I try and try and try and try to finish but it’s dumbfounding how much history of dataviz is completely off-base. Yesterday’s find: Frank Gilbreth’s 1917 publicity stunt of clocking baseball pitches. The Gilbreths have been a cottage industry in academia for DECADES and this event has rated…a few cryptic footnotes. Here I present to you the ur-moment of sports broadcasting’s distinctive genre, the slow-mo replay.
