Ex-White Sox RHP McDowell: La Russa had sign-stealing system

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Former Cy Young Award winner Jack McDowell added more nasty history to the sign-stealing scandal on Friday by going back to the 1980s and implicating former Chicago White Sox manager Tony La Russa, who is now a member of the Hall of Fame. McDowell, who debuted as a major league pitcher for the White Sox in 1987 but never played for La Russa, said the manager was responsible for installing a camera-aided sign-stealing system at old Comiskey Park. In a Friday interview with the Mac Attack on WFNZ-AM in Charlotte, N.C., McDowell said, "The Gatorade sign out in center had a light; there was a toggle switch in the manager's office and camera zoomed in on the catcher.
 
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