There is no evidence that stealing signs helped their hitters; it actually may have harmed them.
The Mets have used the cameras, the officials believe, to try to steal signs.
No one has ever been ejected from a game or suspended for stealing signs.
Some coaches, in fact, have established admired reputations for their success at stealing signs.
Don Baylor, on the other hand, said a line had to be drawn at using electronic means for stealing signs.
You watch pitchers to see if they're giving anything away," he said, "and people try to steal signs all the time.
"The assumption was they were trying to steal signs."
"There were people who stole signs that restricted parking, particularly in lower Manhattan," she said.
Sal told me they stole signs on the road too.
"Would the Dodgers have agreed to steal signs like that?"