May 12, 2010:
“The Phillies insisted Wednesday they weren’t trying to steal signs when bullpen coach Mick Billmeyer was caught on camera peering through binoculars from the bullpen bench at Coors Field earlier this week.
FSN Rocky Mountain, the flagship broadcaster of the Colorado Rockies, showed Billmeyer using the binoculars to peer in on Colorado catcher Miguel Olivo while the Phillies were at bat in the top of the second inning.
It also showed a quick image of Phillies center fielder Shane Victorino in the dugout on the bullpen phone in the top of the second.
While sign-stealing is something all teams try to do, using electronic equipment, enhanced devices and technology is not allowed in baseball.
It’s not the first time accusations of cheating have been lobbed at the Phillies. The Mets accused the Phillies of stealing signs through a center-field camera in 2007, and the Boston Red Sox leveled charges against them in 2008.
During the World Series last year, former Phillies manager Larry Bowa said Philadelphia has a reputation for stealing signs.
Bowa, now the Los Angeles Dodgers third base coach, told Philadelphia radio station ESPN 950 there were rumors of the Phillies using a center field camera to swipe signs.
“There’s rumors going around that when you play the Phillies, there’s a camera somewhere or bullpen people are giving signs,” Bowa said at the time. “And catchers are constantly changing signs. That’s the rumor. Now, is it proven? No.”
The Rockies noticed Billmeyer using the binoculars from his perch in center field in the top of the first inning Monday night and asked FSN to zoom in on the visitor’s bullpen.
Armed with evidence, Rockies manager Jim Tracy brought it to the attention of crew chief Jerry Crawford, who spoke with Manuel between the first and second innings of that game.
The video of Billmeyer showed him peering through the binoculars, then quickly pulling them down."

i think this is a non-issue…someone will talk to posey and it will get taken care of.

I am not totally sure he was tipping it, considering the next pitch was another fastball that was also smoked by Jason Werth.

Must be hard to dig deep and find the negatives about a rookie catcher who is hitting .340 and carrying the offense on his back. But leave it to Brucie to fish it out, put spin on it, and look like a jackass in another one of his articles.

Did Brucie mention Molina’s passed balls or his constant call for the fastball in critical at-bats? Nope. Just trying to find anything he can to point out a negative in Posey’s play.

Bruce jenkins, go f*ck yourself.

These are just two off-the-cuff comments made during a live broadcast. Not everything Krukow says is going to be right on the money; but even so, I don’t have any problems with either of these comments. They’re mildly thought-provoking. Having been an expat Giants fan who was forced to watch several years of Giants road games called by opponent broadcasters (before MLB.TV provided both feeds), I can honestly say Krukow is one of the best color guys in the business. The only guy who comes to mind that is unquestionably as good or better, off the top of my head, is Don Sutton. (I imagine there are a couple others.)

Now, as to the comments themselves: these ARE things that Posey could resolve. Or they’re at least things that he could at least be cognizant of so that he can use them as dekes from time to time to keep hitters guessing. Is it critical that he do so? No. Would it help? Perhaps. If he wants to give some thought to this and make slight alterations in his game — which seems in keeping with his general attitude towards improving himself — fine. And if not, so be it.

I’ve never understood the anti-Krukow sentiments I sometimes hear from Giants fans. His job is to provide insight into a complex game that will inform and entertain everyone from a ten-year old watching his first season to the most grizzled McCoven SABR member, and he has to do it live and off-the-cuff over 150 times per year. He’s waaaaay better than most of the people in his industry, and he still comes up with things every once in awhile that are useful and interesting even to someone who’s listened to at least a thousand of his broadcasts. (The umpire scouting reports, for example — always an interesting storyline to bear in mind as a game unfolds.)

Pick on Jenkins if you need to vent — just about anyone with a good grasp of the English language would do a better job than him if put in his place. But let’s not conflate Krukow’s off-the-cuff musings with the premeditated journalistic diarrhea Jenkins sprays every day or two.

Looks like Krukow was just mentioning the alleged tipped pitch against Werth as a small negative. He didn’t address the article with Murphy, but Murphy asked him if he thinks the Giants rotation problems lately are Posey’s fault and Krukow said it was a crock. He thinks that Posey is damned good most of the time behind the plate and that he is going to be an absolute stud for years to come. Also likes how Posey cares about his pitchers and that you don’t see that all the time with young hitting Catchers (cough, AJ Pierzynski, cough).

Methinks the Jenkins article had a wee bit of Sensationalism.