“Baseball is science, people.”
That’s one fun soundbite from Bill Nye’s recent appearance on MLB Central, a daily live show hosted by MLB that’s all about professional baseball.
Nye, promoting his...
Major League Baseball is partnering with San Francisco-based tech giant New Relic to highlight how data and analytics impact the games we love to watch and play.
The two organizations have worked together in the past, with MLB’s technology arm using New Relic software for its internal needs. Now they are publicly...
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New York Yankees fans opening the newspaper this week may see an unusual full-page advertisement urging them to "Drop Comcast today and find another TV provider." The ad points fans to a website that suggests DirecTV, Frontier, and Verizon as alternatives.
It's the latest punch thrown in a fight between Comcast and the YES Network,...
Busch Stadium, home to the St. Louis Cardinals. (credit: Nekonomist)
Theft in professional baseball used to be about stealing bases and signs. But not any more—not in the era of big data.
The St. Louis Cardinals' former scouting chief pleaded guilty Friday in a Texas federal courtroom to five hacking counts (PDF) in connection to unlawfully accessing a...
