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Engineering & Making sports an exact science

CAMBRIDGE - With the first game of a late March doubleheader scheduled for noon, members of the MIT baseball team and a Rawlings representative meet at 8:30, gathering in a back corner of the school's Aero/Astro hangar. Lefthanded reliever Mike Vasquez stands behind an air cannon, launching baseballs at a mannequin wearing a chest protector. Righthanded starter Jay Turner records electronic sensor data each time a ball makes contact.
Not your typical pregame routine . But as a result of their work, Vasquez and Turner could "make it" to the major leagues.
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Tuesday 29 April, 2008 07:43 AM

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