SportsMEDIA Technology Corp. (SMT), a technology company whose predecessor was hired to help build Major League Baseball’s PITCHf/x system, has sued the league’s media rights arm, MLB Advanced Media (MLBAM), for patent infringement, trade secret theft and breach of contract. The 92-page complaint describes a relationship that began more than a decade ago to create […]
Pedro Martinez was never ejected from a major league game for arguing balls and strikes, but the Boston Red Sox’s Hall of Fame pitcher admits he should have been once. In a start against the New York Yankees at Fenway Park on July 25, 2003, Martinez began his tirade by wagging his finger at home […]
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 […]
