Quick link this morning: Alan Schwartz of the New York Times breaks the news about a new statistical measurement system currently in testing at our very own Mays Field. If all goes well, it will be deployed in all 30 MLB parks next year.
The eye in the sky — actually several cameras mounted on light towers — records every movement by every fielder, every ball hit or thrown, and every baserunner. How the bazillions of raw data points will turn into something useful hasn’t quite been determined, but no doubt it won’t take long.
Make sure you watch the embedded video about half way down the page.
