Page 11 - Sports Illustrated KIDS Magazine (January - February 2020)

SAFETY IN NUMBERS
Knowing the Astros’
reputation for
stealing signs, the
Nationals used more
complex ones during
the World Series.

BURNING QUESTION YOU’VE PROBABLY ALREADY
seen the video on YouTube by now.
White Sox reliever Danny Farquhar is
WHEN DOES SPYCRAFT pitching in the eighth inning of a 2017

game against the Astros with the
bases empty. Houston’s Evan Gattis is
CROSS THE LINE? batting. White Sox catcher Kevan

Smith puts down the sign for a
changeup. A faint bang can be heard

BY SAM PAGE in the background. Gattis takes the
pitch outside for a ball.
Smith signals for a fastball. Gattis
swings and misses. The changeup sign
comes down again, and this time two
Photograph by
Simon Bruty audible bangs can be heard in the

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