The player isn't really important, just the graph type. Flight paths now w/ plate and strike zone!...

The player isn't really important, just the graph type. Flight paths now w/ plate and strike zone! Thanks to Harry for answering questions regarding it's creation, and creating the original template in the first place.

3 months ago Zach Sanders 5 comments 0 recs |

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Really like it. One thought is that such a visualization would have to be only for individual pitches, not averages. Otherwise, wouldn’t it be confusing?

by Tommy Bennett on Aug 6, 2009 10:09 AM EDT reply actions 0 recs

This way, we can easily look at the average location of a pitch.

I use the chart more for looking at movement, but since it also shows location, might as well throw it in there.

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by Zach Sanders on Aug 6, 2009 12:01 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs

Nice

Really like the additions. Is there a reason the pitches go so far behind home plate, is it his speed?

Not sure if it would be easy, but I would suggest taking it a step further and adding foul lines and an approximate circle/rubber for the mound to the top image (thus removing the inset picture). Then maybe try to add a small hump on the bottom image might work for a mound and insert something like this (flipped of course).

by JBrew on Aug 6, 2009 12:29 PM EDT reply actions 0 recs

Pitching rubber/mound is next on my list

However, I need to work on adjusting the paths back to 55 feet to make it more realistic. Right now I use the 50ft paths, so the mound would either have to be closer to home to make it look better, or it would look strange to see a huge gap between mound and path.

Not sure how much adding the batter would help, as it just might get in the way. I also don’t want to add foul lines, because it could get confusing with more lines going towards home plate.

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by Zach Sanders on Aug 6, 2009 1:13 PM EDT up reply actions 0 recs