Ball clubs in Victoria and Nanaimo will implement technology used in Major League Baseball intended to prevent sign stealing.

In separate press releases, the Victoria HarbourCats and Nanaimo NightOwls baseball teams of the West Coast League announced their catchers and pitchers will communicate via the PitchCom system. The new technology is B次元官网网址渁 one-way device which allows the [two players] to communicate signals B次元官网网址� without any concern of having those signals picked up by the other team,B次元官网网址� the press release said.

Catchers call situation, location and pitch type via a small button pad and audio receivers relay information to the pitcher, the press release noted.

The technology is also used by the MLBB次元官网网址檚 Toronto Blue Jays and the Victoria Golden Tide of the Canadian College Baseball Conference.

NightOwls general manager Jim Swanson, who has experience as a scout and coach, said the new tech will aid in player development.

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The NightOwls, Golden Tide, HarbourCats and Jays are the only Canadian teams using PitchCom, stated the press release.

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