Major League Baseball released a modern update of the classic Nintendo game R.B.I Baseball, the 30-year-old cult favorite that was the first of its kind to include names, likenesses and abilities of real players. The original game — launched in Japan in 1986 and North America in 1988 — carried a license from the MLB […]
NEW YORK – Those who work in esports believe the gaming competitions could be added to the Olympics as soon as 2024, potentially exciting a new generation of viewers similar to the way snowboarding ignited a younger audience when it was added in 1998. A number of challenges, however, will need to be addressed before […]
NEW YORK — Major League Baseball and MLB Advanced Media are keeping a close eye on the esports landscape as the league considers how it might enter the space in the future. “I think it’s all about fan engagement, and it’s about finding the right place to go in,” Jamie Leece, MLBAM’s Vice President of […]
Baseball’s most innovative franchise, the Houston Astros, triumphed over a Los Angeles Dodgers roster assembled by a front office with several Ph.D.’s in what was undoubtedly the most data-driven World Series to date. Their sensibilities were an appropriate capstone to a 2017 Major League Baseball season full of advancements. Here are SportTechie’s starting lineup of […]
In baseball banter everywhere from bleacher seats to barrooms everywhere in between, home runs are celebrated as homers, dingers, bombs and long balls. The pinstriped uniforms of New York’s American League team may say Yankees, but the club is often known as the Yanks, the Bronx Bombers and — now that Aaron Judge, Gary Sanchez […]
