One step to revolutionize pitching...

[Tim]

This jersey will change everything:

 

From improving mechanics during practice to monitoring when a pitcher starts to lose his form during a game, this kind of technology will change the sport.

[Ding Dong Johnson]

I'd be afraid it would shock the ever living [expletive] out of me if I got too sweaty.

[Guest]

My initial thought is that it probably wouldn't be allowed to be worn in games, at least as it looks right now.

 

Pretty cool though.

[erik316wttn]

That's awesome.

 

Technology that cutting-edge, though, usually takes about 5-10 years before it comes commonplace.

[BCVM22]

Looks like Multiple Man.

[imb]

That's awesome.

 

Technology that cutting-edge, though, usually takes about 5-10 years before it comes commonplace.

 

What example did you have in mind when you posted this?

[CubbieBum]

That's awesome.

 

Technology that cutting-edge, though, usually takes about 5-10 years before it comes commonplace.

 

What example did you have in mind when you posted this?

 

Most technology things of this type take awhile to perfect which I am sure you are well aware of. Add to that the general resistance a sport like baseball has to major revolutionary things and it will probably take longer than it should to become commonplace. 5-10 years is probably too long but a year or two I would say it pretty likely.

[bhogg]

This guy beat them to it. . ..

 

 

http://www.iwatchstuff.com/2008/10/06/tron-guy.jpg

[wvcbxl]

... this kind of technology will change the sport.

 

it's actually a spin-off from more serious research in to "intelligent textiles" to monitor patients and people like firemen during an emergency.

[Guest]

... this kind of technology will change the sport.

 

it's actually a spin-off from more serious research in to "intelligent textiles" to monitor patients and people like firemen during an emergency.

yep. First I have seen it in print being used for a baseball application, though.

 

They've also been doing things where they attach reflectors to pitchers to record their mechanics for years now. This just does everything in real time and could be a huge step forward in injury prevention.

[bhogg]

if the Pirates can't afford this technology, would it be considered "cheating" if the other 31 teams use it?

 

I think so. . . .

[NCCubFan]

if the Pirates can't afford this technology, would it be considered "cheating" if the other 31 teams use it?

 

I think so. . . .

So what two new teams were added this year? :D

[bhogg]

if the Pirates can't afford this technology, would it be considered "cheating" if the other 31 teams use it?

 

I think so. . . .

So what two new teams were added this year? :D

 

 

 

by the time this stuff comes out, there will be 32 teams. . . . .yeah, that's it.

[erik316wttn]

That's awesome.

 

Technology that cutting-edge, though, usually takes about 5-10 years before it comes commonplace.

 

What example did you have in mind when you posted this?

 

Most technology things of this type take awhile to perfect which I am sure you are well aware of. Add to that the general resistance a sport like baseball has to major revolutionary things and it will probably take longer than it should to become commonplace. 5-10 years is probably too long but a year or two I would say it pretty likely.

 

And, oh, you know.... cell phones, flat panel TV's, microwaves, etc... all technology was was pretty much a novelty and not widely available when first invented, but several years later became commonplace.

 

I await your witty retort, imb. Inquiring minds need to know just what cutting edge insult you'll come up with!

[imb]

what exactly does a shirt specifically designed to track athletic performance have to do with technology made for home use?

 

if it works and it's useful, teams will use it. it has nothing to do with HD tv slowly proliferating out into people's homes.

[CubbieBum]

what exactly does a shirt specifically designed to track athletic performance have to do with technology made for home use?

 

if it works and it's useful, teams will use it. it has nothing to do with HD tv slowly proliferating out into people's homes.

 

I agree with you that examples weren't good but in general baseball has resisted technological advances.

[imb]

what exactly does a shirt specifically designed to track athletic performance have to do with technology made for home use?

 

if it works and it's useful, teams will use it. it has nothing to do with HD tv slowly proliferating out into people's homes.

 

I agree with you that examples weren't good but in general baseball has resisted technological advances.

 

like what?

 

baseball upgrades technology all the time in the name of better functionality. If this thing is useful, you think a team will drop $15 mil on a first round draft pick but balk at $2,000 or whatever that this costs?

 

It was a stupid thing to say. i hate when people act like they have intimate knowledge of something when they're just spitting things off the top of their heads to appear like an aficionado.

[CubbieBum]

what exactly does a shirt specifically designed to track athletic performance have to do with technology made for home use?

 

if it works and it's useful, teams will use it. it has nothing to do with HD tv slowly proliferating out into people's homes.

 

I agree with you that examples weren't good but in general baseball has resisted technological advances.

 

like what?

 

baseball upgrades technology all the time in the name of better functionality. If this thing is useful, you think a team will drop $15 mil on a first round draft pick but balk at $2,000 or whatever that this costs?

 

It was a stupid thing to say. i hate when people act like they have intimate knowledge of something when they're just spitting things off the top of their heads to appear like an aficionado.

 

Who is the one just spitting things off the top of their heads? You are acting as if this is a lock to be accepted and used widely. I said baseball of all sports tends to stick to the way things have always been done for as long as they can. Doesn't mean this won't take off and be used widely but in general baseball resists technological advances and this may be one that takes a year or two to spread (the original post was 5-10 years which I said I disagreed with).

 

Lasik surgery is the best example I can think of right now. It is still not used by everyone even though it can help tremendously. I don't see the point in someone who has near perfect vision getting it but there are plenty of guys who were contacts and the such in baseball when they could get Lasik and have perfect or better vision.

[imb]

what exactly does a shirt specifically designed to track athletic performance have to do with technology made for home use?

 

if it works and it's useful, teams will use it. it has nothing to do with HD tv slowly proliferating out into people's homes.

 

I agree with you that examples weren't good but in general baseball has resisted technological advances.

 

like what?

 

baseball upgrades technology all the time in the name of better functionality. If this thing is useful, you think a team will drop $15 mil on a first round draft pick but balk at $2,000 or whatever that this costs?

 

It was a stupid thing to say. i hate when people act like they have intimate knowledge of something when they're just spitting things off the top of their heads to appear like an aficionado.

 

Who is the one just spitting things off the top of their heads? You are acting as if this is a lock to be accepted and used widely. I said baseball of all sports tends to stick to the way things have always been done for as long as they can. Doesn't mean this won't take off and be used widely but in general baseball resists technological advances and this may be one that takes a year or two to spread (the original post was 5-10 years which I said I disagreed with).

 

Lasik surgery is the best example I can think of right now. It is still not used by everyone even though it can help tremendously. I don't see the point in someone who has near perfect vision getting it but there are plenty of guys who were contacts and the such in baseball when they could get Lasik and have perfect or better vision.

 

You are acting as if this is a lock to be accepted and used widely.

 

 

if it works and it's useful

 

lasik isn't used by everyone because it's a surgery and it's expensive. i'm talking about billion-dollar baseball teams popping out a couple thousand dollars to be proactive toward injuries to their million-dollar pitchers.

[CubbieBum]

what exactly does a shirt specifically designed to track athletic performance have to do with technology made for home use?

 

if it works and it's useful, teams will use it. it has nothing to do with HD tv slowly proliferating out into people's homes.

 

I agree with you that examples weren't good but in general baseball has resisted technological advances.

 

like what?

 

baseball upgrades technology all the time in the name of better functionality. If this thing is useful, you think a team will drop $15 mil on a first round draft pick but balk at $2,000 or whatever that this costs?

 

It was a stupid thing to say. i hate when people act like they have intimate knowledge of something when they're just spitting things off the top of their heads to appear like an aficionado.

 

Who is the one just spitting things off the top of their heads? You are acting as if this is a lock to be accepted and used widely. I said baseball of all sports tends to stick to the way things have always been done for as long as they can. Doesn't mean this won't take off and be used widely but in general baseball resists technological advances and this may be one that takes a year or two to spread (the original post was 5-10 years which I said I disagreed with).

 

Lasik surgery is the best example I can think of right now. It is still not used by everyone even though it can help tremendously. I don't see the point in someone who has near perfect vision getting it but there are plenty of guys who were contacts and the such in baseball when they could get Lasik and have perfect or better vision.

 

You are acting as if this is a lock to be accepted and used widely.

 

 

if it works and it's useful

 

lasik isn't used by everyone because it's a surgery and it's expensive. i'm talking about billion-dollar baseball teams popping out a couple thousand dollars to be proactive toward injuries to their million-dollar pitchers.

 

And Lasik is a couple thousand for millionaire baseball players who need every advantage they can get.

 

But whatever we are basically in agreement on this. You think it will be a very fast adaption to it and I think it would take a year or two. Pretty close in reality.

[Guest]

there are plenty of guys who were contacts and the such in baseball

What are they now?

[imb]

i bet the number of ballplayers that have had lasik is incredibly high. it's not newsworthy so you don't hear about it, but i'd be shocked if they weren't out getting it left and right.

[erik316wttn]

what exactly does a shirt specifically designed to track athletic performance have to do with technology made for home use?

 

if it works and it's useful, teams will use it. it has nothing to do with HD tv slowly proliferating out into people's homes.

 

I agree with you that examples weren't good but in general baseball has resisted technological advances.

 

like what?

 

baseball upgrades technology all the time in the name of better functionality. If this thing is useful, you think a team will drop $15 mil on a first round draft pick but balk at $2,000 or whatever that this costs?

 

It was a stupid thing to say. i hate when people act like they have intimate knowledge of something when they're just spitting things off the top of their heads to appear like an aficionado.

 

imb is funny when he gets all butthurt about something.

[imb]

since that still wasn't any kind of explanation of your original post, i'm assuming it's an admittance of ignorance

[erik316wttn]

i assume that's an admittance of your ignorance

 

More like your hypocrisy.

 

I recall you saying in the NCAA Expanding thread about how you don't understand how people can get so worked up over things that don't personally affect their lives, and yet here you are getting all upset over something that has no affect whatsoever in your personal life.