Stealing Baseball Signs with a Phone (Machine Learning)
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Summary: I wanted to see if I could make an app that could decode baseball signs. Turns out we could and it was a great opportunity for me to learn more about Machine Learning and neural networks and artificial intelligence from my friend Jabril.
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Marcos Honda Florida Man
Tilted Salt you made this comment 1000 times better.
@@tiltedsalt6232 that doesnt sound right for a florida man to do... _Florida man has meth fueled orgy while video taping little league game_ There. Thats better.
*"YOU CHEATED MARK ROVA"* _- a very upset little girl_
😂😂😂😂
*The Astros want to know your location*
Lmao
LMAO
Oh lol
@@skyhorton4717 r/woosh
Just about to say that
The Astros: ***furiously begin taking notes***
U read my mind
When you still can't get over something that happened 4 years ago
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@UCLADODGERFAN 24 Same
@@Armyboy-qq6xo cause they have robbed the biggest award in baseball
When you spend years upon years learning baseball signs to decode games. Mark: MMMMMMMMM ROBOT
Haha
why did i think he was going to steal literal signs about baseball
Same!!
+1 lol
i was also thinking that and was like, da fuq?
because you know nothing about baseball? I have to admit, i know nothing about baseball either.
I’m not alone
Fun fact, I never knew my coaches signs cause I just forgot them. So even if the other team knew our signs it didnt matter cause I sure didnt
What a mad lad
lmao same
This is why I became a PO
Felt
same
The ML, the application, the explanation... all awesome. But one BIG question. Why the heck does Mark have a big piece of hinged wood under his desk/workbench, forcing people and himself to either sit sideways or crack their knees???
And no one knows
The Astros: write that down. Write that down. Write That Down. WRITE THAT DOWN.
This dude should be working at NAS- oh wait he did.
Should work for the NSA.
He should work for Elon =)
@@opiniononion919 Does more good here, getting people (mostly the youngins) interested in engineering and computer science. Instead of one great engineer, there may be thousands of future Marks. Least that's my perspective.
@chahid gamer your name and your comment clearly shows that you are immature.
@@Izmoa dude, I'm glad that you fought back. Plus, nice profile picture!
Just waiting for the headlines “NASA Scientist Goes Missing After Little League Baseball Championship”
Another headline: “NASA Scientist Banned From ALL MLB Ballparks”
Pseudo Mortality😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
seems legit
@L Ø N Ē W Ø Ł F he was self promoting like everyone is now a days
Dang, your explanation of what the heck ML is is fascinating. Hat off to you guys. I wish I knew this video sooner ...
I absolutely love your channel brother. The more of your videos I watch, the more they solidify my belief that knowledge combined with the ability to apply the knowledge is most definitely a real world equivalent to super powers.
Nobody: Mark Rober: This video is sponsored by the Houston Astros!
O Johnstone I wish I could like this twice
Riley Bee there I did it for you
The astros are the greatest
A Dodgers Fan Appreciates this comment.
I was just scrolling throw the comments to see if anyone said that about the Astros
*KZheadr Mark Rober has been fined 500k for tampering and cheating by local little league*
Scott Clyburn i can see the headline already
lol that’s amazing
there’s no comments lol
Scott Clyburn he didn’t cheat cause he never told the little league
What’s worse stealing sign or PEDs in LL?
Mark I love your videos and you have helped me in baseball because I did not know what any of these signs meant and you I just helped my team win a BIG tournament thank you❤
The knob board model was sweet, I think you could have gone into the basics of how backpropagation is used to tweak the knobs!
Mark Rober: “ i learned how to steal signs” *2019 Playoff Astros have entered the chat*
GO ASTROS
@@cupcake6070 the nats have won now
*oh nah*
Pixel Gun Br the Washington Nationals won the world series
Astros: ILL TAKE YOUR ENTIRE STOCK
There are currently 5,000 very displeased third-base coaches.
I think those coaches would be muuuuch more displeased if they saw our most recent video on this subject, feel free to check it out
@@WavyLyfe How about no
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lol. they're completely deluded to think there is any sort of 'law' preventing their being recorded when out in the open like that.
The ML, the application, the explanation... all awesome.
I never know what marks talking about but I’m still impressed
Mlb Coach: *makes new signs* Mark: *im about to end this whole mans career*
Career*
@@agentt3557 Bahaha. Catch = )
what does this whole man's carrier carry?
Jackals you edited it, said you fixed the spelling.... and it’s still wrong. Well done
r/whoooosh
9:50 *Can we just appreciate the Minecraft sound effects...*
Yes thankyou i thought i was the only one who noticed that.
I didn't even notice, it just sounded so normal to me lol!
I noticed that too. I wasnt shure tho.
I grew up with a diamond sword and not a scar
Clack clack clack
Awesome bro!! Props to you and Jabril!
Id like to see it in highschool or college level to see what it did. Even in highschool we were using indicators (skin on skin) to know when signaling was 'real' and when it was just motions. In college it got even more complicated. It's a lot more involved than a sequence.
"Aww.. that's adorable.." -The Houston Astros
“Don’t rip my shirt”
is stealing signs not allowed? I don't really know official rules, but why wouldn't that be fair game?
@@khuramchoudhry6994 you can't use any devices or outside help. that's why it isn't aloud. :)
@@fearnation9594 ok thanks for telling me.
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Mark Rober:Makes app to steal signs Astros: interesting
The Milk Man k likes but me only commenting...
Ayrick J hold up this ain’t right
As an Astors fan, I’m being put through torcher.
I had an Astros joke, but somebody stole it
@Mr. and Mrs. WU i think he means someone though of the idea first and commented it first so then he didn't wanna comment it
@@s0uverains95 They made their comment _2 months_ after koleiscleaner
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You guys don’t get it?
Guys, nobody stole his joke. That IS the joke.
I’m shocked the real life tests didn’t get messed up by kids missing signs
You’d be surprised how seriously kids take games like this
Owen Toad you’d be more surprised at how seriously some parents take the kids’ games
Owen Toad I missed signs all the time 🤣
Well with kids you can always tell they always nod as obviously as possible when told to steal
Haha ya true
Love it. I really enjoyed the video! Great job and thanks!
if anyone else can do this let me know, but whenin the dugout every half inning, I can often pickup on the signs by just watching their third base coach a couple of times. all you really need is two specific movements. their activator, and their action sign. I've helped my team win games a couple of times by calling pickoffs, bunt defense, ect. it's pretty cool how easy it actually is, atleast for me.
*makes a complex app consists of codes made by geniuses to detect baseball steal signs* "Use it on kids"
He actually seems to use most of his inventions on kids... but it's his nieces and nephews, and they absolutely love it. :-D
Thats the mark we know
I think if he took it to the giants or Cubs and sold it to them he would be in a bit of hot water, better keep it safe and just use it on kids
Tell me if that's not pure evil
Tor users be like
Saw the title, actually thought Mark was going to show you how to steal baseball signs using your phone (literally) *I don't understand baseball*
yeah same, i was like i dont think thats possible
yeah i thought the same lol
I thought he was going to hack into the screen ads and put something of his up
Same I'm British and I'm fascinated by baseball but never played it really went into the game
I thought they were literal signs and he used a drone or smth
That tooth tap was loud
U already know the Astros are taking notes 😂
The Priest In The Church: *"does a sign of the cross"* Me: *ITS A STEAL!!!*
lol
weeb
It's a Thou Shalt Not Steal
@@TimpBizkit lmaooo
lmao 😂. Lol
Destin: *Signs are pretty secret, right?* The other guy: *Yea. Oh yea.* Destin: **laughs**
First reply
fortnite boss How pathetic haha
Cailyn Pan Rick James
Rickjames
those coaches are completely out in the open. what could possibly be going through those two dudes minds' to confront Destin?
I remember this video coming out a year ago and it kinda scares me that it’s already been a whole year but it doesn’t feel like it-
Bro def working with the astros
Gang member: flashes gang signs. Me: Yea he’s gonna bunt
this comment is awarded the "realy good comment that I dont know how to say its good without it being cringe" award
No he’s gonna steal
@@1337xnoob 😂😂
Crip walks to second base
@@1337xnoob No the steal sign is the middle finger for whatever reason
All MLB teams start downloading app and watching old games for signs.
Mlb teams change their signs from game to game so things like this dont happen. And you cant do it during a game because usually a MLB team steals 0-3 times a game.
Peter Smith It was a joke. Calm down
Also it is illegal to use electronics to steal signs
@@gusschmoll1988 not if you're doing it after the game.
Brandon Kula it is still illegal in the mlb and milb
if mark is a baseball player, he'll dominate everyone with his epic machines
The Astros could really use him😂😂
If mark was a baseball player, the astros would give him a $583M 22 year contract
I knew getting my degree in computer science would be handy. This handy is flat out hilarious.
You should also try to grow a beard Mark. It's an interesting experiment. Thanks for the fun day of data collection!
@@MarkRober hey
So, I heard you like laminar flow
Hello mark rober
This is going to be good if he does!
@@sam.2raw i subscribed to you!
3:17. Sorry, Mark. Your pitcher balked. Each runner is awarded one base.
Yep.
I went to the comment section to see if anyone else noticed that
That was bothering me lol
the kids don't know that
nothosaur I was thinking the same
Apparently Mark loves the Houston Astros so much, he is replicating how they won the 2017-2018 World Series
Are we going to acknowledge the fact that the pitcher bawked while trying to pick the kid off?
I thought that two
true
Next level will be input only from the phone's camera
there is an interesting paper for pose estimation arxiv.org/abs/1611.08050 you could use that to estimate the different poses and use it as an input for an RNN type network or if the sequences are always the same length a temporal convolution network, they also have a cool video kzhead.info/sun/o7tvnr6QnImieoU/bejne.html.
MrAntidodo r/wooosh?
@@Charlieb796 No.
@@Charlieb796 this isn't reddit please stop.
Michal Bachratý that’s a Xbox Connect you use the camera in it for Input
What I see: "dg489g6564fgtu46h" Jabril: Its a stash rub and a tooth tap
Sauce?
Adrian Diaz bbq
ahahaha
Cl6ut Nice Ela 🥳
@Uncle Eidolf your english looks pretty broken too
When I played back in the early 60s in little league we had no signs. Third base coaches were there to stop or keep running going to 2nd and 3rd.
I love how Mark explains stuff so simpel even if its so coplicated🤨
In conclusion 3rd base coaches like to play head shoulders knees and toes in a certain order to communicate with the players
this comment wins
Amen
amen
@@mtchmusic no steal!
Likorise chris mclean
Can we all just appreciate that he uses button and lever sound effects from minecraft in his videos
Küper Men yeet
I literally realised that
Lucky 8:48
waiting for a comment about that
Jeffy Boy that’s a dropper/dispenser sound
The Houston Astros have sent 17 missed calls.
that is amazing!
Can’t wait for all phones to be banned from anyone on the teams so they can’t use the app
Salt Gamer this is just basically a calculus calculator thats all lol i just realised it
next thing you know, people are using pen and paper to decode signs
No one on the teams should really have a smart phone anyway. They are there to play a game not play on their phone. This includes the coaches. I say if someone on a team can figure out the signs in their head more power to them. That's part of the game. The audience can use Mark's app if they really want to. I just want people to play a game, follow the rules and have a lot of fun.
@@christiaanbrown4278 I mean, this is the 21st century. Most teams have tablets that they track stats and score the games with anyway. It wouldn't look out of place at all to have the guy with the Steal Sign tablet sitting next to the guy using the Pitch Tracking tablet, the guy with the Scorebook tablet, and the guy with the Hitter's Tendency/Spray Chart tablet
@@christiaanbrown4278 cheating is a lot more fun
That was really cool it was even better once you know how it works
8:50 That sounds like Minecraft button or pressure plate effect?Anyone else?
Is that really you? Hello....
@@actualfactual8737 it's not
@@countvonsnuffleupagus1793 lol...
Lol i heard that sound and went to the comments and see if anyone heard it to
yes its true
I have a soft computing exam coming up this week and he just explained me like half of my syllabus in 2 minutes.😂
🤣🤣🤣 love this one!! ‘You’re cheating again uncle Mark’
Every player on the Astros has liked this video.
Best comment
Lmaiiii
That was my first thought!
LMAOOOOOOOOOOO TRUE LMAOOOOOOOOOOO
I'm an astros fan. Other teams have done it. Don't single our the astros.
*Uses Minecraft lever sound effect* “Everyone liked that”
Oh YES
I knew that someone had to have noticed it
Timestamp?
SadPasta 8:49
@@uhsnail 9:04
Mark makes inventions that I dream of making as a kid
9:56 Mark: "Now this is just a simple model." Me: Visibly confused trying to figure out where each string connects.
This guy is the best example of a man who loves His job
@@trillionairedan9052 wow I absolutely despised that
get a life all of you
Mark has entered the chat MLB is typing... Mark is typing... MLB has left the chat
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Tis is one of the best videos
that cup idea is GENIUS
This guy just broke the baseball secret. Now coaches are gonna be breakdancing on the side lines to try to keep people guessing.
Broooo 😂😂😂😭😭😭
yous a fool LMAOO
Haha :D
kzhead.info/sun/qb2yppyahnqLfp8/bejne.html
Maybe that'll bring about a renaissance for the sport!
9:56 of course this is a very simple model My brain: awh man what the hell
Sameeee
what if i told you instead of each of the neurons (the circles) having a dial, it was actually that each of the connections (strings) had a dial.
Neural nets are so complex, even people who work with them only really understand them on the surface. If you were to read the code that the algorithm comes up with, it'd be almost illegible. It's usually clear that it works, but it's not immediately obvious WHY it works.
Same
Lol I just realized that the catcher in the beginning had a first basemen’s mit 🤣🤣
you should make a video where you see what the differences between medal bats
Im not a american so i thought they were gonna steal the ball and run away
Lol
I thought he was gonna steal baseball cards XD
Im american and I thought that too 🤣
lol
my dad was a baseball player and I’m pretty sure he does not know what a steal is XD
Mark Rober: *We made an app that steals baseball signs!* Me: *still has no f**king clue how baseball works*
😅😂😂😂
baseball is pretty simple. some complicated rules that even i after 30+ years couldnt explain or understand lol. but that stuff comes up maybe once in 100 years... so whatever. and yes even the umps screw them calls up usually lol. but overall its basic.
Same here man
It’s less complicated than football
each team gets 9 turns to bat. Your turn ends when you get 3 outs. You get an out if you get 3 strikes, if you're running to the next base and the ball gets there first, or if someone touches you with the ball when you're not on a base. Or if you hit the ball and someone catches it before it hits the ground. If they hit the ball and you leave your base and someone catches it in air, you have to go back to the base you were on. If the ball gets there first, you're out too. Oh, and if you're out, that means you leave the field and sit back down on the bench, you don't get to keep running. When you hit the ball you have to run to the first base. If you're on a base and a teammate is running to your base, YOU have to run to the NEXT base. Basically because you can't have 2 people on one base at a time. You have to run the bases in order (can't go backwards). If you go around all the bases you score a run (point). The team with most runs at the end of the 9 innings (turns) wins. That's like 90% of what you need to know. There's some stuff I didn't cover like foul balls and bunting and stealing (but Mark explained that already!) but you'll understand enough to be able to ask a question of someone if you see something you don't understand.
You should make an app if your bored it shows stuff to do like you pick a catagory and it says stuff to do like an hour away
I love your videos⚾⚾
This looks boring Me 14 minutes and 41 seconds later: woah
New age Jams my thoughts exactly!
LOL SAME! 😂
Thats what science is bro
Damn I didnt even notice it!
Same 😂
This is the DEFINITION of quality over quantity.
Yes, correct
I hate those content farms that pump out 3 bad vids a day just so they can get money
Timmy prefers quantity though (and complexity)
We just made a video on this topic - feel free to check it out on our channel!
U of M really got some inspiration!
Bro is taking out the fun
Now you just gonna see a bunch of coaches with Starbucks cups on the field
9:58 "Ofcourse this is a simple model" Me: ehm....
probably not even a single video here 9:57*
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂 relates
Am I the only one who understands all of mark robers videos
Mumbo jumbo: pathetic.
@@limitverse yes
Loved it
I love how I don’t play baseball but I love this video
8:50 i Heard Minecraft lever sounds and I don’t know if it was just me
Thoes are redstone tick sounds
That’s the dispenser
Not lever. Dispenser.
You just think it’s dispenser because you activate the dispenser with the lever. The dispenser makes a similar sound, but noticeably higher.
Sexy
Coach: our secret can't been seen in public. Mark: hold my phone
*Hold my coder friend*
This is one of the best comments I've ever seen. Srsly
The best part is when mark explains it while wielding a flamethrower
Thank you for re-inspiring me as a engineer 🙌
MLB Sues Mark Rober for ruining all Baseball games ever
well, actually his friend did literally all the work, but ok
@@theodoric7335 lmao
Theodoric r/wooosh
@@NiceColorss This isn't a woooosh. He most likely gets the joke
BUTTERBOY not a whoosh he just saying they would sue his friend not him
Jabrils explained that insanely well. That's pretty awesome
He did, and he started doing this on his own in his middle teens - that's insane. I understand what he did and how - but I have 2 degrees in comp sci. Jabril *is* a genius.
After watching this a second time I realized the way to break the algorithm is by using signs that can be misinterpreted. An indicator such as a pinch can be done anywhere on the body. I feel like if you really think about it you’ll find clever ways to out-beat the program. Most of what I could think of is anything human which is subjective to each person.
That's why you still need people. When the system can't find a pattern an actual person has to realize that its not just touches but touches and pinches and swipes being used on different body parts and fix the input data to include that extra layer.
@@tonyng5645 exactly! And what makes it difficult to humans is our perception of things. We all perceive things differently which would make it all more interesting
You can also use a number system and have a wristband for each player
And also use an indicator that changes every inning
@@SeanMootrey If the system gets too complicated its easy for the players too get confused.
Astros: And I took that personally
Coach: *secretly throws up the middle finger at batter* Batter: *visible confusion*
That means baseball to the head
@@rcf2310 I died
Me rip
that means hit the batter
@@Williamk21 AHA
first, he breaks the underground vegas guess who gambling market. THEN HE BREAKS BASEBALL 10/10
1st reply on this comment
not really underground
Baseball is already broken
“Is the secret sauce” got me there for a sec my guy
One of my friends tried the app in our schools baseball competition. Our school won without anyone finding out lol
Damn this app will be abused by coaches 😂
My dads a coach for my brother and he’s using it now😂
i just went on the website and used it, had an indicator, but had a sign where it meant everything was off, and it couldn't predict my steal sign and my no steal sign. I think that might have been the way i used the signs but yeah.
@@jacksonblakely7355 might need more data
True
Chris M I had all of the letters as a body part, like he had in the video.
I see ur using the Minecraft button/lever noises at around 9:00
Lol I commented that then scrolled down to see this its at 8:50
And dispenser/dropper at 9:48
Oh my goodness finally someone who noticed
At 9:56
FINALLY
I'm a proud baseball player. I decoded the sign easily. Watched each sign twice so a total of 6 times and figured it out