Apple Strikes Huge Deal With Major League Baseball而不是通常的纸币,教练和法力gers will now use a 12.9-inch iPad pre-loaded with a custom software called 'MLB Dugout.'
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Apple has struck a multi-year deal with Major League Baseball that will see all teams use iPad Pro tablets inside their dugouts.
而不是通常的纸币,教练和法力gers will now use a 12.9-inch iPad pre-loaded with a custom software called "MLB Dugout," reported theWall Street Journal. Commissioner Rob Manfred confirmed the deal onCBS This Morningon Wednesday, calling it a natural complement for the analyzing of statistics and data related to the game.
"The visual, if you think about presenting the game, [is] about field managers walking into the dugout with big, thick folders of information. We now are going to have an iPad Pro, we think it makes the game more consonant with the way people live their lives, and it's important for us," Manfred said in the CBS interview.
The custom app will now give managers a chance to see performance statistics, access videos of past games and look at specific pitcher-hitter matchups, according to theJournal.
What isn't known is how much the Apple-MLB deal is worth, and how it compares to the$400 million-dealMicrosoft signed with the NFL in 2013, of which a part of the agreement was to equip football coaches with a Surface tablet for their own play-by-play analysis. According toESPN reporter Darren Rovell, Microsoft pays the NFL $80 million annually on the Surface tablet deal alone.
Applewill also have to ensure that its tablets don't suffer from the intermittent (and embarrassing) hiccups encountered by Microsoft during the use of its tablets in the NFL. That includes announcerscalling the Surface "iPads,"some Surfacesnot workingduring key moments in NFL playoff games, andplayersthrowing Surfaces to the ground (and evenheadbutting them) in frustration.
