Friday, May 13, 2016

A major league arms race: fastballs keep getting faster by Sean Gregory

Magazine: Time Magazine
Date: April 18, 2016
Article: A major league arms race: fastballs keep getting faster
Page: 18
Author:  Sean Gregory
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Comments:  Nice article for any baseball fanatic.

Questions
1. How many pitchers averaged 95 mph pitches in 2005?
2. How many pitchers averaged 95 mph pitches in 2015?
3. Who provided this data?
4. How many pitchers hit 100 mph mark last season?
5. How many pitchers hit 100 mph mark in 2008?
6. Who wrote the book, "The Arm: Inside the Billion-Dollar Mystery of the most Valuable Commodity in Sports"?
7. Why is baseball now a blur?
8. What is a specialized bullpen?
9. What benefits do pitchers get by having a specialized bullpen?
10. What is 3D analysis?
11. What is the benefit of 3D analysis?
12. What scientific approaches have made pitchers stronger?
13. What is the name of a surgery that a pitcher could get from an elbow injury?
14. With faster pitches come more strikeouts.  True or False


Reference
http://time.com/author/sean-gregory/
fangraph.com
https://twitter.com/JeffPassan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor
https://www.harpercollins.com/9780062400369/the-arm
https://www.xsens.com/customer-cases/baseball-pitchers-analysis/
http://www.industrytap.com/3d-motion-analysis-system-could-prevent-shoulder-injuries-in-baseball-pitchers/4668
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AaCGdBfcoMo

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