Is baseball ready for robot umpires? We fielded an informal survey at the MLB All-Star Game in Seattle Tuesday night’s Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Seattle attracted a sea of fans rooting for a variety of players… Read More
Testing T-Mobile’s ‘MLB Next’ app: AR tech adds boost to in-stadium All-Star baseball experience The hardest thing about testing a mobile app during Monday’s Home Run Derby at T-Mobile Park in Seattle was the… Read More
Drones light up Seattle sky with baseball images and more as part of All-Star Game celebration Seattle Mariners star Julio Rodriguez hopes to knock the lights out in Monday’s MLB All-Star Game Home Run Derby. On… Read More
Amazon’s tech is a hit: Seattle Mariners add three more stadium stores featuring ‘Just Walk Out’ Technology and tech culture are taking a permanent spot in the lineup at T-Mobile Park this season. The Seattle Mariners… Read More
Major League Baseball made a pitch, but Seattle seafood spot Ray’s stays hooked on its web address Major League Baseball has gotten a little closer to having possession of the desired web addresses for all 30 of… Read More
Play Episode Podcast GeekWire at the Ballpark: AM radio vs. digital audio; robot umpires; and Amazon cuts the line Play Sitting in the stands down the first base line Thursday at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, I was feeling like a… Read More
Fan uses Twitter and DoorDash to deliver pizza to Mariners player at Angel Stadium after brawl Seattle Mariners outfielder Jesse Winker had a little pep in his step on Sunday after igniting a benches clearing brawl… Read More
‘Way cooler than standing in line’: Mariners fans get first crack at Amazon tech in new ballpark market The Seattle Mariners and their fans would certainly be happy to have a few more walk-off wins this season. Perhaps… Read More
Seattle-area startup Tagboard signs 4-year deal with MLB to enhance digital fan experience Redmond, Wash.-based Tagboard has entered into a new four-year deal with Major League Baseball to help the league create interactive… Read More
T-Mobile swings for 5G fences at World Series with FieldCams and BatterCams during batting practice T-Mobile is promising baseball fans a unique look at player warm-ups before the start of the World Series on Tuesday,… Read More
Longtime Seattle Mariners fan, once seriously hurt by foul ball, gets hit again — in the cardboard cutout Longtime Seattle Mariners fan David Boardman was 2,700 miles away from Seattle, in Philadelphia, when he managed to “catch” a… Read More
Mariners owner talks coronavirus safety measures and why baseball is vital to the national psyche Seattle Mariners majority owner and chairman John Stanton thinks the country could really use some baseball right about now to… Read More
T-Mobile and Seattle Mariners putting fans on the mound with immersive livestream during practice You might not have what it takes to throw a pitch for the Seattle Mariners, but you can at least… Read More
Seattle Mariners try to keep fans in the game with streaming practices, virtual cheering and more If you’re going to root, root, root for Mariners in Seattle these days, you’re going to have to do it… Read More
A virtual slugfest: Seattle Mariners players take on fans in baseball video game tournament They can’t step on real grass, swing for real fences or hear the cheers of real fans, but Seattle Mariners… Read More
Taken out of the ball game, coaches go online to teach skills and aid Fred Hutch’s COVID-19 fight Tanner Swanson was a week away from starting his first full season in the Major Leagues as a member of… Read More
My, oh magenta! T-Mobile customers will see extra perks at Seattle’s newly renamed baseball stadium The Seattle Mariners like to say that their fans are “True to the Blue,” but the new look and some… Read More
Seattle Mariners joining other pro sports franchises with increased move to mobile ticketing The Seattle Mariners have a bunch of new faces on the field, a new name on the stadium and an… Read More
Seattle Mariners’ data guru Lorena Martin rips team’s leadership after being fired from unique job Lorena Martin, the first Director of High Performance with the Seattle Mariners, is out after just one season with the… Read More
New twist on the old ballgame: Major League pitcher is first to use emojis for name on jersey It’s “Players’ Weekend” throughout Major League Baseball and that means a chance for the pros to put a little pop… Read More
TLDR: MLB commentary with robots, flying cars, facial recognition in schools Today’s featured stories MLB partners with Amazon Web Services to predict pitches and analyze live games with robots Agent 007… Read More
Fans can swing for the fences in a virtual reality Home Run Derby during baseball’s All-Star Game The Home Run Derby is often the most exciting part of Major League Baseball’s annual All-Star Game festivities. This year,… Read More
Play by play: How I caught the Mariners no-hitter, and what it says about the new era of sports Embed from Getty Images I didn’t know that Seattle Mariners pitcher James Paxton was throwing a no-hitter against the Toronto… Read More
Safeco Field to use biometric security system for fan entrance and potentially alcohol purchases Getting through security lines and into Safeco Field to see a Seattle Mariners baseball game could be a smoother process… Read More
Photos show Seattle Mariners’ home ballpark being torn up as Safeco Field gets a major resurfacing If the Seattle Mariners “left it all on the field” at the end of the 2017 baseball season they won’t… Read More
‘Alexa, get us some wins!’ Seattle Mariners add Amazon Echos to private suites at ballpark Fans of the Seattle Mariners might have a lot of questions about why their team is off to a slow… Read More
Seattle Mariners and Oakland A’s come out swinging on Twitter and trade jabs over new ads If Major League Baseball decides to put together an all-star team called the Internet Trolls, social media folks from the Seattle… Read More
Major League Baseball is first to allow the use of a device to collect player biometrics in games Seasoned Major League Baseball managers who think they’ve got a beat on player performance by counting pitches and so forth… Read More
HBO throws a strike at baseball tradition with ‘Real Sports’ look at how umpires compare to computers Take him out of the ballgame? That would seem to the logical conclusion when it comes to home plate umpires… Read More
ESPN to offer subscription streaming service after Disney pays $1B to acquire 33% of MLB’s tech arm Disney announced today that it will acquire a 33 percent stake in BAMTech, the streaming video company spun out of… Read More
