AL East Thread

[bksballer89]

ACE

 

[bksballer89]

 

[navamind]

no-hit thru 8

Lmfao

 

[navamind]

Walk off HR to a washed up Kiermaier

 

[chappee11]

It seemed that he was heading this way. It sucks. He was one of few bright spots on that team.

 

[navamind]

 

[cerealboi]

Walk off HR to a washed up Kiermaier

So happy I missed this game.

 

[704Tarheels]

Well he's getting plunked by a beer with a hot dog in it today

 

[navamind]

Fire Fatse already

 

[bksballer89]

FInally got a sweep that you guys been looking for @nynasty @Pure Steel

 

[navamind]

just barely missed two home runs. Instead a 1-2-3 inning. Fuck.

 

[navamind]

59 pitches thru 5

absolute garbage

 

[navamind]

Sox tie it in the 8th, only to give up a Bichette grand slam

 

[chappee11]

 

[nynasty]

The infamous "Yankee letter" has been leaked, allegedly, according to SNY:

• The letter does not implicate the Yankees in a sign-stealing scheme similar to the one for which the Houston Astros were punished, when batters received the signs in real time without the help of a runner on second base.

• It does reveal -- as SNY has previously reported it would -- that the Yanks used the video replay room in 2015 and 2016 to decode sign sequences and pass them to a runner on second base, who would then relay them to the batter.
• For that, the Yankees received a fine of $100,000, a previously unreported amount.
• The letter clears the Yankees of using YES Network cameras to steal signs, which the Red Sox alleged.
• The letter does not accuse the Yankees of sign-stealing after the crucial date of September 15, 2017, when Manfred announced that from that day forward electronic sign stealing would be subject to more severe punishments. In fact, the letter does not accuse the team of stealing signs at any point during the 2017 season.

The Astros and Red Sox were later punished for real time, electronic sign stealing after 9/15/17. Boston relayed sign sequences to runners on second base during the 2018 season, when they won the World Series. Houston, according to sources with direct knowledge, participated in real-time electronic sign stealing with no runners on base during the 2017 World Series, which they won.

 

[nynasty]

The actual letter, allegedly:

Dear Brian:

On August 23, 2017, the New York Yankees filed a formal complaint and requested that the Office of the Commissioner "conduct a full and complete investigation concerning the illegal use of electronic equipment, in game, by the Boston Red Sox in order to steal signs and gain an illegal advantage in the game." As a result of the Yankees complaint, I directed the Department of Investigations to interview a number of employees of the Red Sox and the Yankees in connection with this matter. Based on the information we received, I have concluded that the Red Sox violated On-Field Regulation 1-2.A by using electronic equipment for the purpose of stealing signs or conveying information designed to give a Club an advantage." I will address this violation of the On-Field Regulations directly with the Red Sox.

During our investigation into the Red Sox's misconduct, [Redacted] informed the Department of Investigations that the Yankees used a similar scheme to that of the Red Sox to decode opposing Clubs' signs and relay them to the batter when a runner was on second base. [Redacted] -- who initially noticed that the Red Sox were using a smartwatch to pass information to their players --.admitted to the Department of Investigations that during the 2015 season and the first half of the 2016 season, [Redacted], provided information about opposing Club's signs to players and members of the coaching staff in the replay room at Yankee Stadium, who then physically relayed the information to the Yankees' dugout. [Redacted]. also admitted that during that same time period, in certain stadiums on the road where the video room was not proximate to the dugout, used the phone line in the replay room to orally provide real-time information about opposing Club's signs to Yankee coaches on the bench.

[....]

The Yankees' use of the dugout phone to relay information about an opposing Club's signs during the 2015 season, and part of the 2016 season, constitutes a material violation of the Replay Review Regulations. By using the phone in the video review room to instantaneously transmit information regarding signs to the dugout in violation of the Regulations, the Yankees were able to provide real-time information to their players regarding an opposing Club's sign sequence - the same objective of the Red Sox's scheme that was the subject of the Yankees' complaint.

Based on the foregoing, the Yankees are hereby fined $100,000. Please send a check in that amount, made payable to Major League Baseball Charities, to my attention. The money will be used for Hurricane Irma relief.

 

[nynasty]

It is more than a little ironic that this all stemmed from a Yankee complaint against Boston.

 

[chappee11]

The infamous "Yankee letter" has been leaked, allegedly, according to SNY:

• The letter does not implicate the Yankees in a sign-stealing scheme similar to the one for which the Houston Astros were punished, when batters received the signs in real time without the help of a runner on second base.
• It does reveal -- as SNY has previously reported it would -- that the Yanks used the video replay room in 2015 and 2016 to decode sign sequences and pass them to a runner on second base, who would then relay them to the batter.
• For that, the Yankees received a fine of $100,000, a previously unreported amount.
• The letter clears the Yankees of using YES Network cameras to steal signs, which the Red Sox alleged.
• The letter does not accuse the Yankees of sign-stealing after the crucial date of September 15, 2017, when Manfred announced that from that day forward electronic sign stealing would be subject to more severe punishments. In fact, the letter does not accuse the team of stealing signs at any point during the 2017 season.

The Astros and Red Sox were later punished for real time, electronic sign stealing after 9/15/17. Boston relayed sign sequences to runners on second base during the 2018 season, when they won the World Series. Houston, according to sources with direct knowledge, participated in real-time electronic sign stealing with no runners on base during the 2017 World Series, which they won.

So the Yankees were stealing signs in 2015 & 2016, but just stopped in 2017? Hmmm.

 

[nynasty]

So the Yankees were stealing signs in 2015 & 2016, but just stopped in 2017? Hmmm.

That's the fact, Jack!

 

[nynasty]

So, in short, after a ton of build up