{"id":49758,"date":"2014-09-24T17:45:19","date_gmt":"2014-09-24T22:45:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/detroit4lyfe.com\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2014-09-24T17:45:19","modified_gmt":"2014-09-24T22:45:19","slug":"victor-martinez-plunked-by-chris-sale-accused-of-using-boy-with-binoculars-to-steal-signs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/victor-martinez-plunked-by-chris-sale-accused-of-using-boy-with-binoculars-to-steal-signs\/","title":{"rendered":"Victor Martinez plunked by Chris Sale, accused of using ‘boy’ with binoculars to steal signs"},"content":{"rendered":"

During the third inning of today’s Tigers-White Sox game, Chris Sale struck out MVP candidate Victor Martinez and afterward gestured\u00a0toward center field.<\/p>\n

It was weird — both to see Martinez strike out and Sale react that way.<\/p>\n

In the sixth inning, Sale hit Martinez with the first pitch. Hmm.<\/p>\n

It didn’t seem to be that big of a deal until Martinez kept staring down Sale. Sale finally took notice and responded by\u00a0asking Martinez what he was looking at. Sale\u00a0again pointed toward the outfield.<\/p>\n

The benches cleared.<\/p>\n[mlbvideo id=”36555157?topic_id=6479266″ width=”400″ height=”224″ \/]\n

What’s out there, Sale? Why do you keep pointing out there? Is that where you’d like Martinez to take a hike?<\/p>\n

Matt Shepard, Tigers fill-in play-by-play guy, was lip reading and guessed that Sale said something along the lines of “that’s your boy out there…” Rod Allen also surmised\u00a0that Sale was accusing Martinez of stealing signs. When Sale was in the dugout between innings, he pantomimed a nerdy-looking gangly fella (oh, that’s just him) peering through some binoculars.<\/p>\n

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Chris Sale suggests Tigers stealing signs from CF. pic.twitter.com\/ffyCmtFcnd<\/a><\/p>\n

— Bob Sacamano (@tecmodell42) September 24, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n