00:00Sean McAdam reminds you today in mass live title of the article opponents are convinced Red Sox are stealing signs their response good
00:09he writes last Saturday with the Red Sox in possession of a 7-3 lead in the seventh inning over the Houston Astros Houston reliever Hector
00:18Neres came to the set proceeded to quite purposely drop the ball on the mound that resulted in a balk being called allowing base runner Trevor
00:26story to advance from second to third Neres then retired the next hitter for the final out of the
00:31inning and this is what everyone remembers by the way I wish Nesson didn't cut off as quickly as they
00:36did for this because it was it was immediate when all this was going down but as the teams are leaving
00:42the field Red Sox third base coach Kyle Hudson said something in jest as he jogged past Neres that
00:49obviously got an angry reaction from him benches come out they get broken up according to a source
00:55McAdam says Hudson said something to the effect of quote thanks for the 90 feet but we didn't have
01:00anything in the way of pitch detection from the Neres grip right there so that was just one of a number
01:08of incidents so far this year that's led to people thinking that the Red Sox are stealing signs Milliken
01:16we now look at it and I kind of liked how Sean McAdam framed this entire conversation here where
01:24the Red Sox are saying good because I do believe they are truly in people's head at this point in
01:28time no question I do think a lot of it comes and people start to freak out because we weren't seeing
01:32a ton of this when the Red Sox weren't playing very good the fact that the offense has been ridiculous
01:35for the most part over the last two months I think the Red Sox are running with the idea that Kyle
01:40Hudson even in that spot was saying thanks for the free 90 feet we didn't even have anything on you
01:45maybe that is the impact here and if the Red Sox are in other teams head like this and partially
01:49it's because of Alex Cora's history keep running with it but to read in there that there's players
01:54now especially the Phillies players who did not say anything after that game when Romy Gonzalez went
01:58deep the one thing I'd point to if you look up Jesus Lizardo and that fan base they were pointing
02:03out him tipping for multiple starts before that Romy Gonzalez hits the grand slam Matt McCarthy made
02:08the post on Twitter that night well you see it in the background slow motion instant replay there of the
02:14uh of the grand slam Ramon Vasquez the high five like we got him like we caught what he was doing
02:19but you look and you see Lizardo has been tipping this is a very big issue for him Chris Bassett
02:24specifically mentioning maybe I'm tipping maybe they're seeing things and you look at Alex Cora who
02:29has this history that Terry Francona has mentioned even when it happened when they played the Reds this
02:33year Cora has noticed that stuff so well even going back to earlier in his career I have a hard time
02:39believing with how much he's apologized and how hard he's been on the subject that he'd be willing to
02:43cross those lines in a significant way again I think 2021 you saw we're blurring the lines a
02:49little bit definitely not to the level where the Astros were where now the Red Sox were going in the
02:52video room and doing that stuff but I think this is great news for the Red Sox because teams are
02:57coming in they're scared something's going on and half the battle is winning it mentally you've already
03:01won it mentally if they're worried on that and they're not worried about the game I compare it to
03:05the Patriots back in the day and again Peyton Manning having conversations in the shower because
03:09everyone's nervous that they're right like if other organizations are psyched out and doing taking
03:13those steps then where is your actual focus to it Milken do you do you read anything into just the
03:19success they've had at Fenway Park though recently it's an interesting thing but we talked the Romy
03:23Gonzalez thing that's in Philadelphia right like that happened out there now the Angels incident the
03:28Chris Bassett incident uh Terry Francona and the Reds that was at Fenway Park right Hector Neris at Fenway
03:33Park but if you're talking about the one time players were really accusing you and it was on the road
03:39you kind of look there and you say well what is it really now my question would be if you're so good
03:43at finding these things and tipping these things where has that been the last couple years I think
03:48that's what many people are going to say where man it feels like so many guys are either leveling up
03:52or playing above their head in a way that you didn't really expect young players having success that
03:56you didn't it's kind of crazy that it's all coming to fruition and you're having all these accusations
04:00at the same time is that just because the Red Sox are good this year in the last couple years they
04:04haven't been as good you know they haven't been 12 games over 500 since 21
04:08maybe um but I think this is a good thing for the Red Sox and even if they are cheating don't get
04:14caught that's how I've always been do what you got to do to win I think it's interesting though too
04:17there was a unnamed Red Sox player in here saying that essentially Alex Cora is going to have to live
04:22with the fact that this is his reputation moving forward which is 100 by the way justified as well
04:26yeah when you're at school and you know kid steals stuff and your phone went missing you're like
04:30man like connect those dots man yeah exactly and sometimes guess what you end up being right and
04:36sometimes you end up being wrong I just think for Cora like if he were like the amount he's
04:41apologized and been willing to bring it up and talk about it and reference it I don't think he'd ever
04:45be willing to go to the lengths he did in Houston but 21 showed you he was willing to bend it a little
04:50bit to make things or 18 excuse me he was willing to bend it to make it happen well no I'm I think it's
04:55a good thing for Cora by the way too because I would think that a guy that essentially had to get booted for
04:59a year from Major League Baseball would be on the complete other side and say I'm not gonna I'm not gonna
05:04even try to touch that line in terms of this stuff anymore the fact that he's still willing
05:08to go there I think is a positive because at least he's maximizing what he actually brings to the table
05:13as well what do you got Barth? Yeah and like let's be clear if you figure out oh he guy holds his glove
05:17this way when he's throwing a fastball this way when he's throwing a curveball and you pick that up
05:21and you're relaying it like that's not cheating that's always been a part of baseball it's always
05:24going to be a part of baseball so whatever they're did whatever they're doing it's working
05:29uh and that's just kind of where I'm at like they're good again I don't need to know how the
05:34sausage is made they're good again I'm enjoying it like that's kind of just gonna bury your head
05:38in the sand when it comes to this stuff yeah I well to Milliken's point like I can't imagine it's
05:42anything real or egregious because there's no way Cora is gonna go back to that I could but even in
05:492018 that was before everything had fully fully come out and we knew he was probably bending the rules
05:53at that time with walk-ins in the video room we saw 21 21 happened and there were no allegations
05:58of anything during that playoff run so you kind of match it up I just if Cora got caught in another
06:03thing here and you're talking about a man who has just been so so apologetic to the point he brings
06:08it up all the time you can see he knows it kind of stains his legacy to dip your foot back in man
06:13that would be a wild move it would be a wild move but but Milliken if you were that concerned about
06:20it are you even going there when it comes to this stuff like if you're a manager I think this is a
06:25tool in the toolbox especially if this is what you made your bread and butter during your playing
06:28career like you were the guy sitting there talking to a mani or mani and ortiz and being like this is
06:33what I see yeah you know this is how we're picking it out yeah pass it along it's just the execution of
06:39it we're seemingly having this much of an impact and everybody's on board it hasn't felt like it was to
06:44that degree the last couple years so the fact that it's hot right now that's gonna get people talking I
06:48don't think he's gonna bring bring a trash can and a stick into the into the dugout is basically my
06:53point like yeah you know I it's I can't imagine he'd go back to that because the reality is if they
06:59get enough complaints from from teams isn't that exactly where the league's gonna look aren't they
07:05gonna go right to him yes and you know so I can't imagine it's anything that big just because he'd get
07:11caught right away just common sense hey it's all right it's clearly in in team's heads again you're
07:15giving up a balk just to get him a third base because you're so petrified of the whole thing
07:19what a troll job by the way by Kyle Hudson to walk to him to walk by the the pitcher and say to walk
07:24by Neres and give him that troll love that if you're guilty like that is a wild move while you're doing
07:30something and you're just rubbing it in people's face that to me like seeing Kyle Hudson do that it's
07:34like oh no we're in your head yes like we're seeing it we didn't even actually have anything on you
07:38which I don't even truthfully believe I think they did have something but I think it's the mental
07:42warfare we're talking about oh we don't have anything we really do have something we're gonna
07:46keep you kind of guessing back and forth but in this story to say a major league scout who was
07:51watching the Red Sox looking at all these things on film they're not seeing anything if they're not
07:56seeing anything I assume the league won't be seeing anything unless you're gonna get somebody who's
08:00tipping people off to the league maybe a unhappy player or something like that that's where I would
08:05turn my eyes to not you know other teams crying complaining about it it reminds me of Mike Tomlin
08:10and having Zoe in the uh in the headphones there right and and being paranoid with that and the
08:16article that came out I don't remember that Barth when it was they were talking about the video board
08:20by CBS scene at the time and yeah everybody was worried the unfair advantages that and all this
08:25stuff that you were petrified of and look there obviously was some stuff going on with the Patriots
08:29but it went to such a level that I think it took away from some of the focus by the those
08:34visiting teams do you remember the one where and this wasn't even necessarily the team cheating I
08:39just saw I always remember this one there'd been a run of people finding out where the visiting team
08:44was staying and pulling the fire alarm yes so it was I think it was this it was the Steelers or the
08:49Texans stayed like the Texans yeah they stayed in them right didn't they stay stay here no they stayed
08:55further away from the stadium than they usually would so they wouldn't have to deal with the fans
09:00but then they were on the bus for like an hour and a half stuck in traffic and at the start of the
09:04game they clearly still had bus legs and they were like well you know we had to stay further away
09:08no you didn't you didn't have to you chose to do that that that's one of my favorites yes
