Technology, namely the iPad, is changing the way the game is played

Re:Technology, namely the iPad, is changing the way the game... by pandaassembly on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @01:24AM (#2944444)

Sorry, but non of the analysis in regard to sport statistics is relying on the IPad. The trend towards excessive sport statistics and individual player analysis is not now. Look for example at proffessional soccer teams.

I expect that all major baseball teams have been doing this for years, the only change happening now is that with the Ipad bringing a good user experience to non tech affine persons, this information is also actively getting used by players.

All in all, I strongly dislike the head line of this article, as it is in my opinion, missleading.

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Re:Technology, namely the iPad, is changing the way the game... by joelhooks on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @02:00AM (#2944500)

Players having instant access to up to the minute stats in a format they can easily understand (while holding it in their hands) is going to affect the game. Is it excessive? I dunno. It is pretty cool.

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Re:Technology, namely the iPad, is changing the way the game... by billyarzt on Wednesday August 31, 2011 @12:39PM (#2946314)

Think the real value comes from combining the quantitative with the qualitative. Players can examine stats and then observe how they came to be via video and graphical visualization.

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