Interesting story on the role technology has in the day to day operations of the Boston Red Sox, including the 2004 World Series run.
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"The Red Sox consider video archives a crucial part of their success. Management identifies it as a major reason for Dave Roberts' stolen base in the ninth inning of a victory over the New York Yankees when Boston trailed the playoff series three games to none. The triumph started Boston on an eight-game winning streak that carried through the World Series.
In the sixth inning of that game, Dave Roberts pulled up every at-bat he could find of [Yankees reliever] Mariano Rivera pitching with a runner on first base," Conley says. "He played that on a loop. He was trying to gain an edge. Then he went in as a pinch runner in the ninth inning, stole second base and scored, and we turned things around. Having that video was another tool in the shed."
And I always thought the magic started at BoRyan's housewarming party...
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I read an interesting article in the Southwest Airlines onboard magazine about the new generation of major league general managers like Theo Epstein. A lot of it was over my limited baseball head but the basic premise was we are in the era of statiticians and accounts because of what a numbers game baseball is.
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