Jim Schlossnagle alleges SEC baseball cheating scandal: 'There's a school in our league that got busted'
Texas A&M baseball coach Jim Schlossnagle spoke about an ongoing cheating scandal within the SEC on Tuesday.
In an interview with TexAgs, Schlossnagle was asked about sign-stealing in college baseball and how it has evolved with the introduction of new technology. Schlossnagle alleged that a SEC baseball team was caught using a live video feed in their home dugout during games this season — a clear violation of league rules.
“There are ways we could wire our dugout to get the live feed,” he said. “And there’s a school in our league that got busted. I don’t know if people know it yet. I’m not going to reveal it. But they know, they had a live feed going to the dugout all year. And they’re hitting .306 at home and .206 on the road.
“I don’t know. So, to me, that would be the line. Somehow … keeping live information from going directly to the dugout.”
It’s unclear which program Schlossnagle is speaking about, but perhaps the league office will have something to say about this matter before the end of the season.
These comments from Schlossnagle come on the heels of another possible cheating scandal in the SEC. Georgia relief pitcher Christian Mracna was seemingly caught applying a foreign substance to his glove before entering the game against A&M last weekend.
“Certainly appears that way,” Schlossnagle told The Associated Press when asked about Mracna. “It’s part of the game … wish we would’ve caught it.”
Mracna pitched the final 2 innings of Georgia’s 5-4 win over Texas A&M in the series finale. He allowed just one hit and struck out 6 batters.
Texas A&M is amongst the favorites to win the College World Series in 2024. The Aggies are 39-6 on the season. They’ll put that record to the test against LSU on the road this weekend as the Aggies and Tigers meet for a 3-game series.
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jeez. Schlossnagle is certainly tossing some accusations out there. How is this not more of a story or getting more attn?
I just watched that video of the ga pitcher and I have to admit it looks pretty suspicious. But throwing out accusations with nothing more than that is probably worth re-thinking.
Meh, he was shown the video of Mracna kneeling in the bullpen and doing something seemingly shady, then squeezing his glove on the mound, and Schloss was asked, and he responded. He didn’t come out of left field accusing. And if you follow college baseball, the Mracna thing has plenty of traction/attention. Personally, I think the guy has been putting stuff on his glove all year based on more videos that have come out, and previously, he got knocked around, so the Aggies don’t have much excuse even if Mracna was “cheating.”
No idea about the other scandal about wiring, but he gave out batting averages and it was a road game for the Aggies, so that should narrow it down to about one team, but I’m too lazy to figure it out. Maybe a journalist could figure it out for me. Unfortunely, there aren’t but maybe one or… one here at SDS.
this is my point. he came out and threw serious, defamatory accusations and even when to the extent to provide BAs. i don’t expect a fan or commenter on a message board to further research and report on it, but of the 1,000s of reporters in the country that cover cbb, i’d like to think that at least one could further dig and run with the story.
in light of the accusation and view of the video, i agree it looks suspicious too.
After the video came out GA should have had an answer. He was worshipping Joboo or sacrificing a chicken or something. You can’t just ignore it