Google Maps: The Official Measuring Stick of Major League Baseball

The latest MLB CBA was released today. It is primarily boring legal mumbo-jumbo. But one thing caught my eye, in this section about money and such that a player gets when they are on a injury rehab:

Yes, MLB determines it’s driving distances using Google Maps. No doubt this means that there will be a commercial during the World Series where we see literally how far each team traveled.

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