Report: Intern introduced Astros to 'Codebreaker' sign-stealing program
The Houston Astros' front office laid the groundwork for the team's electronic
sign-stealing ploys via a program dubbed "Codebreaker" that was introduced by
an intern in the organization in September 2016, The Wall Street Journal
reported Friday.
根據華爾街日報週五報導，太空人隊的制服組通過一個名為“ Codebreaker”的程式，為
該團隊的竊取暗號策略奠定了基礎，該程序於2016年9月由一名實習生引入。
According to the WSJ, the Excel-based application designed to decode opposing
catchers' signs was used throughout the 2017 season and for part of 2018 by
Astros baseball operations employees and video room staffers both at home and
on the road.
根據報導，太空人的經營員工和錄像室員工在2017球季和2018部分球季使用這個基於
Excel的應用程序來解碼捕手的暗號，不論是主場或是客場。
Staffers would log the catcher's signs and subsequent pitches into a
spreadsheet and "Codebreaker" would determine how the signs related to
different pitches. The information would then be communicated to the hitter
by a baserunner via an intermediary.
員工將捕手的暗號和隨後的球種記錄到電子表格中，而“ Codebreaker”將決定暗號與
不同球種的關係。然後該資訊將由跑壘者作為中介傳達給打擊者。
Astros players eventually evolved the system to include banging on a trash
can to warn hitters of the coming pitch.
最終，太空人球員改進了系統，包括敲擊垃圾桶來警告打擊者將要到來的球種。
Ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow told MLB investigators that he remembers
the intern's PowerPoint slide about "Codebreaker," but said he thought it would
be used to legally decipher signs from previous games, according to the WSJ.
根據報導，前太空人GM Jeff Luhnow告訴MLB的調查人員，他還記得實習生說明關於
“Codebreaker”的PPT，但他以為這只是用來合法地破譯先前比賽的暗號。
The former intern, Derek Vigoa, currently works as the Astros' senior manager
of team operations. Vigoa told investigators that he assumed Luhnow knew the
program would be used in live games.
前實習生Derek Vigoa目前擔任太空人經營團隊高級經理。Vigoa告訴調查人員，他假設
Luhnow知道該程序將用於即時比賽。
The team's director of advance information, Tom Koch-Weser, also alleges
Luhnow knew about the system. According to the WSJ, Koch-Weser told MLB that
the former GM would occasionally go to the Astros' video room during road
games and make comments like, "You guys Codebreaking?"
該團隊的高級信息總監Tom Koch-Weser也指控Luhnow了解該系統。據華爾街日報報導，
Tom Koch-Weser告訴MLB，前GM偶爾會在比賽中去太空人的錄像室，並發表諸如“你們在
破解暗號？”的評論。
Luhnow declined the WSJ's request for comment but, according to the paper's
reporting, denied Koch-Weser's accounts to MLB, and investigators could find
no definitive proof that Luhnow knew how "Codebreaker" was being used.
Luhnow拒絕了華爾街日報對於評論的請求，但根據該報紙的報導，他否認了Koch-Weser
向MLB的陳述，調查人員找不到確切的證據證明Luhnow知道如何使用“ Codebreaker”
Luhnow was fired by the Astros last month, shortly after MLB suspended him
for one season.
在MLB 將他禁賽一個賽季後不久，Luhnow就在上個月被太空人解僱。
心得：
用什麼工具作弊其實不算什麼重點，雖然能用Excel 寫出這種程式挺厲害的
這篇的主要疑問是不論是主場或是客場這句，指的是不論主客都有進行事後分析還
是都有進行作弊，這兩種差很多，其他球隊一定也有自己的分析程式來對賽後錄像進行分
析，而報導沒說清楚這裡的客場是不是現場進行分析?
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The Houston Astros' front office laid the groundwork for the team's electronic
sign-stealing ploys via a program dubbed "Codebreaker" that was introduced by
an intern in the organization in September 2016, The Wall Street Journal
reported Friday.
根據華爾街日報週五報導，太空人隊的制服組通過一個名為“ Codebreaker”的程式，為
該團隊的竊取暗號策略奠定了基礎，該程序於2016年9月由一名實習生引入。
According to the WSJ, the Excel-based application designed to decode opposing
catchers' signs was used throughout the 2017 season and for part of 2018 by
Astros baseball operations employees and video room staffers both at home and
on the road.
根據報導，太空人的經營員工和錄像室員工在2017球季和2018部分球季使用這個基於
Excel的應用程序來解碼捕手的暗號，不論是主場或是客場。
Staffers would log the catcher's signs and subsequent pitches into a
spreadsheet and "Codebreaker" would determine how the signs related to
different pitches. The information would then be communicated to the hitter
by a baserunner via an intermediary.
員工將捕手的暗號和隨後的球種記錄到電子表格中，而“ Codebreaker”將決定暗號與
不同球種的關係。然後該資訊將由跑壘者作為中介傳達給打擊者。
Astros players eventually evolved the system to include banging on a trash
can to warn hitters of the coming pitch.
最終，太空人球員改進了系統，包括敲擊垃圾桶來警告打擊者將要到來的球種。
Ex-Astros general manager Jeff Luhnow told MLB investigators that he remembers
the intern's PowerPoint slide about "Codebreaker," but said he thought it would
be used to legally decipher signs from previous games, according to the WSJ.
根據報導，前太空人GM Jeff Luhnow告訴MLB的調查人員，他還記得實習生說明關於
“Codebreaker”的PPT，但他以為這只是用來合法地破譯先前比賽的暗號。
The former intern, Derek Vigoa, currently works as the Astros' senior manager
of team operations. Vigoa told investigators that he assumed Luhnow knew the
program would be used in live games.
前實習生Derek Vigoa目前擔任太空人經營團隊高級經理。Vigoa告訴調查人員，他假設
Luhnow知道該程序將用於即時比賽。
The team's director of advance information, Tom Koch-Weser, also alleges
Luhnow knew about the system. According to the WSJ, Koch-Weser told MLB that
the former GM would occasionally go to the Astros' video room during road
games and make comments like, "You guys Codebreaking?"
該團隊的高級信息總監Tom Koch-Weser也指控Luhnow了解該系統。據華爾街日報報導，
Tom Koch-Weser告訴MLB，前GM偶爾會在比賽中去太空人的錄像室，並發表諸如“你們在
破解暗號？”的評論。
Luhnow declined the WSJ's request for comment but, according to the paper's
reporting, denied Koch-Weser's accounts to MLB, and investigators could find
no definitive proof that Luhnow knew how "Codebreaker" was being used.
Luhnow拒絕了華爾街日報對於評論的請求，但根據該報紙的報導，他否認了Koch-Weser
向MLB的陳述，調查人員找不到確切的證據證明Luhnow知道如何使用“ Codebreaker”
Luhnow was fired by the Astros last month, shortly after MLB suspended him
for one season.
在MLB 將他禁賽一個賽季後不久，Luhnow就在上個月被太空人解僱。
心得：
用什麼工具作弊其實不算什麼重點，雖然能用Excel 寫出這種程式挺厲害的
這篇的主要疑問是不論是主場或是客場這句，指的是不論主客都有進行事後分析還
是都有進行作弊，這兩種差很多，其他球隊一定也有自己的分析程式來對賽後錄像進行分
析，而報導沒說清楚這裡的客場是不是現場進行分析?
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