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Baseball

Is baseball ready for robot umpires? We fielded an informal survey at the MLB All-Star Game in Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on July 12, 2023July 12, 2023 at 10:11 am

Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle attracted a sea of fans rooting for a variety of players and teams. In a tech city, it felt appropriate to… Read More

Drones light up Seattle sky with baseball images and more as part of All-Star Game celebration

by Kurt Schlosser on July 10, 2023July 10, 2023 at 9:46 am

Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez hopes to knock the lights out in Monday’s MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby. On Sunday, he showed up in the lights, as part of… Read More

LEGO builder’s T-Mobile Park gets major upgrade in time for Seattle Mariners season opener

by Kurt Schlosser on March 30, 2023March 30, 2023 at 7:51 pm

It’s Opening Day at T-Mobile Park — both the real version of the Seattle Mariners ballpark and the LEGO version, which has undergone a major upgrade from builder Shane Deegan. Deegan,… Read More

The old brick ballpark: LEGO fanatic has a hit on his hands with Seattle Mariners stadium build

by Kurt Schlosser on December 12, 2022December 12, 2022 at 3:41 pm

The Seattle Mariners have been busy assembling the building blocks for a potential run to the World Series. Shane Deegan has been assembling them as part of a major LEGO… Read More

Move over, bobbleheads: Seattle Mariners to release NFT digital collectible at upcoming game

by Kurt Schlosser on June 13, 2022June 13, 2022 at 1:22 pm

Free posters, batting gloves and bobbleheads are great, but the Seattle Mariners are tapping into futuristic technology to celebrate baseball’s past with a non-fungible token (NFT) giveaway at an upcoming… Read More

Seattle Mariners look to improve performance with smart ring that measures sleep and recovery data

by Kurt Schlosser on September 24, 2020September 24, 2020 at 7:41 am

OK, it’s not a World Series ring, but the Seattle Mariners are taking strides to improve performance through technology by adding a new piece of equipment to their arsenal. The… Read More

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella throws out virtual first pitch for Seattle Mariners — with ‘Halo’ helpers

by Kurt Schlosser on September 20, 2020September 21, 2020 at 10:36 am

Satya Nadella is a big fan of cricket. But on Sunday he wound up for a different sport as the Microsoft CEO threw out the virtual first pitch for the… Read More

Video

Seattle Mariners try to keep fans in the game with streaming practices, virtual cheering and more

by Kurt Schlosser on July 8, 2020July 8, 2020 at 4:55 pm

If you’re going to root, root, root for Mariners in Seattle these days, you’re going to have to do it virtually as baseball has taken on a whole new look… Read More

Taken out of the ball game, coaches go online to teach skills and aid Fred Hutch’s COVID-19 fight

by Kurt Schlosser on April 11, 2020April 10, 2020 at 4:51 pm

Tanner Swanson was a week away from starting his first full season in the Major Leagues as a member of the New York Yankees coaching staff. As the COVID-19 pandemic… Read More

Amazon inks deal to stream New York Yankees baseball games on Prime Video

by Taylor Soper on March 3, 2020March 3, 2020 at 8:23 am

Amazon is expanding its sports media footprint with a new deal to stream New York Yankees baseball games this season. The Seattle tech giant will stream 21 Yankees games on… Read More

More Pop! in the lineup: Funko Field is new name for minor league baseball stadium north of Seattle

by Kurt Schlosser on March 20, 2019March 21, 2019 at 4:01 pm

The Seattle Mariners will be playing in a hometown stadium with a new name this season, and so will the team’s Class A affiliate up north. Funko, the Everett, Wash.-based… Read More

Seattle Mariners joining other pro sports franchises with increased move to mobile ticketing

by Kurt Schlosser on March 1, 2019March 1, 2019 at 2:21 pm

The Seattle Mariners have a bunch of new faces on the field, a new name on the stadium and an increasingly new way to get tickets to a game as… Read More

Mariners fans tee off on T-Mobile Park and take shots against new Seattle baseball stadium name

by Kurt Schlosser on December 19, 2018December 20, 2018 at 10:28 am

When your team has the longest post-season drought in all of American professional sports, there is little news — short of getting into the playoffs — that will sound like… Read More

Mariners see magenta: T-Mobile Park is the new name for Seattle’s pro baseball stadium

by Taylor Soper on December 19, 2018December 19, 2018 at 9:59 am

Mariners fans, meet magenta. Seattle’s pro baseball stadium will be named T-Mobile Park for the next 25 years after a new deal between the Mariners and the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless… Read More

T-Mobile Field? Uncarrier Park? Report says wireless giant to assume naming rights for Seattle baseball stadium

by Kurt Schlosser on November 15, 2018November 15, 2018 at 11:17 am

The Safeco Field signage came down from Seattle’s baseball stadium a week ago, and according to a new report, the T-Mobile name will be up in time for the 2019… Read More

Lorena Martin

Seattle Mariners’ data guru Lorena Martin rips team’s leadership after being fired from unique job

by Kurt Schlosser on November 12, 2018November 12, 2018 at 4:58 pm

Lorena Martin, the first Director of High Performance with the Seattle Mariners, is out after just one season with the Major League Baseball team, and she’s not leaving on friendly… Read More

Video

TLDR: MLB commentary with robots, flying cars, facial recognition in schools

by Starla Sampaco on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 at 3:58 pm

Today’s featured stories MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots Agent 007 James Bond’s next ride? Flying cars grab Farnborough Airshow’s spotlight… Read More

Video

MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots

by Taylor Soper on July 17, 2018July 17, 2018 at 3:58 pm

Deeper stats, predicted pitches, and live commentary produced by robots in the voice of iconic announcers — it could all be coming to Major League Baseball broadcasts soon. MLB re-upped… Read More

Video

Seattle Mariners turn ahead clock, again, to 2027 and the fun is in the geeky, futuristic details

by Kurt Schlosser on July 1, 2018July 1, 2018 at 10:38 am

The Seattle Mariners went back to the future on Saturday night with a celebration rooted in the past. In honor of the 20th anniversary of “Turn Ahead the Clock Night,”… Read More

Seattle Mariners

Play by play: How I caught the Mariners no-hitter, and what it says about the new era of sports

by Kurt Schlosser on May 9, 2018May 9, 2018 at 2:57 pm

Embed from Getty Images I didn’t know that Seattle Mariners pitcher James Paxton was throwing a no-hitter against the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday until the game was practically over.… Read More

Video

Diamond Kinetics uses embedded sensors to help MLB batters and pitchers improve performance

by Taylor Soper on March 6, 2018March 7, 2018 at 11:02 am

From inside a lab at the University of Pittsburgh to a local Dunkin Donuts shop and finally to Major League Baseball, it’s been a quite the sports technology adventure for… Read More

Lorena Martin

Geek of the Week: Lorena Martin brings edge to Seattle Mariners as physical and mental data guru

by Kurt Schlosser on November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 at 8:51 am

If baseball is a numbers game, who better to have on your team than a true data geek? For the first time in team history, the Seattle Mariners have hired… Read More

Safeco Field

Photos show Seattle Mariners’ home ballpark being torn up as Safeco Field gets a major resurfacing

by Kurt Schlosser on October 9, 2017October 11, 2017 at 7:06 am

If the Seattle Mariners “left it all on the field” at the end of the 2017 baseball season they won’t be able to get it back next year, as the… Read More

Seattle Mariners pitcher and Moose mascot stand up against internet bullies in new kids book

by Kurt Schlosser on July 22, 2017July 21, 2017 at 2:47 pm

Not content with just battling opponents on the baseball field, the Seattle Mariners are taking on internet bullies, too, with a new children’s book featuring the team’s star pitcher and… Read More

How these Mariners minor leaguers ended up spending more than $650 on an Uber

by Monica Nickelsburg on July 19, 2017July 21, 2017 at 11:01 am

After American Airlines threw Tacoma Rainiers infielder D.J. Peterson some sort of curveball, he and his teammates Daniel Vogelbach, Pat Light, and Mark Lowe were forced to take a very… Read More

Jerry Dipoto

Seattle Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto: Team is at cutting edge of analyzing players’ mental health — and they eat right, too

by Kurt Schlosser on June 22, 2017July 4, 2017 at 9:37 am

Seattle Mariners GM Jerry Dipoto has been around baseball for a lot of years, as a player and as an executive. He recognizes, that despite all the tech and data… Read More

Photos

Alexa at the ballpark: Testing Amazon Echo inside a Seattle Mariners suite at Safeco Field

by Taylor Soper on May 18, 2017May 18, 2017 at 5:41 pm

Amazon’s voice technology has made its way into Major League Baseball. Earlier this month, the Seattle Mariners became the first professional sports franchise to place Amazon Echo devices inside stadium… Read More

MLB players and coaches sound off on using robotic umpires to call balls and strikes

by Taylor Soper on July 29, 2016August 4, 2016 at 10:00 am

There are some debates that seem to come up during every baseball season. Whether the National League should start using designated hitters; which players deserve to be in the Hall of Fame; why… Read More

Why the Minnesota Twins are giving fans virtual reality cardboard headsets

by Taylor Soper on June 7, 2016June 7, 2016 at 11:29 am

This might be the geekiest giveaway in sports history. The Minnesota Twins are giving away 5,000 cardboard virtual reality viewers to fans attending the July 29 game against the Chicago… Read More

Photos

Photos: Inside the new high-tech Root Sports Northwest studio

by Taylor Soper on May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 at 11:43 am

KING5 revamped its TV studio in February. Q13 did the same a few weeks later. And now it’s Root Sports Northwest’s turn. It’s become the year of the TV studio… Read More

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