The Giants have a customer rewards point system, comparable to an airline's frequent flier program, that is accessible from the Web. Not that any of this marketing effort seems immediately necessary. They sold out for seven seasons in a row. When the team played at Candlestick, the Giants used a video tape system to record a library of interactions between the player and pitcher. A browser interface will make them available to any computer linked with PacBell's internal network.
Pitchers can break down their wind up, batters can look at the elements of their swing.
With a database query, a batter can see how he swung against a certain pitcher on a certain date. The digital images can be freeze-framed and replayed in slow motion more clearly than with analog video. The system also records opposing players, although the team will still send out advance scouts. While the coaching system accepts video feed from any of the remote-controlled cameras in the park, the best angles usually come from the broadcast television network feed, which also provides accompanying statistics and player information. The raw video feed is edited in real-time from a production room in the stadium.