Note to Reader: The following was ghostwritten by German filmmaker and sometime assassin’s target Werner Herzog. Mr. Herzog explains the term “ecstatic truth” here. The Informed Reader is almost definitely aware that, beyond noting the movement and velocity of a pitcher’s stuff, scouts will also sometimes take note of opposing batters’ reactions to certain pitches […]

Sportvision is taking leaps and bounds with expanding their ability to track the game of baseball. The Second Annual PITCHf/x Summit convenes in San Francisco this upcoming weekend, and if I could be anywhere other than with my newly expanded family, it would be at the summit. One of the main topics of the summit […]

Some challenges that can affect pitch classification and analysis.

Johan Santana has (or had) a blister, and his pitching coach says it has affected his fastball. Checking that out with PITCHf/x seems easy enough, but therein lies the rub.

Sportvision and MLBAM have announced the Second Annual PITCHf/x Summit to be held in San Francisco on July 11, 2009. The summit last year was an amazing experience, and I highly recommend it to anyone interested in the physics of baseball or analysis of data from PITCHf/x and HITf/x. You can find more details and […]

Milwaukee puts its rotation in line beyond a talented young man.

A pair of 22-year-old rookies have landed in the fourth slots of the Angels’ and Nationals’ rotations.

The World Baseball Classic offers a chance to look at some new pitchers with PITCHf/x.

A look at Johan Santana using PITCHf/x data to try and decipher why he’s having a down year.

The two sides of the Colorado reliever in 2008, using PITCHf/x.