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Digital Eyes Will Chart Baseball's Unseen Skills
![[article image]](/system/assets/0000/1070/071009_MTwins_Carlos_Gomez.large.jpg?1247256440&1247256435 "Minnesota Twins Outfielder Carlos Gomez")
A new camera and software system will collect data for statistical analysis of players' defensive performance.
Credit: Minnesota Twins
The game of baseball could be significantly affected by a new camera and software system capable of recording the precise speed and location of the ball and every player on the field, which will generate statistics that will grade players with greater accuracy. The data gathered by this method, which is in final testing, will be revealed to a group of baseball executives, statisticians, and academics on July 11. The system's software and artificial intelligence algorithms, which will ana...
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