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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 3h

In that order? You monster.

Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 3h

FWIW, we buy bottled water to hand out in care packages for the homeless (and an emergency bottle for the car). Ziplock bag with a water bottle, a clean pair of socks, and a few granola bars.

People who drink primarily from plastic bottles though? Just why?

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 4h

Ooof, Jerry what will you do with all your free time since you aren't allowed to post?

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 4h

You misspelled terrifying

Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 4h

Mind you Hayward wasn’t a pitcher, but we’ve got kids throwing absurd amounts of pitches.

The top hurlers in little league World Series are throwing ten miles an hour faster than a decade ago. They are mixing in more breaking balls.

Lot of wear and tear in developing bodies.

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 4h

I’d put sports specialization from a young age and results over form over it. Can’t find it but I remember ~15 years ago an article Jayson Heyward’s absolutely absurd number of games played before he even made the majors.
At 14 he was an elite travel prospect!
www.perfectgame.org/Articles/Vie...

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 4h

I think the tech is kind of an indirect culprit. Talking out my butt here but for example, could tunnelling be increasing ligament stress because pitchers are forcing their pitches to all come from same arm slot and release point even if the biomechanics are suboptimal?

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 4h

There are a bunch of contributing factors I'd put above the tech but the tech certainly can if push yourself to reach new numbers. @pitchingninja.com probably has much better thoughts on it but are teams considering biomechanics or is it an afterthought as long as the pitch produces results?

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 5h

I did an honest to god spit take when I saw that one of those fuckers was the Young Republican's General Counsel.

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 5h

Republicans have a Nazi problem.

These are the LEADERS of Young Republican state programs. From chairpeople to their god damn attorneys.

Andrew Jennings @andrewkjennings.com · 5h

‘I love Hitler’: Leaked messages expose Young Republicans’ racist chat

Thousands of private messages reveal young GOP leaders joking about gas chambers, slavery and rape.

www.politico.com

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 9h

a penguin is sticking out of a hole next to a piece of paper that says it was a joke

Alt: a penguin is sticking out of a hole next to a piece of paper that says it was a joke

media.tenor.com

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 9h

Please stop subtweeting me

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 9h

It’s a fuzzy line between having beliefs without knowing why/that you’ve never reflected on, and just not having strongly held beliefs to begin with.

See President Trump who’s only real belief is in himself/that he deserves everything the world has. Everything else is negotiable.

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 10h

a man holding a pigeon with the words now kith on his chest

Alt: Mike Tyson holding two pigeons with the words now kith (like kiss) shown below

media.tenor.com

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Andrew Rothstein @asrothstein.bsky.social · 10h

Not sure I agree about intelligence here. Barri Weiss is very shrewd when it comes to self-enrichment. She always says the right thing to appeal to whoever she needs to appeal to, even if it is morally and intellectually horseshit. E.g., her ‘joke’ at fed Soc event.

We aren’t her target audience.