In this Dec. 11, 1998, photo, then Fukuoka Daiei Hawks manager Sadahara Oh, front right, answers to reporters' questions in front of his house in Fukuoka, southern Japan, following the Japanese baseball team's investigation report on suspicion of sign stealing. If you thought the use of technology to steal catchers' signs was only a problem for Major League Baseball and the Houston Astros, or something new. Japan went through a similar scandal just over 20 years ago. In a widely reported scandal in 1998, a camera in the Fukuoka Dome was discovered to be focused on the catcher. Officials of the Hawks - now the SoftBank Hawks - reportedly monitored the signs and relayed them by walkie-talkie to fans in the stands, who then used signals to batters to indicated the next pitch. (Kyodo News via AP)
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