"On Thursday, during the Yankees' opener against the Detroit Tigers, reporter Keith Olbermann tweeted that, "The Yankees have a man in the seats who indicates to their on-deck batter what kind of pitch was just thrown," along with a photo. The photo is of Yankees baseball operations coaching assistant Brett Weber, who was relaying pitch speed to the on-deck batter. Pitch speed is displayed prominently in every ballpark, but players were relying on Weber's readings.
Major League Baseball prohibits team staff from communicating pitch information to batters by hand signals (NESN)."
Cashman was contacted by the MLB that this is not allowed. Apparently the scoreboard wasn't working, so this was their way of working around it. Problem is the Tigers didn't get the same information. Is it a big deal? No, not really, but I put in the same light as A-Rod slapping at the ball, or calling "I got it" while a player is trying to catch a pop out. It's just bad form, and another case of the Yankees being no good cheaters.
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