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At the heart of America's favorite pastime, professional baseball organizations look to build teams and develop game strategies in the pursuit of championships with the heavy influence of…
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May 3rd, 2024 Speaker
Kaden Kram, UG '24 (8A052AA1) Department
Operations Research and Financial Engineering
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A baseball game is a series of batter, pitcher matchups. The pitcher seeks to do one of two things: prevent the batter from making contact, or cause the batter to make weak contact, which will lead…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Tony Owens Jr, UG '24 Department
Statistics and Machine Learning
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Pitch tunneling in baseball is when two pitches look the same for most of their trajectory towards home plate, but then move in opposite directions. Pitchers utilize pitch tunneling to try and fool…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Ben Zenker, UG '24 Department
Council of Science and Technology
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Using a round bat to hit a small round baseball traveling 90+ mph and breaking in unexpected directions is considered the hardest activity in sports. Knowing the speed, break, and location of a pitch…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Atharva Pathak, UG '26 Department
Council on Science and Technology
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In baseball, the goal of the pitcher is to prevent runs. To do so, they must make it difficult for the batter to hit the ball. There are a variety of techniques and methods the pitcher can use to…
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May 4th, 2023 Speaker
Alexander Dreger, UG '25 Department
Council on Science and Technology
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