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Electronic sign stealing: A scandal two decades ago in Japan

by AP Sports Writers
| January 22, 2020 12:05 AM

TOKYO (AP) — If anyone thought that using technology to steal catchers' signs had only blemished Major League Baseball and the Houston Astros — or it's something new — think again.

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