over yet.

The Sox filed a complaint of their own with the league on Tuesday, alleging a camera operated by YES, the Yankees' television network, is used specifically to steal signals during games.

>>>Read the full report from the New York Times.

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