The Old Ball Game Week: This High-Tech Sleeve Could Save A Pitcher’s Arm

We're replaying more of our favorite baseball-themed episodes this week. In this one from October 2019, a sports tech company develops a high-tech compression sleeve for pitchers with sensors, to track whether a pitcher’s arm is getting tired as a game goes on, or if that arm is at risk of a more serious injury. Plus: a pitcher who called himself “Phenomenal” Smith irritates his teammates and gets some less-than-phenomenal backup as a result. Smart Sleeve Tells Baseball Pitchers When to Get Off the Mound (IEEE.org)How Smith became “Phenomenal”  (Bob Lemke)Back Cool Weird Awesome on Patreon and together we’ll always throw strikes!