Gagliano is criticizing a younger generation's behavior through the lens of his own generation's cultural expectations, mistaking cultural evolution for decline. The irony is rich. Cognitive dissonance never ceases to amuse me.
Why I’m picking Milwaukee over Los Angeles in the NLCS has less to do with who hits the ball farther and more to do with how each offense is built at an institutional level. https://t.co/BpdGII3ZbY
Why I’m picking Milwaukee over Los Angeles in the NLCS has less to do with who hits the ball farther and more to do with how each offense is built at an institutional level. https://t.co/BpdGII3ZbY
@dirtberry@georgegalloway Those aren't Republicans. They're MAGA-ites. This [me] San Diego County Republican is voting Democrat down the ticket this election cycle. Hopefully I discover some moderates.
@forcefulhitting@RealCJ10 Telling a hitter to see the ball hit the bat is not a bad cue, it just isn't an accurate representation of what is possible. Think of it like this, your head has to move independent of your torso to do that. It keeps tension out of the swing, so it has a positive effect.
@forcefulhitting@RealCJ10 Yes. A lot of big leaguers insist they see the ball hit the bat, too. Perceptual filling-in is a brilliant human function. I have similar doubts hitters literally see spin. Seam patterns, shadows and movement cues, yes. Spin itself? Unlikely. Same retrospective certainty at work.
@forcefulhitting@RealCJ10 The prediction begins far sooner than what you are reporting here, the perceptual filling-in part. At pitch release, there is a prediction before your brain even processes the visual information. Very much like a flash-drag effect.
@dirtberry@HirohataMinoru That was a concern. That and panicking. I went intentionally numb, physically and mentally then calmly paddled in (all while chumming the water nicely).