TORONTO — Blue Jays general manager Alex Anthopoulos said an ESPN report accusing his team of stealing signs at home is “stupid” and “has got a lot of holes in it.”
A front-page article on the ESPN website Wednesday cited four anonymous relief pitchers from an AL team who claimed they saw a man in a white shirt sending signals from the outfield seats to the batter’s box during a game in 2010. According to the article, the man would raise his arms to indicate an offspeed pitch, and leave them by his side if a fastball was coming.
“To do something like this would take a whole lot of work by this organization to keep everybody quiet,” Anthopoulos said. “I just wish people would look at the common sense component first and say, ‘Is this really realistic?’ . . . Instead, let’s find four players on some other team claiming that they saw the guy in the white shirt and that they saw the UFO flying across the sky.”
Two plead not guilty in Giants fan attack
LOS ANGELES — Two men accused of brutally beating a Giants fan outside Dodger Stadium pleaded not guilty even though prosecutors said they had made admissions in the case. Louie Sanchez, 28, and Marvin Norwood, 30, entered their pleas during a brief arraignment to charges of mayhem and assault and battery in the March 31 attack of Bryan Stow, a paramedic who suffered severe brain injuries and remains hospitalized.
Stow’s family said on a website posting Monday he was making slight improvements, and had been able to pucker his lips when his sister asked to give him a kiss and could lift his leg and arm slightly.
Footnotes.
Cardinals rookie right-hander Lance Lynn went on the 15-day disabled list, a day after injuring his left side making a pitch, and could miss the rest of the season, while outfielder Matt Holliday (back) is day to day.
• Tigers outfielder Brennan Boesch will have an MRI on his sprained right thumb after leaving Detroit’s game against the Indians.
• First baseman Justin Morneau (neck) will rejoin the Twins on Friday when they open a three-game series in Cleveland, manager Ron Gardenire said.
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