Apparently, the Red Sox clubhouse is an insular environment where events are ignored, minimized or non-existent such as a concerted effort to pilfer signs. The chain of command within the clubhouse is the manager and former manager Alex Cora had already developed an intriguing method of sign-stealing with Houston.
Did this disappear with Boston? Was Cora’s second in command Ron Roenicke left out of the loop, unaware, naïve, or simply sheltered from the sign-stealing operation? A Sargent Shultz approach? Hear and see nothing?
The investigation into the supposed misdeeds of the Red Sox has been an excruciating exercise in time displacement.