GIF: Tillman Curve Reaffirms Life Choices

Every so often, I hit a moment where I wonder if it was such a great idea to turn something I love so much into my work. There are minutae associated with work that can drag the topic down into the doldrums. Living bare to the world on a daily basis can be exhausting. Turning on a game because you have to is a strange feeling.

Similarly (maybe), Chris Tillman may have had times where he wondered if it was going to work, and if it was all a good idea to begin with. But then he might have had one of those reaffirming moments on his second pitch to Dustin Pedroia in the fifth inning yesterday. Not a big deal, just a yakker for a strike, but it was a beauty.

And watching it spin by, over and over again in my Photoshop, I felt like yeah, yeah, this is fun. Phew.

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With a phone full of pictures of pitchers' fingers, strange beers, and his two toddler sons, Eno Sarris can be found at the ballpark or a brewery most days. Read him here, writing about the A's or Giants at The Athletic, or about beer at October. Follow him on Twitter @enosarris if you can handle the sandwiches and inanity.

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Danny Knobgobbler
11 years ago

Carson Cistulli, notgraphs ghostwriter. Who knew?

Dave G.
11 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

Why do you keep calling it “base ball” on your site? You do know it’s “baseball”, right?

Dave G.
11 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

That’s like saying we should start calling football “pointy brown spheroid” again.

Grant
10 years ago
Reply to  Eno Sarris

More of an elipsoid than a sphere.