Major League
Baseball Offers Comprehensive
All-Star Game Coverage on
MajorLeagueBaseball.com Premiere
of MLB Radio; Interactive
Features
Deer Park,
New York, Tuesday July 11, 2000
-- This year, fans
throughout the world will be able
to experience the excitement of
Major League Baseball's All-Star
Week by logging on to the
Official Web site of Major League
Baseball,
MajorLeagueBaseball.com.
Jointly developed and hosted by
SportsLine.com, Inc. (Nasdaq:
SPLN), MajorLeagueBaseball.com
offers complete information about
the 2000 All-Star Teams,
including rosters, bios and
statistics. Major League Baseball
and SportsLine.com have once
again selected QuesTec.com, Inc.
(www.questec.com, NQBEQS Stock
Symbol: QSTI) as exclusive
provider of real-time digital
telemetry of pitch-by-pitch
action for their coverage of the
2000 All Star Game. The site also
offers comprehensive historical
information, including past
All-Star Game results, MVPs and
extensive all-time statistics and
records.
In addition to complete All-Star
facts and statistics,
MajorLeagueBaseball.com offers an
extensive array of exclusive
interactive, video and graphics
features that will provide
baseball fans everywhere with a
unique look at Major League
Baseball's All-Star Week events.
Exclusive features include:
MLB Radio:
MajorLeagueBaseball.com's new
radio station will launch with
complete coverage
of All-Star Week.
MLB Radio will talk to the
players about their All-Star
experiences and will review the
first half of the season and
preview the second half.
Tuesday's programming will
include a Hall of Fame seminar on
the history of radio, a segment
about the history of the All-Star
Game with Steve Hirdt of the
Elias Sports Bureau, and complete
coverage of the 71st All-Star
Game.
Interactive Features:
MajorLeagueBaseball.com will
offer a variety of unique
interactive features, including:
Live 360-degree streaming video
Webcast. Users can enjoy All-Star
Weekend activities from Turner
Field including batting practice,
bullpen action and FanFest After
Dark using Be Here iVideo
technology. In-stadium cameras
that users can control: Visitors
can log onto
MajorLeagueBaseball.com and
control in-stadium cameras
located in both dugouts and
behind first and third base.
Users will be able to take a
picture with these cameras and
then e-mail the image to their
friends and family, with TrueLook
technology from Perceptual
Robotics.
E-Mail MLB International
Broadcasters during the 71st
All-Star Game. Broadcasters Gary
Thorne and Rick Sutcliffe will
respond to e-mails from
international viewers during the
71st All-Star Game tonight. Live
Chats from John Hancock All-Sar
FanFest: MajorLeaugeBaseball.com
will feature a full schedule of
live chats with legends like Phil
Niekro, Don Larsen and Steve
Carlton direct from the John
Hancock All-Star FanFest. Day in
the Life: Get a glimpse of what
it's like to attend All-Star Week
as a player when webcams follow
around one of the Futures Game
players for the entire weekend,
using Be Here technology.
High Tech Graphics and Video:
Tracking pitch trajectory for
every pitch thrown in the
All-Star Game using QuesTec.com's
SuperVision pitch tracking system
and eReplays technology, as part
of Baseball Live, the innovative
multimedia application that
provides real-time pitch-by-pitch
graphical coverage of the game.
Graphic analysis of all the
blasts in the Home Run Derby.
Behind the scenes photos and
exclusive video of every All-Star
Week Event, including John
Hancock All-Star FanFest,
SeasonTicket.com All-Star Futures
Game, SeasonTicket.com All-Star
Celebrity Hitting Challenge,
All-Star Press Conference
(featuring All-Star Team
Managers, AL and NL Leading Vote-
Getters and All-Star Game
Honorary Captains), Century 21
Home Run Derby, FanFest After
Dark (the post-ome Run Derby
party with the 2000 All-Stars)
and the 71st All-Star Game.
About QuesTec.com
QuesTec provides a unique
enhancement to the site's
Baseball Live product, a
multimedia, real-time animated
pitch-by-pitch representation of
the game. QuesTec's eReplays
technology sends information from
QuesTec's Turner Field in-stadium
system, including the ball speed,
trajectory, location at the
plate, and movement in flight, to
the MajorLeagueBaseball.com Web
site, enabling fans to see each
pitch recreated graphically in
their browser. eReplays debuted
on MajorLeagueBaseball.com during
the 1999 All-Star Game.
QuesTec's eReplays technology,
provides a continuous stream of
detailed information, derived
through QuesTec's proprietary
tracking technology, to web
sites, broadcasters, and
in-stadium display systems.
eReplays brings every pitch,
serve, or other key event, to
viewers in the stadium, at home,
or at the office. eReplays are
the culmination of the efforts of
QuesTec and its partner Atlantic
Aerospace Electronics Corporation
(a Titan Company, NYSE: TTN) to
leverage the convergence of
broadcasting, telecommunications,
and computing technology to
produce cutting-edge enhancements
for sports events.
QuesTec provides real-time motion
capture, replay and analysis
products for sports
entertainment, display media,
business and industry. The
company develops real-time
virtual replays and eSports
technology for mainstream
professional sports and
entertainment. QuesTec's
technology offers unique content
and visualization for the
convergence of today's emerging
digital media.
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Investor Relations Contact:
Michael W. Russo, President (631)
243-1880 or invest@questec.com
For more information on
eReplays(TM) please visit
http://www.eReplays.com. Press releases and
other Questec.com information are
available on their web site: http://www.questec.com/.
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This news release was prepared by
management and they accept
responsibility for
its contents and forward looking
statements. Michael Russo -
President
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