It is no secret that I really can’t stand baseball. In person I can handle it, mostly because of all the hotdogs and beer, but on TV I last only 10min before passing out or turning the channel. Well in hopes of dragging views deeper into the game ESPN has developed an impressive ball prediction system.

I am not going to go through the entire Popsci article, but if you picked up on the usage of “prediction” instead of “tracking” then you are progressing nicely. Remember the hockey puck system that was around that made the puck glow? Well this is nothing like that. This system actually uses a ton of trajectory calculations along with doppler radar to predict the ball path. The system is really impressive, and can even calculate home runs before the ball leaves the field.

If they would just add more technology like this, and shorten the game to about 5 innings, I might actually start watching.  I actually even threw in a picture from Wrigley Field, the only actual stadium I have been to.

(Via Popsci)