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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 08:31am
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Ive looked with no sucess.... how the h@ll does the pitch locator thing work? anyone have any links to this (and no, detailed schematics and parts lists are not needed... lol)
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 09:03am
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Ive looked with no sucess.... how the h@ll does the pitch locator thing work? anyone have any links to this (and no, detailed schematics and parts lists are not needed... lol)
Probably something like this...
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I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views!

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I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 10:55am
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Probably something like this...
hrmmm ..now i know even less than before. but, thanks. I mean could they be less vague? array of switches? pulse stretcher? ...well anyways the d@mn thing ive watched on tv is not very accurate.
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 11:29am
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From what I can tell from the description, this patent describes an electonic version of the "mat."
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 12:13pm
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From what I can tell from the description, this patent describes an electonic version of the "mat."
Yep. Just another case of me being a smart-a$$.
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I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views!

Screw green, it ain't easy being blue!

I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 12:13pm
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Probably something like this...
That is nothing more than mat ball with a speaker.
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 12:19pm
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That is nothing more than mat ball with a speaker.
More like this:

Tracking Pitches Using Video Technology
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Old Sat Oct 25, 2008, 09:28am
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Too technical for me. All I want to know is, was the pitch hitable. If so,
STRIKE.
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 03:04pm
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Probably something like this...
This patent contains a, er, patently false statement:

"Before the ball reaches the ground, it is usually caught by a catcher." (emphasis added)

BS. Not in most of my SP games.
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 03:15pm
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This patent contains a, er, patently false statement:

"Before the ball reaches the ground, it is usually caught by a catcher." (emphasis added)

BS. Not in most of my SP games.
Exactly why I wear shinguards. I don't care if it's SP or not, that ball ALWAYS finds the same spot on my shin bones!

Though last night, I called a local league's SP Co-ed B Championship game behind the plate, and the catcher from the home team was awesome. Only 3 or 4 got by her all night. 7 innings, final score was 28-25. She was damn good.
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I haven't decided if I should call it from the dugout or the outfield. Apparently, both have really great views!

Screw green, it ain't easy being blue!

I won't be coming here that much anymore. I might check in now and again.
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 03:17pm
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Exactly why I wear shinguards. I don't care if it's SP or not, that ball ALWAYS finds the same spot on my shin bones!

Though last night, I called a local league's SP Co-ed B Championship game behind the plate, and the catcher from the home team was awesome. Only 3 or 4 got by her all night. 7 innings, final score was 28-25. She was damn good.
Great! How was she as a catcher?
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Old Fri Oct 24, 2008, 03:19pm
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Great! How was she as a catcher?
Trust me, you'd have been barking up the wrong tree with this catcher. She makes no attempts to hide it.
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