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A friend pointed me to MLB’s Gameday application this afternoon during Game 1 of the ALDS between the Rays and White Sox (the Rays are up 4-3 as I write this). This thing is amazing … how do they do it?

The mini version is shown to the left. It gives you the pitch-by-pitch details, shows the location, trajectory, and speed of each pitch, and then the play-by-play details … for free and in near real-time.

The full-blown 3D version lets you use your mouse to change the camera angle and zoom in/out while viewing the graphic pitch overlay. I didn’t try this but apparently after a play you can click on a hyperlink and see the actual video footage of the play.

That’s some seriously cool technology … I would love to know how it works. They have a blog and it appears that they just launched this 3D version back in June.