A junior college baseball coach has resigned after umpires found illegal communication devices in two of his players' helmets, according to the Cherry Hill Courier-Post.
Rodney Velardi was in his 13th season of coaching Atlantic Cape Community College in New Jersey when an opposing coach, Rob Valli of Rowan College Gloucester County, became suspicious of the team's plate discipline.
The drama reportedly began when Rowan College pitcher Ethan Dodd approached his coaches to see if he could've been tipping his pitches after an 11-6 loss. Valli said the team dismissed his concerns but noticed during a doubleheader the next day, on April 22, that Atlantic Cape was swinging aggressively and making great reads on the basepaths.