April 1, 2022 – International League (IL) – St. Paul Saints News Release
ST. PAUL, MN – Move over robo umps, the St. Paul Saints are turning their broadcast over to the WALL-E’s of the world. For as long as broadcasters have called games, fans have screamed at the top of their lungs about how simple the profession is and that anyone can do it. The Saints are putting that notion to the test with the first ever robo broadcast booth for the 2022 season.
The two droid broadcast team, Joe Bott and V.I.N.CENT Scully, will broadcast all 150 games this season using a unique style of AI technology to bring fans the sights, sounds, and all the real-time stats they can calculate from WAR, UZR, wRAA, ERA+ and more. The duo won’t need to rely on information from TrackMan, Rapsodo, or Hawkeye, but will instantly know the launch angle and distance of a home run or the spin rate on pitches.
“We believe the time for booming voices, meandering stories, and quirky homerun calls has passed,” said Saints Executive Vice President/General Manager Derek Sharrer. “We’ve entered the age of information, accuracy, and efficiency, and ‘robo’ broadcasters are the logical next step.”
This project has been over a year in the making for the Saints. They have worked closely with two of the innovative companies in this area: Spacely Space Sprockets and Industrial Automation. These two renowned companies in their field helped combine large sets of baseball data with intelligent, iterative processing…
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