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By: Ben Letalik a reply to MLB uses Web 2.0 to improve officiatingby Ben Letalik on Jul 24, 2008 - 02:41 PM read 28 times Source: http://www.wikinomics.com/blog/?p=1774#comment-154717 |
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I’m glad that baseball is taking another step towards integrating and embracing technology into the game. If this brings us one step closer to video replays reversing in-game calls, I’ll be very happy.
In terms of recognizing player traits, I hope they don’t take too close a look at the Blue Jays closer B.J. Ryan. He has a weird delivery that could technically be called a balk every pitch he throws. In my memory, it’s only been called once, in the bottom of the ninth against the Yankees. Funny that.
I think technology like this becomes even more useful in sports like hockey, basketball, or soccer where a lot of things happen “behind the play”. If officials know to look for certain things from certain players, it could help eliminate a lot of this behaviour.
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