Baseball has always been a game of statistics and numbers. Recently, with improvements in technology, those stats have received a facelift; most notably with MLB’s Statcast. Now, Easton is quantifying a player’s swing with the Easton Power Sensor, powered by Blast Motion. This new sensor will aim to help baseball players improve their swing using […]
The PGA Tour announced yesterday that it would debut its first ever digital, Over-The-Top subscription service, called PGA Tour Live. Starting with the Quicken Loans National on July 30-31, the PGA Tour will be able to stream live content directly to fans, without need of a service provider. The most interesting part about this—the system […]
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In the current age of sports, athletes are looking to get the leg up and be able to analyze and correctly evaluate their games as effectively as possible. Zepp Labs, a leader in sports sensor technology, announced today the availability of the world’s first app-powered multi-sport sensor and dedicated apps for baseball, golf and tennis.
The Zepp Multi-Sport Sensor captures 1,000 data points per second and helps you analyze your swing and improve your game. The data provided by the device gives you quick evaluations of your swing, whether in golf, basketball or tennis.
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Technology is defined as, “the practical application of knowledge especially in a particular area.”
In this case, the area is Major League Baseball. Baseball has been perhaps the sport most resistant to technological advancement over the years, but even baseball purists can’t deny that there have been significant strides made in applying practical knowledge to improve the game from all angles.
From equipment to fan experience to strategies on the field itself, technology has played a substantial role in the evolution of the game. Here we take a look at the top five technological advancements in MLB history and how they have impacted America’s pastime.
It’s completely ordinary to see today’s athletes throw a javelin hundreds of feet in the air or fire baseballs accurately and in excess of 90 mph dozens of times during a game. However, not every close human relative has that ability to throw, despite the great strength that many possess. Researchers say they traced that ability back to three changes to the waist, shoulder and upper arm that happened about 2 million years ago in the early human Homo erectus.
