Major League Baseball revealed the results of its investigation into the Boston Red Sox for the so-called Apple Watch sign-stealing scandal and counter-charge that the New York Yankees improperly used a television camera for the same purpose. The classic Friday afternoon news dump — commissioner Rob Manfred’s statement hit this reporter’s inbox at 4:32 p.m. — announced that the Red Sox would only be fined and the Yankees were exonerated of the original allegation although they would pay a smaller amount for an unrelated violation that was uncovered.
What we learned through this whole fiasco is that on-field tech will continue to be closely scrutinized.