The Buzzer Brigade [the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies sign stealing scandal]

Thirty five years before Major League Baseball played its first game under electric lights, the 1900 Philadelphia Phillies were using electricity at the Baker Bowl... to steal signs. Transcript, sources, links and more at https://order-of-the-jackalope.com/the-buzzer-brigade/ Key sources for this episode include Ron Schuler's biography of Pearce Chiles for the Society for American Baseball Research and contemporary newspaper reports. (And while you're at it, you should check out the greatest baseball books ever written, Dan Gutman's It Ain't Cheatin' If You Don't Get Caught and Derek Zumsteg's The Cheater's Guide to Baseball.) All that, plus a preview of Series 11! Discord: https://discord.gg/Mbap3UQyCB Instagram: https://instagram.com/orderjackalope Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/user/orderjackalope Tumblr: https://orderjackalope.tumblr.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/orderjackalope Email: [email protected] Part of the That's Not Canon Productions podcast network. https://thatsnotcanon.com/