Mike Fast
@fastballs.bsky.social
Baseball Development - Atlanta Braves
Every LGBTQ person is of sacred worth, deeply and gently loved, valued, and embraced by God.
"Whatever you do for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you do for me." - Jesus
Every LGBTQ person is of sacred worth, deeply and gently loved, valued, and embraced by God.
"Whatever you do for the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you do for me." - Jesus
Quoted from this podcast, relevant discussion starting around the 1:14:43 mark and following four minutes or so
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www.youtube.com/watch?v=stQg...
Iain McGilchrist: 'Change your Way of Seeing.'
YouTube video by Paul Kingsnorth
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November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Quoted from this podcast, relevant discussion starting around the 1:14:43 mark and following four minutes or so
www.youtube.com/watch?v=stQg...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=stQg...
"They've just gone out there with their grand vision of how the world should work, but they haven't made themselves work properly, and so they reproduce the tyranny that they're trying to replace in the first place."
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"They've just gone out there with their grand vision of how the world should work, but they haven't made themselves work properly, and so they reproduce the tyranny that they're trying to replace in the first place."
Kingsnorth: "It's always struck me that one of the reasons that political revolutions inevitably fail is that the people who carry them out precisely haven't done that.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
Kingsnorth: "It's always struck me that one of the reasons that political revolutions inevitably fail is that the people who carry them out precisely haven't done that.
"But actually nothing in the world would ever change if everybody thought that way. It only changes because often quite small groups of people start think quite differently about what life should be like."
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"But actually nothing in the world would ever change if everybody thought that way. It only changes because often quite small groups of people start think quite differently about what life should be like."
"But the one thing you can really definitely deal with is the thing that is under your control, which is your own way of thinking, feeling, and being. And you can start that tomorrow. And then they tell you but that's so small, but what does it matter what I do?
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
"But the one thing you can really definitely deal with is the thing that is under your control, which is your own way of thinking, feeling, and being. And you can start that tomorrow. And then they tell you but that's so small, but what does it matter what I do?
McGilchrist: "The third element in the picture is that of changing your own heart and mind…In fact there is nothing more important than the disposition of your soul towards the world, and it's the only thing you actually have control over. These other things you can only minimally influence.
November 19, 2025 at 4:37 AM
McGilchrist: "The third element in the picture is that of changing your own heart and mind…In fact there is nothing more important than the disposition of your soul towards the world, and it's the only thing you actually have control over. These other things you can only minimally influence.
Thanks. I didn't even know Eddie Plank was from Gettysburg.
November 18, 2025 at 11:35 PM
Thanks. I didn't even know Eddie Plank was from Gettysburg.
Addie Joss is my best guess.
November 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Addie Joss is my best guess.
I'm trying to figure out who Gettysburg is supposed to be.
November 18, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I'm trying to figure out who Gettysburg is supposed to be.
As long as you make your shot, you can go back for another vote?
November 4, 2025 at 7:34 PM
As long as you make your shot, you can go back for another vote?
I vaguely remember caring about that maybe 20 years ago for reasons I have since almost completely forgotten. Something about managing disk space, maybe?
November 4, 2025 at 5:20 AM
I vaguely remember caring about that maybe 20 years ago for reasons I have since almost completely forgotten. Something about managing disk space, maybe?
Boner pill ads at 2X volume are also considering an endorsement
November 3, 2025 at 11:52 PM
Boner pill ads at 2X volume are also considering an endorsement
Honk if you love candy!
October 31, 2025 at 10:09 PM
Honk if you love candy!
If he's in Boerne, Texas, right now, he should get his bbq there, and then come to Padadena for your inestimable company.
October 27, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If he's in Boerne, Texas, right now, he should get his bbq there, and then come to Padadena for your inestimable company.
Do you think a Harris County jury really would have returned convictions for this? If I were sitting on that jury, I would have a really hard time not reflecting on the stupidity of both the state and the city in creating a problem where there was no problem.
October 24, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Do you think a Harris County jury really would have returned convictions for this? If I were sitting on that jury, I would have a really hard time not reflecting on the stupidity of both the state and the city in creating a problem where there was no problem.
I remember seeing the tattoo numbers for the first time on the arm of my engineering professor at the U of Oklahoma, Dr. Leon Zelby. He had been imprisoned at Auschwitz. It made it all very real. Evil for which words do not suffice.
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 AM
I remember seeing the tattoo numbers for the first time on the arm of my engineering professor at the U of Oklahoma, Dr. Leon Zelby. He had been imprisoned at Auschwitz. It made it all very real. Evil for which words do not suffice.
oh wow, Judges 9, a parable for our times
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
oh wow, Judges 9, a parable for our times
I have a ton of thoughts on Waldrep's splitter and know it better than some of the others, but those aren't really thoughts I can share here.
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I have a ton of thoughts on Waldrep's splitter and know it better than some of the others, but those aren't really thoughts I can share here.
I don't think your "low spin rate" quite gets at the full definition, in that I don't think some of those current low-spin-rate pitchers are doing anything much different than the higher-spin splitter pitchers. But I feel like it's still part of the equation.
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I don't think your "low spin rate" quite gets at the full definition, in that I don't think some of those current low-spin-rate pitchers are doing anything much different than the higher-spin splitter pitchers. But I feel like it's still part of the equation.
But I have a sense that might not encompass the full historical definition of the forkball. And of course, pitch type nomenclature is inherently fuzzy.
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
But I have a sense that might not encompass the full historical definition of the forkball. And of course, pitch type nomenclature is inherently fuzzy.
I wish we had pitch tracking data for some of the pitchers from the Guide to Pitchers era, and then I feel like we'd have a better answer. There's not really anyone in the majors now doing what Linebrink and Contreras and Speier were doing 15 years ago.
October 15, 2025 at 1:18 AM
I wish we had pitch tracking data for some of the pitchers from the Guide to Pitchers era, and then I feel like we'd have a better answer. There's not really anyone in the majors now doing what Linebrink and Contreras and Speier were doing 15 years ago.
Rob, would you take issue with how I defined the forkball here?
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
If so, it's not only about the low spin rate but also flipped over the fingers to have some top-spin. It's not a pitch that is very common anymore, not even Senga's.
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
If so, it's not only about the low spin rate but also flipped over the fingers to have some top-spin. It's not a pitch that is very common anymore, not even Senga's.
Spinning Yarn: The Forkball | Baseball Prospectus
What are some of the distinguishing characters of one of baseball's most unknown pitches?
www.baseballprospectus.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:05 PM
Rob, would you take issue with how I defined the forkball here?
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
If so, it's not only about the low spin rate but also flipped over the fingers to have some top-spin. It's not a pitch that is very common anymore, not even Senga's.
www.baseballprospectus.com/news/article...
If so, it's not only about the low spin rate but also flipped over the fingers to have some top-spin. It's not a pitch that is very common anymore, not even Senga's.