Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Things that don't suck: High-tech stealing

Nice article on the Red Sox brand new video archival system that they travel with...5 terabytes of data on this monster...it contains video taken from several angles, both from a batter and pitcher's perspectives...which they credit for a very important moment in Red Sox history:
"In the sixth inning of that game, Dave Roberts pulled up every at-bat he could find of [Yankees reliever] Mariano Rivera pitching with a runner on first base," Conley says. "He played that on a loop. He was trying to gain an edge. Then he went in as a pinch runner in the ninth inning, stole second base and scored, and we turned things around. Having that video was another tool in the shed."
My only problem here is...why did he wait until the 6th inning?! I called that stolen base the day he was traded here for Nomar! I wonder what else they're stealing...

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