Here’s How MLB Uses Videoconferencing for its Biggest Games

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Most Billy Hamilton Youth Jersey companies use videoconferencing to avoid the cost of flying employees in from far-flung offices. But Major League Baseball took a slightly different tack earlier this year by Brandon Finnegan Jersey using a videoconferencing system for people who were all in the same zip code. MLB employees staffing this year's World Baseball Classic games in Miami, San Diego, and Los Angeles in March, and the Dave Concepcion Jersey All Star Game later in the year, were in the same cities at the same time. But because those metro areas are notorious for traffic jams, the league decided to use videoconferencing for Devin Mesoraco Jersey daily logistical meetings for staffers at the stadium and league hotels, Daniel Gainey, the MLB's director of IT, tells Fortune. The World Baseball Jay Bruce Youth Jersey Classic (WBC) is a tournament in which pro baseball players suit up for their country's national teams. This year, 16 teams from around the world competed for a slot in the finals in Los Angeles. The MLB Johnny Bench Jersey used Lifesize, a spin out of Logitech, a maker of PC equipment like keyboards and mice, for its videoconferencing. That service competes with Cisco (CSCO) WebEx, Zoom, and Microsoft (MSFT) Skype for Business. In the past, the league Mat Latos Jersey scheduled daily morning meetings, and workers had to either attend in person in a hotel conference room or call in. One option involved unproductive travel time while the other meant sitting on a call trying to figure out who was talking about what.