Update: The Boston Red Sox may not have used an Apple Watch to steal signsUpdated September 2017: The Red Sox may not have used an Apple Watch to steal signs.
Nick Cafardo, a baseball writer for The Boston Globe, cites a major league baseball source who says the Boston Red Sox didn't use an Apple Watch to steal signs, but instead used a FitBit device. Some FitBit products feature app and messaging notifications along with their standard activity tracking capabilities.
Turns out there was no Apple Watch involved in Red Sox sign stealing. It was a Fitbit product according to a major league source. .— Nick Cafardo (@nickcafardo) September 16, 2017
After an inquiry by Major League Baseball, investigators determined the Boston Red Sox used electronic devices to steal hand signals from the Yankees as well as other teams.
From The New York Times:
The Yankees, who had long been suspicious of the Red Sox stealing catchers' signs in Fenway Park, contended [a] video showed a member of the Red Sox training staff looking at his Apple Watch in the dugou...
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Update: The Boston Red Sox may not have used an Apple Watch to steal signs
