{"id":51001,"date":"2020-07-22T16:25:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/?p=2667432"},"modified":"2020-07-22T16:25:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-22T16:25:00","slug":"major-league-baseball-to-expand-dugout-ipad-program-during-coronavirus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/22\/major-league-baseball-to-expand-dugout-ipad-program-during-coronavirus\/","title":{"rendered":"Major League Baseball to expand dugout iPad program during coronavirus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-hero\" class=\"col-sm-12\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/photos5.appleinsider.com\/gallery\/36780-68732-MLB-Dugout-iPad-xl.jpg\" alt=\"article thumbnail\" width=\"416\" height=\"234\" \/><\/div>\n<div id=\"article-social\" class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<div class=\"social-share col-xs-2\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Major League Baseball is looking to leverage partnerships with tech companies like Apple to help with its upcoming season during the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/coronavirus\">coronavirus<\/a>&nbsp;pandemic.<\/p>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>For example, MLB is expanding its iPad dugout program to distribute 15 iPad models to each team. The iPads will be used by both players and staff for performance examination, as well as for scouting and analytics,&nbsp;<em>CNBC<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2020\/07\/21\/apple-google-sony-critical-mlb-ready-covid-19-2020-regular-season.html\">reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>The dugout program first kicked off in 2016, led by Apple&#8217;s&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/ipad-pro\">iPad Pro<\/a>. Interestingly,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/articles\/15\/09\/28\/major-league-baseball-updates-rules-to-allow-ipads-in-dugouts-with-restrictions\">up until 2015<\/a>, iPads were banned by the MLB for use in dugouts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>Other tech companies will also play a part during the modified and shortened MLB season.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>All 30 teams will use Google Cloud to run the MLB&#8217;s stat-tracking system and provide infrastructure for ticket sales and team websites. Sony, for its part, will provide artificial crowd noise during the COVID-19 health crisis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"col-sm-12\">\n<p>The upcoming MLB season will begin on July 23 and 24, the league&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlb.com\/news\/mlb-announces-2020-regular-season\">announced<\/a>&nbsp;earlier in July.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"tags\">\n<div><strong>See Campaign: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/ipad-pro\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/appleinsider.com\/inside\/ipad-pro<\/a><br \/><b>Contact Information:<\/b><br \/>Mike Peterson <\/p>\n<p><b>Tags:<\/b><br \/><a href=\"\"><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/news-category\/wire\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Wire<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/global-regions\/united-states\/\" rel=\"category tag\">United States<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/category\/language\/english\/\" rel=\"category tag\">English<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\" alt=\"image\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" class=\"cwdfimg\" \/><\/div>\n<div>\n<h3>Contact Information:<\/h3>\n<p>Mike Peterson <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"233\" height=\"24\" src=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/3998-ICN.png\" alt=\"\">&nbsp; Major League Baseball is looking to leverage partnerships with tech companies like Apple to help with its upcoming season during the&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. For example, MLB is expanding its iPad dugout program to distribute 15 iPad models to each team. The iPads will be used by both players and staff for performance examination, as well as &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/icrowdnewswire.com\/2020\/07\/22\/major-league-baseball-to-expand-dugout-ipad-program-during-coronavirus\/\">Continue reading <span>Major League Baseball to expand dugout iPad program during coronavirus<\/span><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/22\/major-league-baseball-to-expand-dugout-ipad-program-during-coronavirus\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue Reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":19,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,22,54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-51001","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english","category-united-states","category-wire"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v24.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Major League Baseball to expand dugout iPad program during coronavirus - Business<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ipsnews.net\/business\/2020\/07\/22\/major-league-baseball-to-expand-dugout-ipad-program-during-coronavirus\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Major League Baseball to expand dugout iPad program during coronavirus - Business\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp; Major League Baseball is looking to leverage partnerships with tech companies like Apple to help with its upcoming season during the&nbsp;coronavirus&nbsp;pandemic. 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