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Friday, July 10, 2009
All f/x all the time
Mike Fast talks about Trackman:
Trackman is a portable Doppler radar system already in use for tracking golf ball trajectories and now being deployed in baseball.
WSJ used Harry’s data for this cool graphic:
Alan Schwartz of NY Times says that MLB will also be tracking the fielders themselves:
A new camera and software system in its final testing phases will record the exact speed and location of the ball and every player on the field
Which means we’ll be inundated with graphics like these:
UPDATE: Sky gives us more lists at the best and worst at whiffing on various pitch types.