NEW YORK: Three-time World Series champion manager Tony La Russa used a camera-aided system to steal signs from opposing Major League Baseball teams in the late 1980s, retired star Jack McDowell claimed Friday (Saturday in Manila). McDowell told Charlotte radio station WFNZ that the Chicago White Sox had a system established by La Russa that could steal signs from rivals set up at Comiskey Park, the team’s home ballpark. McDowell never played under La Russa when he managed the White Sox, the club firing La Russa during the 1986 campaign before McDowell arrived late in the 1987 season. “Tony La Russa is the one who put it in… He’s still in the game making half a million (dollars), you know? MLB imposed one-year bans on Astros manager A.J.

Source: Manila Times January 19, 2020 03:03 UTC