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On Wednesday night, New York Mets first baseman Lucas Duda hit a home run in the fifth inning of their game against the Atlanta Braves, his second of the night. To capture the moment for posterity, Curtis Granderson whipped out an iPad (branded with the MLB logo) to apparently capture the moment for posterity.  [ Join a Yahoo Daily Fantasy Baseball contest now ] If that's what Granderson was doing, he'd be violating the restriction on electronic equipment in the dugout. That's not an official MLB rule, but the restriction was created in a 2000 memo from Sandy Alderson, then-VP of Baseball Operations, to combat sign stealing.  Please be reminded that the use of electronic equipment during a game is restricted. No club shall use electronic equipment, including walkie-talkies and cellular telephones, to communicate to or with any on-field personnel, including those, in the dugout, bullpen, field and–during the game–the clubhouse. Such equipment may not be used for the purpose of stealing signs or conveying information designed to give a club an advantage. But Granderson wasn't actually recording anything. According to the New York Post, it was all for show.  “It doesn’t have video or photo features. … We’re just doing it more for prop purposes. They don’t want us to have any recording device, which is a little … interesting … considering all the cameras that are in the ballpark. So we can’t do that,” Granderson said. Continue to Article

May 05, 2016 10:51:am EST

Despite a rough start, Matt Cain still has the belief of San Francisco Giants manager Bruce Bochy. Another sketchy outing against the Colorado Rockies and that might change. Cain looks to snap a 12-start winless stretch Thursday night when the Giants host the Rockies. Continue to Article

May 04, 2016 9:35:pm EST

May 5 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) Chicago Cubs 6 PITTSBURGH 2 CINCINNATI 7 San Francisco 4 NY METS 8 Atlanta 0 LA Angels 7 MILWAUKEE 3 Washington 13 KANSAS CITY 2 Seattle 9 OAKLAND 8 Colorado 2 SAN DIEGO 0 CLEVELAND 4 Detroit 0 Continue to Article

May 04, 2016 8:33:pm EST

Jhoulys Chacin did something most of his teammates couldn't do: get a hit off Mets starter Steven Matz. New York had no trouble getting hits off Chacin, though, and the Braves' trip ended with an 8-0 loss Wednesday. Matz and the Mets dispatched last-place Atlanta in a tidy 2 hours, 28 minutes to win six straight series for the first time in almost a decade. Continue to Article

May 04, 2016 5:17:pm EST

May 4 (Infostrada Sports) - Results from the MLB games on Wednesday (home team in CAPS) CINCINNATI 7 San Francisco 4 NY METS 8 Atlanta 0 Continue to Article

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