The results of the Red Sox cheating investigation were finally released, and I really just found them funny. 

The report tried to convince us that Alex Cora, the reported ring leader and responsible party when the Astros, a team he didn’t manage, cheated in 2017, was completely oblivious to the cheating going on with the 2018 Red Sox, a team he did manage. 

The reported responsible party was the video replay coordinator for the Red Sox.

It is truly terrible when a low level employee goes rogue and is such a terrible influence on easily impressionable parties like MLB players. 

Blaming an underling just makes the people in charge look worse.

J.T. Watkins, a name mentioned 125 times in a 15-page report, is a  former Red Sox farmhand who played three seasons of minor league baseball before taking a job with the Red Sox in their advanced scouting department. 

Per the report:

 So, a player reports that he witnessed Watkins writing down sign sequences while watching the live game feed. But the question I have is why is a player in the replay room during a game in the first place? What possible reason is he there, if not to cheat?

Also, if players had suspicions that Watkins was using the live feed to adjust the information he had provided to them prior to the game, why did they not tell him to stop? Is it because they benefited from his actions? 

A few other things: the person in charge of decoding signs and reporting on it post-game is the same one who is stationed to watch the live feed to advise the manager on replay challenges. This practice, along with the replay room being easily accessible to players during a game, are two things that are just dumb. 

The report brings up a lot of questions for me. And the only answer I get is it seems the Red Sox got off pretty easy.