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March 27, 2024

High-tech pitching machine mimics every pitcher

By RONALD BLUM
AP Baseball Writer

TAMPA, Fla. — Nestor Cortes got behind the plate in a batting cage and watched an 8-foot-high, 1,200-pound robot spit out fastballs, cutters and sweepers just like the ones spinning off the fingertips of his left hand.

“It was like seeing myself pitch. That was crazy,” the New York Yankees All-Star left-hander said.


 
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