FIELD VISION

摘要

This could be the year that baseball-stat freaks finally crack the "Derek Jeter enigma." A panel of coaches has awarded the New York Yankees' shortstop four of the past six Gold Glove awards for fielding excellence. That drives statisticians nuts, because nearly every statistical model ranks Jeter's defense below average. But evaluating fielding is baseball's hardest math. Ther are just too many unknowns in a play. How much ground did Jeter cover? Howrnfast was the ball moving? In essence: How unlikely was it that he'd catch the ball? This off-season, the broadcast-tech company Sportvision will install a new player-tracking camera system into ballparks that could finally help produce accurate defensive statistics.