Nothing makes a fashion accessory more interesting than a backstory, and Shwood’s new limited edition line of sunglasses have a fascinating pedigree. They’re all made from ash wood salvaged from actual Louisville Slugger baseball bats shattered during games played around the world.
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As you settle down to watch the Opening Day night games tonight, you probably won’t be thinking about the massive array of lights that illuminate the game. But that blinding artificial sunlight was once a technological phenomenon that stunned fans and had the police threatening to shut it down.
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Even in their recent state of repair, defensive metrics have always had a certain reverse-engineered, SABR-in-retrograde quality to them, even in a statistically mature sport like baseball. MLB Advanced Media just announced a new system that would slam the door shut on that era.
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They say that practice makes perfect, and in just about any and every case, this particular saying holds true. After all, repetitive movement of a particular muscle group leads to muscle memory – and hopefully, perfection after that. Just like how Tiger Woods changes his swing from time to time in order to chase even more glory on the green, so too, does a baseball player have the chance to work on his swing to bat it right out of the park when the day comes. The $399.95 High Repetition Swing Perfecting Trainer will enable batters to hit up to 450 balls in 30 minutes, making you wonder whether you have the endurance and energy to keep up with it.
The High Repetition Swing Perfecting Trainer would come equipped with a regulation baseball that is tethered by bungee cords to the included home plate alongside a bar that hangs overhead. As a batter, you will hit the the ball into the net, where it will then take a matter of seconds to recoil into its original position, resulting in up to 15 swings every single minute. The bottom bungee cord will be attached to home plate in 10 different locations, which would then enable batters to practice pulling inside pitches, hitting outside pitches to the opposite field, and hitting pitches over the middle of the plate to centerfield. The ball’s hanging position is also adjustable, as you raise or lower it to accommodate batters regardless of their age or height.
[ High Repetition Swing Perfecting Trainer might be your first step to the Big Leagues copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
The World Series is over, and it’s a long three months before Spring Training begins. What’s a baseball fan to do until then? Well, if you’re an Android user, you could pick up Franchise MVP, a new game released by none other than Major League Baseball. MLB’s no stranger to apps, of course, with its popular At Bat programs for iOS and Android, but mobile gaming is relatively new territory. Franchise MVP isn’t like MLB 2K13 though; instead of creating a team, you follow an individual player through his career in the majors. You can play any position on the field and for any MLB team, building skills like batting, pitching and fielding along the way and making key in-field decisions. The game is free to download, but if you want to hurry things along, you can choose to spend real money for in-game currency. So if your favorite team missed out on taking home the Commissioner’s Trophy this year, you can at least console yourself by using Franchise MVP to become the baseball player of your dreams.
Filed under: Cellphones, Gaming, Software, Mobile
Via: Droid Life
Source: Google Play
Baseball is one of the great American past times, and it definitely has its fair share of fans who would go the extra mile – nay, make it two more miles, to ensure that whatever they have and do will always be connected to the world of baseball. If you are feeling rather flush around the pockets, how about settling for the $6,200 Authentic Baseball Glove Leather Chair? It would definitely be something to think about, considering the price tag and all, but you can be sure that it will end up as the centerpiece of your living room and is a surefire conversation starter, no doubt about that.
The Authentic Baseball Glove Leather Chair is made by the folks over at Rawlings, where this is the one chair that has been crafted in the form of a gargantuan baseball glove, and not only that, to make sure that the authenticity level is upheld, it will come upholstered entirely with the same exceptional leather that is used to make the mitts used by professional ballplayers. The leather for this chair has been selected from the top 5% of steer hides in the Midwestern U.S., and with 125 years of experience making quality sporting goods by Rawlings, you know that your rear end is in good hands – literally. 34 aluminum grommets and 30′ of leather lacing wound through the “fingers” ensure that this is a stable and firm chair to relax and of course, for you to watch your favorite baseball team in action!
[ Authentic Baseball Glove Leather Chair wraps its “fingers” around you copyright by Coolest Gadgets ]
As the old adage goes, “practice makes perfect.” I had a coach in high school that was fond of a different adage it went something like “perfect practice makes perfect”, because if you practice something incorrectly, you’ll learn it incorrectly. With that little fact in mind a company called Zepp Labs has unveiled a 3D motion sensor to help improve your game in three different sports.
The company behind the GolfSense swing sensor has announced Zepp Tennis, Zepp Baseball, and Zepp Golf – which all share the same sensor tech -designed to track statistics about your swing and help you learn where and how to improve. The sensor connects via Bluetooth to sports-specific applications running on a smartphone or tablet. The application is available for Android and iOS devices.
Each sensor has a mount specifically designed for the sport you’re playing and captures 1000 points of data per second when you swing. The sensor has an internal ARM procuessor, multiple motion sensors, and of storage for up to 200,000 swings depending on the sport. The sensors will be available next month for $149.99(USD) each.
[via Engadget]
Major League Baseball is becoming very iPhone-friendly: it gave iOS 6 users Passbook ticketing this season, and it’s now planning a treat for iOS 7 users. A 2014 update to MLB’s At the Ballpark app will use iOS 7’s iBeacon feature to guide sports fans as they pass by low-power Bluetooth transmitters in the stadium. Enter the ballpark and you’ll get seat directions; visit specific points and you may get coupons or highlight videos. Only the New York Mets are testing the feature at Citi Field, but the league believes that other teams are likely to follow suit.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Apple
Source: Mashable
We know you’ve likely had your fill of app updates for iOS 7, but bear with us — this one’s likely worth your attention. Major League Baseball has updated the MLB.com At Bat app to both support Apple’s new software and introduce host of postseason-friendly features. Sports fans can now watch live Wild Card games, division playoffs and National League championships from multiple camera angles. The updated app also brings a full suite of postseason info, complete with dedicated news and stat sections. If you’re worried that you’ll miss a crucial game on the road, you’ll want to grab the new At Bat release from the source link.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Mobile
Via: 9to5 Mac
Source: App Store
The boys of summer are about to come home, but that doesn’t make developer Aaron Draczynski’s Google Glass baseball app any less rad. Blue uses geolocation to determine what park you’re at and feeds all manner of ball diamond-data directly into your eye. Whether it’s displaying play-by-play descriptions, who’s on the mound or how fast and what type his last pitch was, sitting in the stands no longer means missing out on the info you’d get from a TV broadcast. While this might seem like it’d be a better tablet or phone app, wearing Glass to a ballgame does have a distinct advantage: it lets you hold more than two $15 beers at a time.
Via: Buzzfeed
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