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SEC Baseball Adds Tech With Wireless Pitch Calling, Expanded Replay

Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin helped spearhead the SEC's consideration of the wireless catcher communication experiment. (Photo by Peter Aiken/Getty Images)

Vanderbilt baseball coach Tim Corbin estimates that 80 percent of pitches in an SEC game are called from the dugout, a ritual that typically entails a catcher dropping to one knee, looking toward his pitching coach, decoding one set of signs and then relaying another to the pitcher on the mound. Wash, rinse and repeat for upwards of 250 times per game.

That laborious practice could be trimmed in conference play this season after the NCAA granted the league permission to experiment with wireless communication during SEC regular season and tournament games.