# How to Read a Pitch

By [The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman](https://paragraph.com/@nickgrossman) · 2019-10-08

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Yesterday, we had a team offsite at USV, which included a "presentation party" where a bunch of us gave 3-minute presentations on a variety of topics. It was actually a perfect window into everyone's personality -- Andy gleaned [lessons about venture capital from music lyrics](https://twitter.com/aweissman/status/1181014335096786946) (of course), [Albert](http://continuations.com) talked about beauty in math focusing on the Fibonacci sequence, [Bethany](https://twitter.com/bethanymarz) talked about her early entrepreneurial adventures with Beanie Babies, [Gillian](http://twitter.com/gillym) walked us through the fun things you can find in a proxy statement, [Matt](https://twitter.com/mattcynamon) introduced us to [Kayfabe](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=kayfabe).  That's just a few, but suffice to say they were all great, and were totally on-brand with everyone's personalities.

Not surprisingly, I decided to talk about the beauty I see in Baseball, focusing on just one small thing: the way the batter reads the spin on an incoming pitch.  Here it is -- enjoy (I recommend holding a baseball while you watch, if you have one):

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*Originally published on [The Slow Hunch by Nick Grossman](https://paragraph.com/@nickgrossman/how-to-read-a-pitch)*