"Do you think the opposing team has stolen our pitch signals?"
On the pitcher's mound, when Lin Guanglai suggested this possibility to Head Coach Joe Girardi, Pitching Coach Larry Rothschild, and Catcher Gary Sanchez, the expressions on their faces visibly turned serious.
Girardi lowered his head and thought carefully. Although there was no evidence yet to prove that the Astros had cracked their pitch signals, it couldn't be ruled out as a possibility either.
So he raised his head again, exchanged a glance with Rothschild, and asked, "Lin, how confident are you that our signals have been cracked? You should know that in the Major League, signal stealing is a very serious accusation..."
In response to his coach's inquiry, Lin Guanglai shared his most intuitive feelings as the starting pitcher, as well as some odd details he had noticed before:
