10/11 NLDS Game 4: Natls(Strasburg) vs Cubs(Arrieta) 3 PM CT

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Re: 10/11 NLDS Game 4: Natls(Strasburg) vs Cubs(Arrieta) 3 P

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Hoot45 wrote:Is the Apple Watch story gaining any traction? Doesn't seem like it is but I could be wrong.
no, it's a FitBit

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Re: 10/11 NLDS Game 4: Natls(Strasburg) vs Cubs(Arrieta) 3 P

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Hoot45 wrote:Is the Apple Watch story gaining any traction? Doesn't seem like it is but I could be wrong.
When a video appeared to show a member of the Chicago Cubs using an electronic watch in the dugout during Game 4 of the Nationals League Division Series, social media instantly began buzzing. Was another team using the technology for an edge? Was a team really that bold after all the recent controversy surrounding the new cheating frontier? The clip quickly caught Major League Baseball’s attention. And after investigating the matter, the league concluded rules were not violated.

According to a person with knowledge of the situation, the league examined the device and the coach’s phone, which wasn’t in the dugout, after the game and found it wasn’t connected to the Internet. The league decided it was a mistake.

MLB investigated Arizona Diamondbacks Coach Ariel Prieto after a photograph showed him wearing an electronic watch during Arizona’s 11-8 wild card victory over the Colorado Rockies. MLB found Prieto innocent of using the technology to gain an advantage, but it still fined Arizona and Prieto for wearing “an illegal electronic device in the dugout.”

Wednesday’s clip, which surfaced in the middle of the Cubs’ 5-0 loss to the Washington Nationals, shows a Cubs player or coach tapping an electronic watch twice, then covering with the sleeve of his hooded sweatshirt.

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