Effectively Wild Episode 1505: Sign Stealing is a Flat Circle

In a special narrative episode of Effectively Wild, Ben Lindbergh traces the parallels between baseball’s latest sign-stealing crisis and an almost 60-year-old sign-stealing scandal that caused a comparable upheaval in the sport, drawing on archival clips, contemporary music, and interviews with author Paul Dickson and former major leaguers Eddie Robinson, Al Worthington, and Jay Hook to explore how illicit sign stealing starts, whether players can prevent it, and why it keeps recurring. Audio intro: Bob Dylan, "Stealin’" Audio interstitial 1: Elvis Presley, "Suspicion" Audio interstitial 2: Gene Vincent, "I’m Goin’ Home (To See My Baby)" Audio interstitial 3: Helen Humes, "‘Tain’t Nobody’s Biz-Ness If I Do" Audio interstitial 4: Goldie Hill, "I Slipped Off My Wedding Ring" Audio interstitial 5: Patsy Cline, "Your Cheatin’ Heart" Audio outro: Ray Charles (Feat. Margie Hendricks), "Tell the Truth" Link to The Hidden Language of Baseball Link to Robinson’s memoir Link to Veeck As In Wreck Link to Rob Arthur’s Astros research Link to Major League II scene Link to Greenberg autobiography Link to 1913 McGraw article Link to first part of 1962 Sporting News sign-stealing feature Link to second part of 1962 Sporting News sign-stealing feature Link to 1962 Hook article Link to 1957 Williams pigeon-shooting article Link to Robinson interview episode Link to order The MVP Machine  iTunes Feed (Please rate and review us!)  Sponsor Us on Patreon  Facebook Group  Effectively Wild Wiki  Twitter Account  Get Our Merch!  Email Us: [email protected] var SERVER_DATA = Object.assign(SERVER_DATA || {}); Source