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game one of the world series is set to kick off at fenway park a few hours from now, and one of the teams may have a secret weapon of sorts. i spent time with dr. daniel lavy who is working with the red sox and other teams using science and technology to help give players an edge. reporter: faster than the blink of an eye, a career made or ended. in the tenth of a second, a batter has to judge a 90-mile-an-hour pitch, and that is why on the midsummer day at fenway park while scouts from other major league teams are judging the fielding and batting skills of these cape cod league players, red sox management quietly pulls the athletes off of the field to have a closer look at their eyesight. in the far corner over there. and the team pays dr. daniel
lavy to test the players with exams that you won t find at your regular doctor s office. you will determine whether it is a fastball, slider or change-up or fastball. follow them and tell me the numbers. 5-7-1-4. and the reaction time. using a test that is close to a game of whack a mole. that is the best time, 7.186. that is under eight seconds very good. that is 10.3 seconds. what is the goal? under 10:, and if you are there, you are red sox and yankees. and how well that player does at that simple game will tell us how well they do at the plate.