Turner’s hit flew hard with 88mph of exit velocity to the left center field.
Its flight speed was 4 seconds, and two outfielders were around 81feets
away from the expected landing spot. The reason why Haywerd was able
to catch the ball is because he took his first step 0.03 seconds faster. It is
also because his average velocity was 2.9mph faster than the left fielder.
Also, the route which Heyward took matched 97% with the straight line
to the ball, the shortest route, showing great efficiency of movement. ^8
Participants of the conference were amazed by the renovantional analysis
of a baseball game, and it won the best Analytics
Innovation/Technology award.
// A Gap of 0. 1 Second: Steal
Stealing bases is when the runner goes to the next base without the result
from batter or an error; it is one of the major baserunning strategies. A
steal is classified as a single, double, triple steal depending on how many
runners have attempted to steal, and is sometimes called delayed steal
when the runner steals at an unexpected timing. If the third base runner
steals home, it is called a home steal.
However, mathematical calculations show that stealing is highly
unsuccessful. Let's think of a runner who sprints 100m(328.1ft) in 12
seconds. Then the runner takes 3.3seconds to sprint 90ft, from first base
to second base. In addition, if he spends around 0.5 seconds for sliding
and the first step, he needs 3.8 seconds.^9