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Anticipation and Pattern Recognition as a Fastball

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Anticipation and Pattern Recognition as a Fastball

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An established Boston financial professional, Scott Bushley works at the hedge fund Granite Point Capital. A fitness enthusiast, Scott Bushley serves on the board of directors for the Cohasset Youth Baseball & Softball Association and has coached baseball for half a dozen years.

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An established Boston financial professional, Scott Bushley works at the hedge fund Granite Point Capital. A fitness enthusiast, Scott Bushley serves on the board of directors for the Cohasset Youth Baseball & Softball Association and has coached baseball for half a dozen years.

While curveballs and changeups present their own issues, the fastball is the bread and butter of many pitchers, but hitters who can gauge what's coming stand a decent chance of making contact with the ball and driving home runs. Toward this end, quick reactions are essential.

While necessary, swift responses alone are insufficient against top pitchers, as a ball traveling from the mound to the plate at 100 miles per hour does so in 400 milliseconds. Typical human reaction time is 200 milliseconds and swinging the bat requires another 100 milliseconds, which leaves only 100 milliseconds to inspect the ball as it leaves the pitcher's hand.

Seemingly snap judgments actually rely on the batter buying precious milliseconds of extra observational time and studying the motion of the pitcher's arm and positioning of the hand. The savvy hitter can then anticipate the direction and velocity of the ball as it comes toward the plate.

This level of pattern recognition calls for intimate knowledge of the pitcher and their tendencies, which indicate whether the ball thrown is a changeup or a fastball and if swinging immediately would place the batter well in front of the ball.

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Anticipation and Pattern Recognition as a Fastball

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An established Boston financial professional, Scott Bushley works at the hedge fund Granite Point Capital. A fitness enthusiast, Scott Bushley serves on the board of directors for the Cohasset Youth Baseball & Softball Association and has coached baseball for half a dozen years.

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The Last Three Winners of the Little League World Series

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The Last Three Winners of the Little League World Series

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Scott Bushley is an experienced investment management professional who spent more than a decade with BNY Mellon Investment Management in an executive capacity before being hired to serve as partner at Granite Point Capital in 2018. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Scott Bushley is a volunteer youth baseball coach who also serves on the board of directors for the Cohasset Youth Baseball and Softball Association (CYBSA).

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Scott Bushley is an experienced investment management professional who spent more than a decade with BNY Mellon Investment Management in an executive capacity before being hired to serve as partner at Granite Point Capital in 2018. In addition to his professional responsibilities, Scott Bushley is a volunteer youth baseball coach who also serves on the board of directors for the Cohasset Youth Baseball and Softball Association (CYBSA).

The CYBSA is an official Little League baseball organization, meaning its teams can qualify for the annual Little League World Series (LLWS). The first-ever LLWS took place in 1947, and was won by a team from Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The three most recent winners of the annual tournament include:

1. Eastbank (2019) - Based out of River Ridge, Louisiana, this team finished the tournament with an overall win-loss record of 6-1 and defeated a team from Willemstad, Curacao, by a score of 8-0 in the final. Its only loss came in the round robin against a team from Hawaii.

2. Honolulu (2018) - The west region representative from Hawaii finished the tournament with a perfect 5-0 record and won its semifinal and final games by a score of 3-0 against teams from Georgia and South Korea, respectively.

3. Japan (2017) - The team from Japan cruised to a LLWS title in 2017 by defeating the American representative from Lufkin, Texas 12-2 in the final. Japan didn't lose a single game in the tournament, and outscored its opponents 39-3.

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The Last Three Winners of the Little League World Serie

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Scott Bushley is an experienced investment management professional who spent more than a decade with BNY Mellon Investment Management in an executive capacity before being hired to serve as partner at Granite Point Capital in 2018.

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An alumnus of Vanderbilt University and Boston College’s Carroll Graduate School of Management, Scott Bushley brings more than two decades of experience in the financial sector to his role as a partner at Granite Point Capital in Boston, Massachusetts. A father of three boys, Scott Bushley is a volunteer youth baseball coach and a member of the board of directors of the Youth Baseball and Softball Association of Cohasset, Massachusetts.

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An alumnus of Vanderbilt University and Boston College's Carroll Graduate School of Management, Scott Bushley brings more than two decades of experience in the financial sector to his role as a partner at Granite Point Capital in Boston, Massachusetts. A father of three boys, Scott Bushley is a volunteer youth baseball coach and a member of the board of directors of the Youth Baseball and Softball Association of Cohasset, Massachusetts.

Baseball is a seasonal sport, but that doesn't mean players can't improve their abilities during the fall and winter. However, rather than doing indoor baseball exercises and drills during this time, players should instead play other sports. This is particularly crucial for children and teenagers and something that has even been recommended by USA Baseball.

Playing multiple sports reduces the risk of injuries related to the overuse of a particular group of muscles. It also allows players to become better all-around athletes and develop problem-solving and teamwork skills in a different setting that they can then apply to their sport of choice. Finally, even enthusiastic young athletes are subject to burnout. Varying athletic regimens can help avoid burnout and restore the aspect of fun that is at the heart of sports participation.

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An alumnus of Vanderbilt University and Boston College's Carroll Graduate School of Management, Scott Bushley brings more than two decades of experience in the financial sector to his role as a partner at Granite Point Capital in Boston, Massachusetts.

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CARROLL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT HAS A HIGH EMPLOYMENT RATE FOR GRADUATES

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CARROLL SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT HAS A HIGH EMPLOYMENT RATE FOR GRADUATES

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Possessing more than 20 years of experience in the financial sector, Scott Bushley serves as a partner at Granite Point Capital, where he oversees finance and business operations. To prepare for his career in the investment sector, Scott Bushley earned a master of business administration from Boston College’s Carroll School of Management.