North Carolina’s series at home this weekend against Miami is notable insofar as it features a number of players — UNC right-hander Benton Moss and Miami third baseman David Thompson, among others — a number of players who’ve produced the best (maybe) predictive stats within the ACC.

Largely owing to a high walk rate, UNC closer Trent Thornton has produced only pretty good numbers within that same conference. What he has done, though, is exhibit some considerable proficiency in the art of human movement — which may or may not be accurately referred to as kinaesthetics.

Here, by way of illustration, is Thornton delivering a pitch during last Saturday’s game against Georgia Tech (in which he struck out five of the nine batters he faced):

And another pitch to end that same game:

Here, finally, is a still frame from the footage of the second pitch — in which image Thornton can clearly be seen casting aspersions on the so-called “force” of gravity: