Reconstructing Pitching Duels: How Run Expectancy Transforms Our View on Classic Matchups
For decades, baseball fans have celebrated the great pitcher’s duels as if they were poetic clashes of endurance and will. For example, the memory of Sandy Koufax striking out batters deep into October or Greg Maddux working the corners against Pedro Martínez still feels larger than life. The scoreboards that night usually told a simple […]
Exploring the Impact of Technology on Major League Baseball
Baseball has long been considered “America’s Pastime,” with generations of fans tuning in each summer to cheer on their favorite teams. But as technology advances, the game we know and love is changing – and there’s never been a more exciting time for Major League Baseball (MLB) fans. From biomechanical analysis, real-time data tracking, and […]
PITCHf/x, QuesTec, and HBO
This guest post was written by C. Sven Jenkins PITCHf/x, QuesTec, and HBO Back in 2002 I met umpire Mark Hirschbeck. He informed me that even though baseball used QuesTec to rate umpires, the information from the findings would never be knowledge for the entire baseball world to see. Hirschbeck, arguing with Scott Brosius QuesTec […]
The Vibro-Belt Was Not As Good As Seen On TV
In an attempt to get in better shape for the 2011 baseball season, the kind people at Wayfair sent me the Vibro-Belt. I have to admit that I was skeptical going into this review and upon trying it out, I wasn’t disappointed. Now if you just wanted something that would give you a good message, […]
