the next steps that i, Ryan Carnevale, have taken were to program the servos responsible for swinging the bat and moving a ball toward the bat. a potentiometer would be used to put the servos in certain positions.  this was the code that was used.

#include <Servo.h>

Servo myservo;  // create servo object to control a servo
Servo ryanservo;
int potpin = 0;  // analog pin used to connect the potentiometer
int val;    // variable to read the value from the analog pin

void setup()
{
  myservo.attach(9);
  ryanservo.attach(10);// attaches the servo on pin 9 to the servo object
}

void loop()
{
  val = analogRead(potpin);            // reads the value of the potentiometer (value between 0 and 1023)
  val = map(val, 0, 1023, 0, 179);     // scale it to use it with the servo (value between 0 and 180)
  myservo.write(val);
delay(15);  // sets the servo position according to the scaled value
  ryanservo.write(val);
  delay(15);                           // waits for the servo to get there
}
The next step is to set up the LCD screen to show the score and David Ortiz's name and assemble the parts.