Illini baseball team not in 'Dark Ages' when it comes to analytics

News-Gazette (April 24) -- Two weeks ago, just before an Illinois baseball team practice, Charlie Young was on the roof of the Illinois Field press box, fiddling around with the small box mounted on a tripod that the Illini baseball team hopes will revolutionize its data collection and use of advanced analytics. The Illinois baseball team's data analytics program is still in its infancy. Young, a sophomore studying computer science and astronomy, works with Wells, who played baseball for Champaign Central and Knox College, and Illinois emeritus professor Alan Nathan, who is well-known for his studies in the physics of baseball.