Sitting in the stands down the first base line Thursday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle,

I was feeling like a real fan in my white Mariners jersey with geek wire emblazoned on the back,

Louisville Slugger baseball glove, Mariners spring training hat circa 2007, my white Felix Hernandez socks, and my noise-canceling

headphones on my head attached via cord to my portable AM FM radio, which was perched

between the seats in front of me for optimal reception. That's when the guy, a few seats to my left, turned my way and made a humbling

observation. Are you doing a cosplay of that Bartman guy? That's right. He wondered if I was

cosplaying as Steve Bartman. You may remember Bartman as the unfortunate Cubs fan in the hat

and headphones at the 2003 National League Championship series,

who deflected a ball that might otherwise have been caught by Cubs outfielder Moises Alou.

If you've seen the video or a picture or watched the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary on the Steve Bartman incident, as it's now known, you'll have a sense for what I looked like in the stands on Thursday at the Mariners game.

But this was not cosplay.

This was a tech test. Coming up on the Geekwire podcast, we pit old-fashioned

terrestrial radio against newfangled digital audio streams for play-by-play in the stands.

Then we debate pros and cons of baseball analytics and robot umpires,

and in our final segment, we experience the highs and the lows of Amazon's latest retail

technology at the Tech Giants' hometown stadium. I'm Geekwire co-founder Todd Bishop. Stay with us for

a special episode, Geekwire at the ballpark.

I like baseball, but I'm a real fan of multi-sensory experiences, especially seeing something

live and simultaneously having somebody talking in your ears, pointing things

out that you might otherwise miss. At a modern day baseball game, there is so much happening

in the stands on the scoreboard through the PA system. Among the people around you,

it's easy to lose track of what's happening on the field. Of course, long-time

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