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'You Can't Trust Nobody': Inside MLB's War on High-Tech Sign Stealing

Weary from battling digital thieves the past two Octobers and the regular-season games in between, Kenley Jansen carries within him a creative idea that he is sure would stop sign stealing in its tracks.

Given modern technology, the Los Angeles Dodgers closer wonders, why not just blur out the catcher's hand on television when he signals a pitch?

"That would eliminate all of it," Jansen says. "You still have [opponents] in the clubhouse watching, but if you make it blurry, I think it's going to be so much harder for guys who get to second base to relay signs.