of the present invention are especially relevant to baseball and softball as among other components the system comprises a vertical ground up soft toss ball delivery mechanism automated player and ball tracking devices and ball collection and transport systems the ball collection and return components eliminate the need for u201c fielders u201d and enable the creation of the first u201c batting range u201d the vertical ground up soft toss pitch machine further enables the first multi story batting facility with player batting bays that open onto a sports field further certain embodiments of the present invention integrate hitting screens augmented reality display and simultaneous coordination of gameplay and communication between players regardless of the players 39 physical location application_number US 201715497207 A description the invention and accompanying drawings will now be discussed so as to enable one skilled in the art to practice the present invention these and other aspects and objects of the present invention will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings it should be understood however that the following description while indicating preferred embodiments of the present invention and numerous specific details thereof is given by way of illustration and not of limitation the drawings and following description are exemplary of various aspects of the invention and are not intended to narrow the scope of the appended claims many changes and modifications may be made.