{"id":2482,"date":"2026-06-30T10:16:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:16:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2026-06-30T10:27:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T14:27:00","slug":"reading-the-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transy.edu\/third-and-broadway\/summer-2026\/reading-the-game\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading the Game"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Reading the Game
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by Stephen Russell<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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A baseball pitch lasts less than a second. At Transylvania, it can spark conversation and discovery across an entire campus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A pitcher settles on the mound, toes pressed into the clay. For an instant, everything is still.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Then his arm comes forward. The ball snaps from his fingertips and races toward home plate. In an instant, the ball is tracked by the hitter, caught by the catcher, clocked by the coach. The entire sequence takes less than a second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Most pitches end there. At Transylvania University, though, some pitches have just started their life. Hours after the ball lands in the catcher’s mitt, students may be analyzing that same pitch in a data analytics classroom. Students may be examining how it moved through the air, where it left the pitcher’s hand and how hitters responded. A fleeting moment on the field becomes charts, visualizations and, ultimately, new questions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What follows says as much about learning as it does about baseball.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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