The Philadelphia Phillies have recently been accused of stealing signs by having their bullpen coach use binoculars. Now I have no idea why this story even came out because there is absolutely no way to prove this unless someone in the Phillies bullpen comes out and says that's what the coach was doing, which is never happen. All anybody can prove is that he was seen using binoculars. The bullpen is quite far away from the diamond so binoculars could have been used for various reasons such as he wanted to get a better view of the game or he was trying to see the signs of his own team from the bullpen. Stealing the opponent's signs is also a possibility, but again no one is going to know what the real use of the binoculars were. The opposing teams will always say they used them for an unfair advantage and the accused team will always say they didn't, whether they actually did or not. The only proof is this story is the video evidence of him using the binoculars, and that isn't going to do squat for accusations or defenses. A story like this makes you wonder if the media is having a hard time gathering stories to publish. I mean all this accusations is one says one thing and the other says the opposite; it isn't going anywhere. The MLB could investigate the matter, but are they really going to find out? Nothing. They can only find out exactly what the everyone already knows, that binoculars were used from the bullpen during a game and there's video evidence to show it. It's similar to the NFL case involving the New England Patriots stealing signs, but there was more concrete evidence in that case since the Patriots were actually filming things.
Another story that completely shocked me was the one in which Ken Griffey Jr. was sleeping in the clubhouse during a game. There was no concrete evidence that he was sleeping besides two anonymous players saying so. This evidence is worthless though since Manager Don Wakamatsu and Griffey himself denied the story. Again another story of they said something and others say the opposite. This story might as well been published by a Griffey hater because it has no legs to stand on. The only problem is it was first reported by a local newspaper; one that should marvel at Griffey, not publicly embarrass him. The newspaper recently said the story was published accidentally, but I don't buy that. How does a newspaper accidentally publish a story? I mean is it so crappy that they forgot to look through before it went to publishing? I guess that could be a possibility. I find this story to be embarrassing not only to baseball but to all sports. The media has sunk so far that they are now willing to publicly embarrass players, in this case a legendary player.
These two story based on pointless accusations are not needed in the sports world today. The sports world has enough problems already with steroids and players being irresponsible off the field. If the sports world had no other problems, then yes these stories might be published just to spice things up, but again the sports world is no wheres near perfect. Every time you turn around a player is in trouble somehow. These pointless stories doing nothing but disgrace the sports world and they need to stop. Every reporter out there needs to think more about the industry as a whole and less about finding the next big story. The big story will never come if you continue to taint the industry with stories about pointless accusations.
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