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Baseball’s latest innovation came about thanks to golf. Turkish engineer Batuhan Okur developed the SkyTrak Golf Launch Monitor that launched in 2014 using an optical monitor to take multiple exposures of a golf ball. It wasn’t long before baseball players and coaches who dabbled in golf saw the possibilities of adapting it to their industry and needs, compelling Okur to brand optical tracking technology for baseball as Rapsodo.
You might’ve seen glimpses of the tech over the past couple of months, maybe even stretching back to last year.