On May 8 against the New York Yankees, Milwaukee Brewers right-hander Jacob Misiorowski accomplished something that had not yet been done by a starting pitcher in MLB history.

In the outing, Misiorowski threw seven of the fastest pitches by a starter under tracking (2008, including playoffs) according to Sarah Langs of MLB.com. Yet, leading up to Misiorowski’s historic feat, he revealed something that would generally be contrary to such a performance.

While appearing on the "On Base" podcast with Los Angeles Dodgers All-Star shortstop Mookie Betts, Misiorowski talked about the time leading up to his flamethrower evening.

"So I wanna talk a little bit about, it was either your last start or the start before against the Yankees, bro. You threw seven of the fastest pitches by a starting pitcher in MLB history," Betts said. "Were you just feeling good?"

"OK, to be honest, I felt like absolute [expletive]," Misiorowski said. "I felt awful in that bullpen."

Misiorowski explained further about why his bullpen session before the game made him feel as if he was not throwing as well as he could have.

"Dude, I felt awful in that bullpen," he said. "I wasn't hitting my spots and, like, my arm was kinda just, like, hanging a little bit in that bullpen. It was kinda just, like, kinda going through the motions to get myself warm in that bullpen."

In the dugout ahead of his first pitch, Misiorowski was questioning himself.

"Yeah," Misiorowski said. "I honestly was sitting there in the dugout, just, like, just asking myself 'How the hell I'm gonna do this?"

Once it was time for Misiorowski to take the mound, however, something changed.

"And all of a sudden, yeah, stepped on the field, and first batter steps up," Misiorowski said. "You know, just kinda jumped out."

Given Misiorowski’s mindset before the game, all indications were that he would struggle. Yet, he not only overcame it, but put on a show.

"I guess, like, it's such a weird feeling to, like, go in that dugout," Misiorowski said. "There's so much stress going on in my head of, like, 'Oh God, I can't mess this up and, like, all this.’ And you're kinda like, ‘I overthink everything.' So, maybe it's not feeling terrible, but it's not, like, up to what I'm thinking my standard should be, in a way."

In the future, Misiorowski believes pitchers will be throwing faster, but there will be a limit to their velocity.

"I don't think so. I think it'll be more common for a starter to be touching a hundred," Misiorowski said. "But I don't think you'll have many guys sitting a hundred."

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