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ObscureBall
English - May 26, 2020 10:25 - 21 minutes - ★★★★★ - 9 ratingsSports Society & Culture sports story telling stories narrative noir obscure crime humor baseball history Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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In 1900, more than a century before The Houston Astros and Boston Red Sox got in trouble for electronically stealing signs, a man named Pearce Chiles orchestrated a complex scheme to steal signs from opposing teams. Also, he went to jail for another thing he did THEN busted out and tried to play baseball again. Classic stuff. Bob LeMoine from The Society For American Baseball Research also helped out with this episode.
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Bob LeMoine also contributed to this episode and you can read more about his research by visiting his SABR articles
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