March 10, 2009
Season Ticket Problems
Jay Jaffe rounds up the problems with relocating Yankees season ticket holders to the new stadium, including the obstructed view foul pole seats.
The obstructed view problem strikes me as one in which technology could really help. As was pointed out in this session on technology at MIT over the weekend, chips can be embedded in balls that can transmit information about the flight path. Maybe a localized GPS system can track the ball, letting the umps know if it was fair or foul. They would not need to rely on replays either. An even simpler idea might be a virtual foul pole, a circle of lasers shooting up to a collector at the top of the stadium. Fans could see through the light, and the collector would be able to tell if the light was interrupted as the ball sailed through. It's time for teams to get more creative with home run detection.
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the virtual foul pole would be awesome