iBaseball

SI reports this week that Rockies first baseman, Todd Helton, uses his iPod to review his hits from his eight major league seasons. He sorts them by month, opposing team, type of hit and pitcher. He says he watches the appropriate clips before a game as a way to remember how a pitcher pitched him, and to get himself in the zone by watching successsful at bats.

Helton's teammates are now picking up the system and having the video coordinators load up their iPods with clips - and management is beginning to get in the habit of downloading video on potential draft picks. (We're not far off from a time where every employer will have its own, private podcasting system).

It's interesting that athletes are often the ones whose use of technology pushes it into new directions. (And yes, the irony is not lost on me given their push of science as well).