Major League Baseball got into VR with a home run derby simulator that fans tried at the All-Star game and select ballparks last season. Earlier this year, the MLB promised it would bring the experience to consumer virtual reality sets in spring. While it didn’t arrive in time for Opening Day, aspiring sluggers can load […]
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‘I have no idea what the hell is happening:’ MLB’s bizarre free agency has created a rift in the league and both sides are pointing fingers
Matthew Stockman/Getty MLB’s free agency has unfolded in bizarre fashion, with some of the top players getting signed late in the offseason or not at all. At the heart of the situation are some of the most divisive topics in MLB — tanking and analytics — with the league, team, and players pointing fingers. While […]
MLB’s ‘Home Run Derby VR’ is coming to PSVR and Vive this spring
Major League Baseball has gotten into VR lately with a host of initiatives, including partnerships with Google for At Bat VR, Intel for “Game of the Week” live streams and Samsung for immersive highlights of the 2017 season. Now MLB is bringing a VR Home Run Derby that debuted at the All-Star Game and select […]
Here’s what MLB’s biggest stars looked like at the start of their careers
Victor Baldizon/Getty More and more, baseball is becoming a young man’s game. So far this season, every one of MLB’s top 10 position players in Wins Above Replacement (an all-purpose stat designed to approximate a player’s value) is under the age of 30. With pitchers, the number drops to four out of 10, but all […]