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The New York Post reports that Major League Baseball is investigating why Diamondbacks coach Ariel Prieto was wearing what appears to be a smart watch during last night’s Wild Card game against the Rockies. As you likely recall, the Red Sox were recently given a fine after it was discovered that they had stolen signs via the use of a smart watch, which violated baseball’s rules regarding the use of electronic devices for such a purpose. At the time of the fine, the league said that future sanctions would be more severe in light of the warning provided by the Red Sox incident. Continue to Article

October 05, 2017 3:40:pm EST

The Boston Red Sox’s use of an Apple Watch in the dugout turned into one of the season’s biggest stories, but it appears at least one coach from the Arizona Diamondbacks wasn’t paying attention. Arizona coach and interpreter Ariel Prieto was spotted during Wednesday night’s wild-card game wearing an electronic watch of some sort. Joel Sherman of the New York Post reported on Thursday that Major League Baseball has launched an investigation into why Prieto was wearing the watch. Continue to Article

October 05, 2017 3:22:pm EST

Late in the Rockies-Diamondbacks game last night a lot of people on Twitter wondered what in the heck Torey Lovullo was doing. Mathis, for his part, struck out. Then, as Bradley came to the plate, Diamondbacks fans felt that the best course of action was to bargain with God or the fates or whoever it is they felt would listen. Continue to Article

October 05, 2017 11:45:am EST

There were eight teams with at least 91 victories this year, and those are the eight that are still in the running for the World Series title.There were no major surprises in the wild-card games, with the 85-win Twins and 87-win Rockies cast aside. That Continue to Article

October 05, 2017 4:39:am EST