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...Japanese engineers had their way, we might soon be cheering on a robotic World Series. Every year or two, Japanese researchers roll out a new robotic invention - the latest to grab headlines earlier this month was a mechanized baseball duo of a batter and pitcher that can throw 90% of its pitches in the strike zone. And while the majority of Japanese robotic inventions - from the dazzling to the horrifying -have largely been unable to break into the mass market, Japanese scientists aren't likely to short-circuit their robotic ambitions anytime soon: Robotic technology plays a larger role...
...smallest minutiae of a player’s performance. A manager might make the logical call to take out a starting pitcher after 130 pitches over eight and two-thirds shutout innings in a 1-0 game, but fans and pundits will cry foul if the next batter hits a home...
...diamond in Denton, Texas, freshman pitcher Rachel Brown stepped into the circle for the Harvard softball team. It was Opening Day, and Brown had gotten the call. Kansas leadoff batter Stevie Cristoso came to the plate, and before long, was caught looking as the ball sizzled past her for the first strikeout of Brown’s career.The freshman couldn’t have asked for a better start—or an out more representative of her rookie season.“Strikeouts, that has kind of been my pattern the last few years,” Brown said...
...bottom of the fourth inning. Harvard junior starter Margaux Black got into a one-out jam after allowing two consecutive singles to start the inning, yielding to classmate Dana Roberts with runners on second and third. Roberts allowed a three-run shot to junior Christy Autin, the first batter she faced, and then gave up two more singles before pitching out of trouble to limit the Big Green’s lead to 3-0. The Crimson tacked on an unearned run in the top of the fifth, when Bock, who had reached on a fielder’s choice...
...umpires suffered the majority of Dartmouth’s ire.A tight strike zone from home plate umpire Brian Troupe gave both sides trouble, but the crowd erupted when Troupe refused to grant Big Green center fielder Brett Gardner first base after being hit by a pitch, ruling that the batter had failed to make an effort to get out of the way. Although disgruntled fans had a few choice words for the men in blue, Walsh implied that Dartmouth’s supporters may have suffered from selective memory—sophomore catcher Tyler Albright received the same call after...