Major League Baseball players will compete against one another in an official esports competition called the MLBPA Fortnite Challenge, beginning on Monday. The MLBPA partnered with esports event organizer UMG...
Sam Fuld retired from the outfield last fall, leaving behind an eight-year playing career in the big leagues and joining the Phillies in a newly created role: major league player information coordinator. Fuld is as well educated as any ballplayer. He has an economics degree from Stanford, interned at Stats, Inc., while in the minors, […]
A strength assessment for the shoulder rooted in judo, devised by a soccer physio, tested in rugby and administered with a tool associated with the lower body has been adapted for baseball and used this past season by the World Series champion Houston Astros organization. The Astros tested the use of ForceDecks — a leading supplier of […]
Fans who watched the Houston Astros play their World Series home games won’t just have memories of this season’s championship. Each of the more than 43,000 people who packed Minute Maid Park over the weekend can also get a high-resolution image of themselves at the game via Fancam. The company, which first partnered with the […]
It was a Saturday in Houston, and a small girl with a robotic hand was walking onto the field to throw a pitch in front of thousands of cheering fans packed into Minute Maid Park. Hailey Dawson, a 7-year-old girl born who was born with a rare disease called Poland Syndrome that causes birth defects […]
