﻿<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>pitch f/x news stories on Newser</title><description>Read more pitch f/x stories on Newser</description><link>http://www.newser.com/taggrid/9446/pitch-fx.html</link><image><url>http://img1-cdn.newser.com/images/newser-black250x40.gif</url><title>pitch f/x news stories on Newser</title><link>http://www.newser.com/</link></image><copyright>2012 - Newser</copyright><language>en-us</language><generator>Newser Feed Generator</generator><pubDate>Sat, 26 May 2012 11:43:45 CDT</pubDate><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/71559/time-to-ditch-umps-or-at-least-some-of-them.html</guid><title>Time to Ditch Umps? (Or at Least Some of Them)</title><dc:creator>Kevin Spak</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=301433&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110331213110' border='0' /&gt;Joe Mauer smashed a ball to left field in the 11th inning Friday, and it landed fair, a foot inside the line. But it won’t show up on any box score, because umpire Phil Cuzzi, standing just 10 feet away, ruled it foul. It’s just one of several blown calls...</description><media:content url="http://img2-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=301433&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110331213110" type="image/jpg" medium="image"><media:description type="plain">Umpire Phil Cuzzi watches a ball land fair; moments later, he inexplicably ruled it foul.</media:description></media:content><link>http://www.newser.com/story/71559/time-to-ditch-umps-or-at-least-some-of-them.html</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Oct 2009 12:35:24 CDT</pubDate></item><item><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.newser.com/story/5937/mlb-gives-geeks-a-new-toy.html</guid><title>MLB Gives Geeks a New Toy</title><dc:creator>Jesse Andrews</dc:creator><description>&lt;img src='http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=19980&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401033113' border='0' /&gt;In this already-halcyon period for the stats nerds of the sporting world, writes Slate 's Nate DiMeo, Major League Baseball has quietly enabled a quantum advance with a new technology: Pitch f/x. It tracks the vital statistics of each pitch: initial and final velocity, initial and final location, and deviation...</description><media:content url="http://img1-cdn.newser.com/getimage.aspx?mediaid=19980&amp;width=45&amp;height=45&amp;crop=Y&amp;updateddate=20110401033113" type="image/jpg" medium="image" /><link>http://www.newser.com/story/5937/mlb-gives-geeks-a-new-toy.html</link><pubDate>Thu, 16 Aug 2007 05:02:49 CDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
