There has long been a debate as to whether the hot hand theory in sports is supported by scientific evidence, or is just based on anecdotal experience.

FiveThirtyEight contributes to the debate here: https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/baseballs-hot-hand-is-real/.

FiveThirtyEight looked particularly at baseball pitchers, and determined that there was some statistical evidence for the hot hand theory, at least as it contributes to pitchers fastball velocity.

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