Future of Sports Pt. 2
Hoge & Jahns: a show about the Chicago Bears
Hoge & Jahns
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🗓️ 15 May 2022
⏱️ 19 minutes
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome back to our special two-part series here on the Athletic Podcast Network. |
| 0:20.6 | I am Mike Smeltz. |
| 0:21.6 | In episode one, we looked at how the fan experience will change in the near future, |
| 0:26.3 | how going to the games, watching the games, and taking a piece of the games home are shifting in the digital age. |
| 0:32.6 | Today, we're looking at what is evolving from the player team and league perspective. |
| 0:37.6 | Now, baseball is a sport that straddles both the cutting edge of innovation and a dedication to its roots. |
| 0:42.8 | One element of the game that has spanned the decades is players and teams' dedication to cheating. |
| 0:49.0 | It's a big salvo in the war over the stealing signs. |
| 0:53.5 | You know, everyone's always trying to steal each other signs. |
| 0:56.5 | They still are. |
| 0:57.6 | That is Eno Seris, baseball writer at the Athletic, who often writes about the confluence |
| 1:02.5 | of analytics and gameplay in the sport. |
| 1:05.5 | Saris is talking about a new piece of equipment in baseball called pitchcom. |
| 1:10.0 | That, yes, is an advancement in the game |
| 1:12.5 | but looks like something from 30 years ago. So this year they've introduced pitchcom device |
| 1:19.9 | and it just looks like an old school, I don't know, almost like a pager or something with the big |
| 1:25.9 | fat buttons on it. It's got these big fat buttons on it. |
| 1:28.8 | It's on the wrist of the catcher. |
| 1:31.3 | And they can press a couple buttons. |
| 1:33.7 | And then it just basically, I think it's Bluetooth technology. |
| 1:37.0 | And it goes to the hat of the pitcher. |
| 1:40.0 | And it'll actually say slider. |
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