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Tigers' Billmeyer comes clean on ’10 sign-stealing saga

Houston — Forgive Tigers bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer if he doesn’t get all worked up over the lingering sign-stealing saga between the Tigers and Royals. He’s been down this road before.

To refresh: Tigers catcher James McCann suspected the Royals’ Alex Rios of trying to steal his signs from second base in the ninth inning of the Tigers’ 7-4 victory Wednesday night in Kansas City. He walked out past the mound toward second base and glared at Rios.

“If you can relay signs and get away with it, good for you,” McCann said. “But if you get caught .