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There is a new computerized system being put in place at some parks that breaks plays down to components and tenths of a second.

http://mlb.mlb.com/news/article/mlb/track-to-the-future-baseballs-new-metrics?ymd=20140520&content_id=76057208&vkey=news_mlb

Too much information or something really excited that will add to your enjoyment of games?

Should have mentioned. The video shows Hamilton getting Hamilton getting caught stealing.
This new system shows how big runners lead was, how fast he got up to. Shows how quickly the catcher got rid of the ball, how much time it took to get to second, how much the runner was thrown out by. It traces the path of the ball going to second. The video shows the ball about 3/4 to second and Hamilton still 27 feet away. He makes up 22 feet by the time the ball gets on to second.

From what I have heard the goal is going to be to have this type analysis available for every play in baseball.
The amount of information could be quite informative and potentially overwhelming.

I am curious how long it will take them to get this system perfected and in to minor leagues for development purposes. Or in to colleges, etc for scouting purposes.

Won't add anything for me.

I don't know, this kind of micro-analysis tends to remind me of the dissection unit in high school biology class. They gave us a frog, we pinned it down and dissected it, removing and studying various organs. I guess it improved my knowledge of frog anatomy overall, but at the end of the process, what we had left wasn't a frog anymore.

Baseball's enjoyment for me is the art, not the science, of the sport.

That brings back memories of college biology class.

We were given pigs. Everyone cut their pigs open and were supposed to identify several organs. I butchered mine so bad I could not find anything. When the instructor got over to me he just shook his head, poked around with his probe saying this is where the heart once was, this is where the liver was. Sad part was I had to then draw pictures of all the parts. My art skills were no better than my surgeon skills were. I studied for the test from drawings that had no resemblance to whatever it was I had mutilated beyond recognition in the first place. Amazing I was able to pull a B in that class.

That brings back memories of college biology class.

We were given pigs. Everyone cut their pigs open and were supposed to identify several organs. I butchered mine so bad I could not find anything. When the instructor got over to me he just shook his head, poked around with his probe saying this is where the heart once was, this is where the liver was. Sad part was I had to then draw pictures of all the parts. My art skills were no better than my surgeon skills were. I studied for the test from drawings that had no resemblance to whatever it was I had mutilated beyond recognition in the first place. Amazing I was able to pull a B in that class.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBzJGckMYO4

Too much of this during a game might get tedious. But I can see it being featured in the sports talk shows like Baseball Tonight and MLB Whiparound. I could see a new feature best jump of the day/week highlighting the player with the least amount of time passing between bat contact and player movement.

Once this reaches the point of being in minor league parks I could see it being a great scouting tool. I imagine in some future prospects book seeing charts showing players with the quickest jumps, most distance covered between starting point and where ball caught, quickest release from point of catch to release of throw, or time from catch and arrival of ball at destination.

One might even wonder if some time way in to the future some of this information makes it in to simulation games like Strat......

One of the things I am looking forward to with this new system is an alysis of how much time is saved or lost by sliding head first instead of feet first.