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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Scientific Baseall
A standard Brian Bannister article, but then this is a new one for me:
However, there is one sign of growth at the lower levels at an Oklahoma City training facility.
Glenn “Butch” Schoenhals, a retired neurosurgeon and longtime amateur coach, is the owner and president of Scientific Baseball, which operates the only PITCHf/x system outside a major league ballpark. He’s using the system to teach players as young as 9, and even to train umpires.
“This simplifies the process,” Schoenhals says. “It converts what we think to what we know.”
“That’s great,” Bannister says. “This is where I foresee all this going.”