Perfect Game, the world’s largest baseball scouting service, announced a partnership with Diamond Kinetics on Friday to enhance real-time scouting with smart bats and wireless motion sensors. Under the terms of the deal, Pittsburgh-based Diamond Kinetics, which makes sensors that quantify athletic performance, will be the exclusive provider of sensor-based motion sensors to Perfect Game, adding new analytics to its […]
In a move that will blend the old school with the new, Marucci Sports and Diamond Kinetics announced the release of Smart Bat Custom Cut — a handcrafted Marucci maple baseball bat designed to hold a Diamond Kinetics SwingTracker inside its handle. Marucci’s Baton Rouge, La.-based brand has become a staple among big league hitters, boasting endorsements from […]
Every once in a while, adding one and one makes a lot more than two. More generally, there are times when — as Aristotle famously said — “the whole is greater than the sum of its parts.” For instance, most people love cake, but have no interest in consuming raw eggs, cake mix, and flour […]
Dating back to the 17th century, the science behind a baseball’s movement can be attributed to the natural laws determined by Sir Isaac Newton. An object in motion, as stated in Newton’s first law, will continue its movement in the same direction, provided an external force doesn’t counteract it. By the same token, an object […]
