August 23: Happy Birthday to basketball legends Rik Smits, Jeremy Lin, Seth Curry, PJ Washington, Jusef Nurkić, Sean Marks, Darren Collison, Pat Garrity, Lawrence Frank, Sun Mingming, and Jessica Bibby! No other legends who should be honored were born today, as far as I know.
![Sometimes hitters can pick up differences in spin. They can identify pitches if there are different releases points or if a curveball starts with an upward hump as it leaves the pitcher’s hand. But if a pitcher can change speeds, every hitter is helpless, limited by human vision. 'Except,' Maddux said, 'for that [EXPLETIVE] Tony Gwynn](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:lk5otdqmg2jcsfdmtmqo3ynf/bafkreihvdmiocqxkv3m7jvle3b5rfrkmhcx23wos4plewsxrhiigqhahlq)
