There is a Flycam which comes across Third base line, but never goes further into the field of play.
Cricket has Spidercam – which is obviously placed away once the ball is pitched, as it could hit the SpiderCam.
If Cricket can do it, why can't Baseball?
Almost all sports have Spider Cam on-field.
Having said that, there have been rare instances when a ball has hit the Spidercam and, as per the rules, the delivery was crossed off and was pitched again in Cricket.
It has happened in Rugby as well as NFL.
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I personally think it’d just get in the way too much. So many pop-ups hit at high speed also will likely damage very expensive equipment.
Which stadiums have a fly cam? I know Busch doesn’t and I’ve seen the one at T-Mobile.
Because the ball could hit the cables or camera
They seem to be moving to drones more in cricket now anyway. Better solution all around
Baseball wouldn’t benefit as much from it like other sports would. Most of the time the camera is going to be behind the pitcher anyway. Also, too many cables when the sport has a lot of fly balls. I’ve seen teams use drones and other types of cameras. Spidercams seem like too much of an effort for very little usage.
Because Judge, Schwarber, Shohei and Stanton would destroy them all
Cricket is in the middle of the field, while it doesn’t really add much to the coverage it can get behind the batter and still add a vantage that is standard in baseball and otherwise unavailable in cricket.
In baseball it would really have to get in the hitters eye line if it was going to add any value.
Australian here, we’ve had spider cams in cricket for decades at this point and it just wouldn’t provide the same benefit to the broadcast in baseball as it does with cricket, especially with zoom on fixed cameras these days.
Setting aside Catcher/Wicket Keeper & Pitcher/Bowler parallels, Baseball just isn’t as dynamic in the field as Cricket is.
Baseball has _generally_ the same 7 field positions for the whole game, for both sides, with some minor variations (defensive shifts etc).
Cricket, any of the 9 outfielders can be _anywhere_ on the field at _any_ point in time for _any_ delivery, and usually changes _every_ ball
Crowd the batter with all 9 fielders within 3m of the batter? happens a lot in close late games
Throw all 9 to the boundary? Pretty standard with aggressive batter
Cause it would be in the field of play. Next question.
spiders are too scary