Its almost baseball season and I'm excited for it to begin. Sometimes I can't watch the games on tv though because I'm in class, library, etc. Since Baseball and technology have become closely integrated in the last few years, One of the most interesting applications of technology is MLB's GameDay feature which allows each pitch to be tracked and provides the graphical representation of the pitch including release point, velocity, and break. It is more impressive technology than the Pitch F/X I talked about in my previous post. This uses three cameras to triangulate the data and send it in real time to MLB headquarters where it is exposed to the website in a clean graphical format. It incorporates elements of Pitch F/X, but also includes live box scores, real time batter vs pitcher scouting reports, live audio feed, and a 3-D interactive viewing experiance. People can get access to this for about $20 a season.
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