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Strange but true: Fox puts speed into context
Fox mostly has been well behaved in not overdoing the technical wizardry during the playoffs.
Its coolest innovation is measuring the speed of the ball when it leaves the pitcher’s hand compared with when it reaches the plate, a distinction that seems obviously relevant but mostly had been ignored in the past.
It also has measured the batter’s fraction-of-a-second reaction time.
The...
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