Baseball has never been synonymous with change. But in recent years, Major League Baseball has transformed radically, and this season it has embraced technology via the ABS pitch-tracking system (also known as 'robot umpires'). Has the experiment worked' Can baseball evolve in the 21st century without losing a piece of itself' Does the tech make the game less human' On this week's Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel brings on Jimmy O'Brien, founder of Jomboy Media, to talk about baseball's overhaul, how to become a lip-reading legend on YouTube, and why Americans love slow sports. Jimmy O'Brien: I don't think the fan nor Major League Baseball'and Rob Manfred has said this'realized how much of an entertainment spectacle it was going to be in stadium to have the big board show up, and the animation. And I think that's a huge part of it. Charlie Warzel: I'm Charlie Warzel, and this is Galaxy Brain, a show where today we are going to counterprogram the World Cup fever by talking about...
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