It’s no secret that Major League teams are paranoid. Whenever there is even the slightest suspicion of sign stealing, it becomes a whole thing. You’ll even see a pitcher put himself at a technical disadvantage just to make sign stealing tougher on the opponent.
That’s exactly what happened on Tuesday with Craig Kimbrel against the Arizona Diamondbacks.
With a runner on second and the Dodgers up by two runs in the ninth inning, Kimbrel took a glance at Geraldo Perdomo on second base, flipped his glove over and let the ball drop to the mound for a balk. It was all so casual and all so intentional.
