http://www.si.com/mlb/2015/06/16/cardinals-astros-hacking
One hundred and 15 years ago, the Philadelphia Phillies stole information—in the form of signs from the opposing catcher—by running an underground wire from the their clubhouse in centerfield to a buzzer in the ground in the third-base coaching box, where one of their coaches could feel it vibrate underfoot. The 1951 Giants stole information with a spyglass. The 1960 White Sox used binoculars. Pedro Martinez wrote in his recent book that the 2003 Red Sox feared the Yankees had bugged the visitors’ clubhouse at Yankee Stadium.
Now baseball’s long tradition of the Dark Arts of stealing information officially has entered the cyber age, with a New York Times report that the Cardinals are under FBI investigation for hacking into the propriety information system of the Astros, which has the code name Ground Control.
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Anything for an edge, I suppose.
One hundred and 15 years ago, the Philadelphia Phillies stole information—in the form of signs from the opposing catcher—by running an underground wire from the their clubhouse in centerfield to a buzzer in the ground in the third-base coaching box, where one of their coaches could feel it vibrate underfoot. The 1951 Giants stole information with a spyglass. The 1960 White Sox used binoculars. Pedro Martinez wrote in his recent book that the 2003 Red Sox feared the Yankees had bugged the visitors’ clubhouse at Yankee Stadium.
Now baseball’s long tradition of the Dark Arts of stealing information officially has entered the cyber age, with a New York Times report that the Cardinals are under FBI investigation for hacking into the propriety information system of the Astros, which has the code name Ground Control.
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Anything for an edge, I suppose.
