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Chris O'Dowd and the pitch you can't practice
He grew up with a general manager for a father and major leaguers within reach. Now the former Dartmouth catcher is building WIN Reality around a question he knows personally: who gets to be ready when the real pitch arrives?
WIN Reality
WIN Reality is an Austin-based sports technology company that turns the Meta Quest headset into a virtual batting cage. Founded in 2018 by former Colorado Rockies GM Dan O'Dowd and his son, ex-pro player Chris O'Dowd, the company lets baseball and softball hitters take game-speed reps against a library of nearly two million real pitches from more than 7,000 pitchers - plus AI swing analysis through a phone. Its mission is to democratize professional-grade training, putting the same tools used by most MLB franchises into the hands of youth, travel-ball, high school and college players.