As a big league catcher and coach, Mike Redmond admits he has always been paranoid about the other team picking up traditional signs — arrays of touches to the nose, ear, chin and other parts of the face — coming from the dugout.
So when Redmond was hired by the Rockies as bench coach prior to the 2017 season, the former Marlins manager, who played major league ball for 13 years, decided he needed to formally implement some sort of coding system.
“Nowadays, the other team getting one sign could cost you a game, and one game could cost you a season,” Redmond said.