jon

Advanced analytics, Overall Enthusiast

[jon @pepelestat]

A hill I’m willing to die on: Brad Keselowski is the most intelligent race car driver of my lifetime.

[Steven Taranto @STaranto92]

Signs we should've seen Brad Keselowski leaving RFK Racing coming: At Chicagoland, he had a lot to say about the state of OEM dynamics in NASCAR and how Toyota had created two "A" organizations, as opposed to having an "A, B, C" pecking order.

"The challenge that I see is, will the other two OEMs actually kind of react to that? I haven't seen that at the moment. I think RFK is doing all the things it needs to do to position itself to be successful if that were to happen - Particularly in the Ford camp. But at this point, we have not seen the level of collaboration at Ford that we see at Toyota, and it creates challenges for the program."

"I think if you're gonna beat Toyota, you have to have at least two elite organizations collaborating at very, very high levels and sharing the elite resources that are specific to the OEM. And I only see Toyota doing that right now."

tl;dr Keselowski has said some things to suggest that he's been dissatisfied with Ford's level of support for RFK

[Christopher Liss @Chris_Liss]

They can't introspect because their job selects for those who equate in-group consensus to truth.

[jon @pepelestat]

@choice_fielder @sunshinevvn I want in!

[💥💣 Tampa Bay vs All Y’all💥💣 @Mcgeezy813]

@TomBrady was spittin all the facts!

[NASCAR @NASCAR]

Some words had a BIG weekend. 😅

[Elon Musk @elonmusk]

Play video games or be dumb!

Those are your only 2 choices 😂

[jon @pepelestat]

@enosarris Someone should go round all of his Home Plate games and see if there were any players sporting “improper hat direction wearage”, and see if this was an isolated incident.

[jake newtron 🚀 @jacobnewtron]

TeeP says Activision tried to make him say “I’m super excited for Warzone” during an interview at CoD NEXT & he handed the mic back to them 😭😭😭😭😭
“I’m NOT saying that right now”

Thank you TeeP for speaking up for the Warzone community 🙏

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Cursing is rarely a symbol of low class. It's often a mark of high authenticity.

Evidence: Swearing predicts higher rates of honesty and integrity. It signals a willingness to prize candor over courtesy.

A little profanity shows that you're being real and you do give a damn.

[jon @pepelestat]

@BigCartiier Lmao! Get outta here with that!

[jon @pepelestat]

@achilleas_ghost @mindfulmaven_ I just need the space to live my life

[jon @pepelestat]

@JeffPassan @Tstokey @RetroMovieNerd1 Lmao at retro movie nerd.

Driveline essentially took Teddy Ballgames hitting playbook, broke it down to science for mass consumption.

For that reason Kyle Body and everyone involved in that company deserve all the success they are getting.

[Jeff Passan @JeffPassan]

@RetroMovieNerd1 Pretty much everything Driveline teaches aligns with Ted Williams' philosophy. He knew in the 1940s what coaches are now espousing in the 2020s.

[jon @pepelestat]

@ennazusiirb Did

[jon @pepelestat]

@tutututuulip Did and do

[jon @pepelestat]

@maiwux Been here my whole life

[Kirk Franklin @kirkfranklin]

I am amazed at people who’ve never gone through what you’ve gone through sit on the sideline and tell you how you should go through it.

[jon @pepelestat]

When being understood is correlated to surviving and living, thats called torture.

[Josh Chambers @JoshChambers]

Bryce Harper says constantly hammering young players makes them less likely to deliver when the team needs them most:

“I got a different style of the game. Old school, hard nosed, veteran mentality.”

“For me, I don’t care who you are. Where you come from. What you did prior with another team. When you come into our clubhouse, I want you to feel like you’re at home.”

“I want you to feel like you’re family.”

“A young guy coming up from the minor leagues, If you just hammer him all the time and don’t show him any love. How do you know, in any big spot or any big situation, that you’re going to get the best out of him?”

“He’s going to be sitting there going, ‘They hate me.’ ‘They don’t like me.’ I don’t want that.”

“I want guys to enjoy the big leagues. It goes quick. He could be in the big leagues for four days. And that’s all he gets. And his only memory is his team getting on him.”

“I just want guys to be comfortable. If I feel like I need to speak, I'll speak.”