So, I never watch sports. At least not on purpose. But, being that I am in Baltimore and have time on my hands in a restaurant, I was watching the Angels Red Sox game and was stunned by the K Zone graphic they overlay to analyze whether a pitch is strike or not. Not only was it a neat-o trick (kinda like tracking the puck in hockey, or putting the first down in football) but it was actually really cool when they compared several of a pitcher’s throws together, stacking them all on the screen.

This is really a damn cool thing. Not only is it cool technology, it is actually useful and enhances watching the games. It makes me wonder if at some point umpires will actually just be sitting behind a laptop and calling balls and strikes without any fail, ever. Is that a good thing?

More info here and here on the development of the software which has apparently been around since 2001. How come there aren’t any good pictures of it online then?!