I HAVE MIXED FEELINGS ABOUT ROSE. HE BET, THEN LIED ABOUT IT. BUT THE NUMBERS HE PUT UP WERE NOT A PART OF HIS BETTING. HIS NICKNAME WASNT "CHARLIE MIGHT HUSSLE".
SIGN STEALING HAS BEEN A PART OF BASEBALL FOREVER. BUT ONCE CAMERAS WERE INTRODUCED, RULES WERE PUT IN PLACE TO MAKE IT ILLEGAL TO USE THEM FOR THAT PURPOSE. DOES IT HAPPEN IN EVERYDAY LEAGUE PLAY, PROBABLY. SHOULD IT HAPPEN IN THE PLAYOFFS OR THE WORLD SERIES, NO. THE INTEGRITY OF A GAME, THAT IS LOSING FAN BASE ON A DAILY BASIS, JUST TOOK A KICK TO THE NUTSACK. FIXING A WORLD SERIES HAS A PRECEDENT FOR THIS. REMEMBER THE 1919 BLACK SOX. ALL PLAYERS PARTICIPATING IN THE "CHEATING" WERE HANDED LIFE BANS FROM MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL.
BOTH ARTICLES CALL IT "CHEATING".