Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin estimates that 80 percent of pitches in an SEC game are called from the dugout, a ritual that typically entails a catcher dropping to one knee, looking toward his pitching coach, decoding one set of signs and then relaying another to the pitcher on the mound. Wash, rinse and repeat […]
The NCAA Softball Rules Committee approved the use of swing-tracking bat sensors during games for the coming 2018 season, becoming the first major baseball or softball organization to approve the devices for competition. The data will not be accessible until after the games but will provide a new reference point for players and coaches. “The […]
Today we are proud to announce the first annual SportTechie Awards. For the past five years, we have been uniquely positioned to chronicle the collision of tech and sports as sports technology has become a multi-billion dollar global industry. We’ve examined and analyzed as teams have constructed amazing new venues, as athletes have trained and […]
Baseball history is awash with stories of pitchers adding new pitches to their repertoire by the same rote method: a teammate or coach suggests a grip, the pitcher fiddles with the ball until he gets a good feel and then he debuts his new offering in a game. This is addition by anecdote, a happenstance […]
NEW YORK — Retired outfielder Johnny Damon was back competing at Yankee Stadium on Friday, only this time he wasn’t wearing pinstripes on the ballfield but a Puma polo shirt and Playstation virtual-reality headset. His hands held glowing controllers, as he twisted, punched and gyrated in the middle of an upstairs conference room. Damon, the […]
