CARDINALS SHILDT CALLS ASTROS’ UPHEAVAL ‘HEALTHY PURGE’
St. Louis manager Mike Shildt described
technology’s rapid encroachment on baseball
in recent years as ethically murky, expressing
his satisfaction in Commissioner Rob Manfred’s
intention to cut down the use of in-game video.
“I feel like what’s happened recently is a
healthy purge,” Shildt said. “The sign stealing
stuff has been talked about, alluded to, for
several years now.”
Shildt and other Grapefruit League managers
met with Manfred on Sunday evening in North
Port. As expected, the commissioner addressed
in-game use of technology, specifically video, to
gain an advantage.
“There was some murkiness — understandable
murkiness, not to make any excuses for
anybody, some understandable murkiness
— about where the lines were,” Shildt said.
