Apple Enters Major League Baseball Dugouts With iPad Partnership

  • MLB loosens decades-long ban on use of computers during games
  • Players, managers to access video, stats and scouting reports
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Apple Inc. and Major League Baseball are teaming up to give players and coaches access to statistics, videos and scouting reports during games.

The world’s most valuable public company is equipping all 30 MLB teams with iPads for 2016, following a test late in the 2015 season, part of a multiyear agreement announced Wednesday.