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I think the best part about the whole thing is that there are so many memes accompanying the investigation. I'm not sure however, that the internet really help
by wyxuan 7y ago
I think the best part about the whole thing is that there are so many memes accompanying the investigation.
I'm not sure however, that the internet really helped crack the case. Th article shows that the internet came to similar conclusions as the real MLB investigation.
- interestica 7y agoI'm fascinated by the shift in internet culture to allow this. In the early 2010s MLB would have done their best to remove unauthorized clips from the web. It would have always been done as 'copyright violation'. But, the shift democratizes the content itself - and makes it available for critique/analysis/comedy.
- OldHand2018 7y agoBaseball Savant [1] might just blow your mind. It is far and away the best stats/data site provided by a pro sports league, likely anywhere on Earth. The search page offers about 40 ways to narrow a search, and once you've found what you are looking for it can generate a dozen or two different charts and graphics. On many of them, any circle representing a pitch is a clickable link that brings up the TV video of that pitch. You really like the data you found? No problem, there's a button to download it in CSV format, with about 95 columns of data for each pitch. Do whatever you want with it as long as its non-commercial. There are conferences where people go and present research and other cool things they do with the data. MLB sends people to them and most teams do as well. If you present something cool, you'll have half a dozen teams asking you for an interview. [1] https://baseballsavant.mlb.com https://baseballsavant.mlb.com
- oplav 7y agoBaseball Savant includes videos for every pitch through 2017 [1]. You can get there through the search page [2]. [1] https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=62a1c77c-fa27-4f3b-85f3-43b98122b80f https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/sporty-videos?playId=62a1c77c... [2] https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search https://baseballsavant.mlb.com/statcast_search
- bradleyankrom 7y agoThe research done by ordinary people (not league or club personnel) created a situation where the league had to respond. Without that, I don’t think an investigation would have taken place.
- wj 7y agoI read an article today from 2018 that mentioned the Astros banging trash cans. Apparently MLB has known about these allegations for a while and didn't investigate. It took it coming out on social media for them to finally launch the investigation.