Originally posted by pollardteam2:
Yadier...will end up hitting in the .270 area every year and be great defensively, he has a great arm, he is 22.
Yadier was great yesterday. I'm fairly convinced that Bay was stealing signs and was doing a fairly obvious relay. Good for Yadier. Of course, Bay had the final say....
Pirates Notebook: Alleged sign-stealing stirs incident Monday, June 27, 2005
By Shelly Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
ST. LOUIS -- Daryle Ward didn't think much of it when Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina went to the mound two pitches into his at-bat in the first inning yesterday.
Then, he realized Molina wasn't talking to St. Louis starter Jason Marquis but to the Pirates' Jason Bay, who doubled ahead of Ward with two outs.
The next thing anyone knew, the Pirates and Cardinals were in the middle of an incident in which both benches and bullpens emptied, and both teams milled around for a minute or two.
"They said I was stealing signs, but I didn't know what they were talking about," said Bay, who went on to hit two homers, including one in the ninth to keep the Pirates alive.
"I was only out there for two pitches," Bay said. "I'm not that good."
Pirates manager Lloyd McClendon denied there was any sign-stealing.
"I wish we were that good," he said.
Ward was incredulous.
"[Molina] came back and said I should watch out," Ward said. "I said, 'Watch out for what?' "
Things settled down quickly with no ejections, but the Cardinals stood by their accusation.
"That's part of the game, and, if you get caught, you have to pay the consequences," Marquis said.
Molina declined comment, but manager Tony La Russa pretty much echoed Marquis' sentiment.
