baseball
Robots
Robot Baseball Players To Necessitate Man’s Fusion With Rhinoceros
11:40PM Mark Wilson | Unless you’re Mark Buehrle, it’s nearly impossible for humans to play a perfect game of baseball. But for robots, feats like batting 1000 are already a reality. More »
Gadgets
Players Wouldn’t Use Performance-Enhancing Reebok Vector O Bat
11:50PM Dan Nosowitz | In America’s pastime, where honour and fair competition reign and unfair advantages are never tolerated, there is no place for the “aerodynamic” Reebok Vector O baseball bat. After all, ballplayers would do anything to avoid besmirching their sport! More »
Robots
The Pitching Machine With a Taste For Blood
3:20AM Adam Frucci | 11-year-old Mitchell Anderson had just finished practicing in the batting cage and was gathering balls in his helmet. Unfortunately for him, there was one ball left still rattling around in the machine. More »
Entertainment
MLB’s Incredible Web Video Plans: HD With Mosaic Picture-in-Picture, Live Streaming to iPhone
2:20AM Matt Buchanan | MLB’s awesome and feature-packed iPhone app could be getting that killer feature—live video streaming—this summer thanks to a new streaming tool in iPhone 3.0, says MLB Advanced Media CEO Bob Bowman. More »
Software
Baseball Season Officially Starts With MLB At Bat 2009 iPhone Apps
5:40AM Matt Buchanan | The MLB’s must-buy (and buy again) At Bat iPhone app’s 2009 edition just hit the App Store. There are two versions: The frankly amazing $US10 full app, and a stripped-down free version. More »
Gadgets
Topps 3D Live Brings Augmented Reality to Baseball Cards
8:50PM John Herrman | After recently buying the venerable trading cards company, Disney Michael Eisner is making a seriously cool bid to keep collecting alive, debuting 3D, augmented reality baseball cards complete with tiny players, stats and games. More »
Entertainment
The Story of the Great Philadelphia Hot Dog Launcher
4:30AM Gizmodo US Edition | Hot dog maker Hatfield constructed a hot dog launcher with the help of the Philly Phanatic, famous weirdo mascot of the Philadelphia Phillies, for use during Phillies games. And now, in a fit of boredom and comedic inspiration, they’ve released a “documentary” detailing the making of the launcher. It’s absolutely hilarious, and I’m not saying that just because I’m Gizmodo’s token Pennsylvanian. More »
Software
MLB At Bat iPhone On Sale Because You Have to Re-Buy It Every Season
8:20AM Matt Buchanan | The MLB’s must-buy At Bat iPhone app for baseball fanatics, which delivers live game info, video, more stats than you can swing a stick and other goodness, is currently on sale for $US2.99, two bucks off of its usual $US5 pricetag. But it’s more of a bait-and-switch than a steal, because the app will expire at the end of the season, so you’ll have to re-buy it at the start of the 2009 season. Not too surprising coming from the MLB, who’s notoriously ticky about their content. At Bat is still a great app, but buyer definitley beware. [TUAW] More »
Gadgets
Playing Baseball with Rocket Launchers and Tanks on Japanese TV
7:45AM Adam Frucci | You’ve gotta love Japanese television. Two nights ago, the show NTV showed the results of an experiment it attempted involving baseball, tanks and rocket launchers. I don’t speak Japanese, so I don’t know what their scientific justifications were for the experiments, but I do know the results, thanks to the below videos captured by Japan Probe: sheer lunacy. More »
Toys
