Video Box Scores

Baseball is a natural fit with the Internet because of the sheer number of games each season, and because of the sport’s long history, devoted fans and rich statistics.

MLB.com now offers more than audio and video on demand. A new feature is “video box scores” that enable a fan to watch clips of each player’s at-bats, hits, walks or strikeouts. If Cubs’ pitcher Carlos Zambrano strikes out five batters that day, for instance, one could watch a video of each whiff. A stringer at each ballpark video-logs each event in the game and then posts it to the website.