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Mar 06, 2017

Major League Baseball is first to allow the use of a device to collect player biometrics in games

Seasoned Major League Baseball managers who think they’ve got a beat on player performance by counting pitches and so forth will soon gain access to more detailed data analysis. The league announced Monday that it had approved the use of biometric monitors to be worn by players during games. ESPN reported that the device, manufactured by Boston-based Whoop, is the first of its kind to be allowed during competition in any American sports league. Players in leagues such as the NFL, NBA and MLS often wear monitors in practice, but not in games. ESPN says teams cannot force players to wear… Read More

Sep 26, 2016

HBO throws a strike at baseball tradition with ‘Real Sports’ look at how umpires compare to computers

Take him out of the ballgame? That would seem to the logical conclusion when it comes to home plate umpires if the decision is based on accuracy in calling balls and strikes. But in a game built on tradition, there’s more at play than being 100 percent correct. In the latest look at how technology could potentially alter yet another sport, HBO gets in on the ongoing debate over whether it’s time for baseball’s lovably blind yet nostalgically perfect umpires to give way to computer pitch trackers. A new episode of “Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel” airs Tuesday night, and former player… Read More

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