May 14, 2025 • 8 mins
Jamie Arnold is on the Golden Spikes watch list, which follows the best college baseball players in the country. Scouts consider him the best pitcher in the college ranks and potentially the first or second pick in the upcoming Major League Baseball Draft. But, Jamie is also throwing strikes (literally) to battle Cystic Fibrosis and you can join him to help.
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Speaker 1 (00:03):
Yeah, let's tee it up and do it. Great to
have with us on the program This morning on the
Morning Show, Jamie Arnold, he is throwing darts once again
for Florida State Baseball and joined us slab on the program.
How are you, sir?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Really good? How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I'm terrific, Jamie. It's a delight to talk with you.
I've watched you pitch now for a few years, and
I gotta say it is a gas watching you throw
the ball because you just get it and go. I
am curious. You know, FSU's been in the World Series
seemingly all the time and they just have never gotten
(00:41):
it across the finish line. Is that something that you
and the guys talk about very much?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
It's definitely a thing like just within the program since
I've been here, is like we talk about it during
meetings and stuff. But you know, it's something that every
team hopes to do every year, So it's definitely a
talk of the talk and locker room.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Yeah, I'm curious. You're on the Golden Spikes List, and
that is a list of baseball players considered to be
the best in the country. The scouts say you could
be the first or second pick in the upcoming Major
League draft. When did you know that you were good
enough to have this type of career in front of you?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Didn't really hit me until last year, like right before
the season, around Christmas break. I kind of I started
throwing a little harder then and I kind of realized, Hey,
if I if I pitched it this year, I could
make this happen. So that that was really the moment
for me.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
You you determined that you needed to get a third
pitch as well. You've You've always had a great slider
in fastball, but that change up is making a difference
this season.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I would think, yes, sair Has that was a big
thing for me going into the year, was to devolop
that third pitch and doll with coach Posey all that
and we made it happen. So it's been huge for
this year. I've loved throwing it.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
You know, besides being a gifted pitcher. One of the
things that I mean, the people that I watch games with,
we always comment when you're on the hill, and I
think you've impacted your teammates a lot, is you might
be the fastest pitcher on the mound I've ever seen,
and I'm not talking velocity, you know what I'm talking about.
You get the ball, and you get the pitch, and
(02:13):
you go. You don't waste any time. You're not walking
around the mound, you're not doing a bunch of gymnastics
out there. When did you develop this fast means of pitching?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's just all I talked though, And I think I
get in a good rhythm that I roll with it
so ever since I started throwing. I mean, that's how
that's how I've operated out there, So that's how I pitched.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I'm curious. You know, teams are doing what they can
to disrupt your rhythm. Step out of the box, take
as many breaks as possible, get a talk from the coach,
whatever they can do. Does it make you a little
angry or does it make you laugh?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
I mean it's kind of a little bit of both. Honestly,
I think I laugh it off and then you know,
it kind of just gives me an edge to that
next pitch. So it's a little bit of both.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I'm curious. You've got North Carolina coming in. It's a
very important series to the potential hosting of a not
just a regional, but a super regional in Tallahassee. What
does a week look like for you? You pitch on
a Friday. Now you're prepping for a really good team.
Take us just a snapshot through what that week is like.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, so we finished pitching this week, or I finished
pitching this week. We were in California, so it was
a little different. We flew back and got back on Monday.
We flew back Monday, got back here, So yesterday we
had a light day and then honestly, like I do
the same thing every week, just getting ready for my
getting ready for the start. I left like three times
throughout the week and then just get my mind prepared,
(03:44):
drinking a lot of water and seeting healthy and you know,
just doing those things.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Is there a scouting report that you look through and
try to figure out with Micah and link how to
pitch the team.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yeah, we suppose he does a good job going through
all that with us, and he'll make a complete report
and I give it to me a couple of days
before that I can look at and just kind of
get a read on what they do. But you know,
I've like I've watched you and see enough to kind
of know their tendencies this year, and like what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I could sit and talk about this all day long,
but I think it's more important than we talk a
little bit about cystic fibrosis. Tell us about your good
friend Bradley.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah. So, Bradley's an eight year old. He battles sistic
fibrosis and you know, his family has been huge fans
of Florida State for a long time before I've been there,
and you know, I've got to know them over the years,
but my mom especially got close with their parents, their
Bradley's parents, and luckily I was able to start this
(04:42):
foundation and start raising money for Bradley because you know,
what he goes through is very tough and it's not
something you expect an eight year old to have to
go through every day. And you know, you she me
at the field and he's the happiest kid ever. But yeah,
it's it's a very hard game that they're dealing with,
and I'm just lucky that I'm able to help them
in any way.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Tell us about K Time for Cystic Fibrosis.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, so I donate twenty five dollars for every strikeout
and it goes directly to the West Florida Citus Fibrosis
foundation and CSUS fibrosus has no found cure yet. So
everyone he struggles with it is deal with it, and
everybody that deals with it battle like it's different for everyone.
So Bradley has it a little worse than most people.
(05:27):
So you know, I'm just trying to do anything I
can to help them.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I would imagine that there are ways that people can
pay maybe join up with you and help support the cause.
How can they do that?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, so there's a link on my social media whatever
that you can directly donate to the foundation. I think
we've raised we just reached the ten thousand marks. Nice,
you get huge. I think I've donated two thousand myself,
So we've got a lot of money just from other people,
which is awesome. It's a blessing that the been able
(06:00):
to come to this.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
He's being humble. Is social media. I'll tell everybody, I've
already linked it on our social media page. It's underscore.
It's at underscore Jamie Arnold thirteen, and that's on the
X page. Jamie. I don't want to just like blow
you up here, but dude, there are not a lot
of guys in college sports in this era of nil
(06:24):
thinking outside of themselves. And I am really proud that
you're a seminole, and I'm proud more importantly of your
concern for others and Bradley in particular. And I just
wish you nothing but the success that I think is
coming your way. And thank you so much for all
that you're doing to help that young man. Appre sire
(06:48):
that Jamie, best of luck this week, and maybe we'll
talk again as the season unfolds and raise a little
bit more money for your buddy and for cistic fibrosis.
Thanks very much, thank you, thank you for having me
Jamie Arnold with us this morning. And again I want
to just I wanted to take a second on the
other side here to make sure that you get that
it's at underscore Jamie Arnold thirteen on X and there
(07:11):
are links there to the it's right there underneath his photo.
Now let me go back to baseball here. He is
a nasty pitcher and it is so much fun to
watch him pitch because the pace in which he throws it,
(07:34):
it rattles hitters. He catches the ball, he looks for
the pitch on his wrist, what pitch are they calling?
And he throws there is no time wasted, and batters
hate it, hate it. He's throwing at this. You know,
I'm a lefty, and so he throws at this kind
of sort of three quarters arm slot and the ball
(07:56):
stays a little behind him, a little longer. They can't
pick up. When he's dealing, it is fun and he's
raising money. How cool is it to hear that he's
taken his money out of his pocket and giving it
for this in honor of this young man. That is
a relationship with so support it, seminal fans and even
those of you that might not be forty seven past
(08:18):
the hour
Yeah, let's tee it up and do it. Great to
have with us on the program This morning on the
Morning Show, Jamie Arnold, he is throwing darts once again
for Florida State Baseball and joined us slab on the program.
How are you, sir?
Speaker 2 (00:17):
Really good? How are you?
Speaker 1 (00:19):
I'm terrific, Jamie. It's a delight to talk with you.
I've watched you pitch now for a few years, and
I gotta say it is a gas watching you throw
the ball because you just get it and go. I
am curious. You know, FSU's been in the World Series
seemingly all the time and they just have never gotten
(00:41):
it across the finish line. Is that something that you
and the guys talk about very much?
Speaker 2 (00:46):
It's definitely a thing like just within the program since
I've been here, is like we talk about it during
meetings and stuff. But you know, it's something that every
team hopes to do every year, So it's definitely a
talk of the talk and locker room.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Yeah, I'm curious. You're on the Golden Spikes List, and
that is a list of baseball players considered to be
the best in the country. The scouts say you could
be the first or second pick in the upcoming Major
League draft. When did you know that you were good
enough to have this type of career in front of you?
Speaker 2 (01:18):
Didn't really hit me until last year, like right before
the season, around Christmas break. I kind of I started
throwing a little harder then and I kind of realized, Hey,
if I if I pitched it this year, I could
make this happen. So that that was really the moment
for me.
Speaker 1 (01:33):
You you determined that you needed to get a third
pitch as well. You've You've always had a great slider
in fastball, but that change up is making a difference
this season.
Speaker 2 (01:41):
I would think, yes, sair Has that was a big
thing for me going into the year, was to devolop
that third pitch and doll with coach Posey all that
and we made it happen. So it's been huge for
this year. I've loved throwing it.
Speaker 1 (01:52):
You know, besides being a gifted pitcher. One of the
things that I mean, the people that I watch games with,
we always comment when you're on the hill, and I
think you've impacted your teammates a lot, is you might
be the fastest pitcher on the mound I've ever seen,
and I'm not talking velocity, you know what I'm talking about.
You get the ball, and you get the pitch, and
(02:13):
you go. You don't waste any time. You're not walking
around the mound, you're not doing a bunch of gymnastics
out there. When did you develop this fast means of pitching?
Speaker 2 (02:25):
That's just all I talked though, And I think I
get in a good rhythm that I roll with it
so ever since I started throwing. I mean, that's how
that's how I've operated out there, So that's how I pitched.
Speaker 1 (02:35):
I'm curious. You know, teams are doing what they can
to disrupt your rhythm. Step out of the box, take
as many breaks as possible, get a talk from the coach,
whatever they can do. Does it make you a little
angry or does it make you laugh?
Speaker 2 (02:51):
I mean it's kind of a little bit of both. Honestly,
I think I laugh it off and then you know,
it kind of just gives me an edge to that
next pitch. So it's a little bit of both.
Speaker 1 (02:59):
I'm curious. You've got North Carolina coming in. It's a
very important series to the potential hosting of a not
just a regional, but a super regional in Tallahassee. What
does a week look like for you? You pitch on
a Friday. Now you're prepping for a really good team.
Take us just a snapshot through what that week is like.
Speaker 2 (03:22):
Yeah, so we finished pitching this week, or I finished
pitching this week. We were in California, so it was
a little different. We flew back and got back on Monday.
We flew back Monday, got back here, So yesterday we
had a light day and then honestly, like I do
the same thing every week, just getting ready for my
getting ready for the start. I left like three times
throughout the week and then just get my mind prepared,
(03:44):
drinking a lot of water and seeting healthy and you know,
just doing those things.
Speaker 1 (03:50):
Is there a scouting report that you look through and
try to figure out with Micah and link how to
pitch the team.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
Yeah, we suppose he does a good job going through
all that with us, and he'll make a complete report
and I give it to me a couple of days
before that I can look at and just kind of
get a read on what they do. But you know,
I've like I've watched you and see enough to kind
of know their tendencies this year, and like what they're doing.
Speaker 1 (04:13):
I could sit and talk about this all day long,
but I think it's more important than we talk a
little bit about cystic fibrosis. Tell us about your good
friend Bradley.
Speaker 2 (04:21):
Yeah. So, Bradley's an eight year old. He battles sistic
fibrosis and you know, his family has been huge fans
of Florida State for a long time before I've been there,
and you know, I've got to know them over the years,
but my mom especially got close with their parents, their
Bradley's parents, and luckily I was able to start this
(04:42):
foundation and start raising money for Bradley because you know,
what he goes through is very tough and it's not
something you expect an eight year old to have to
go through every day. And you know, you she me
at the field and he's the happiest kid ever. But yeah,
it's it's a very hard game that they're dealing with,
and I'm just lucky that I'm able to help them
in any way.
Speaker 1 (05:00):
Tell us about K Time for Cystic Fibrosis.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
Yeah, so I donate twenty five dollars for every strikeout
and it goes directly to the West Florida Citus Fibrosis
foundation and CSUS fibrosus has no found cure yet. So
everyone he struggles with it is deal with it, and
everybody that deals with it battle like it's different for everyone.
So Bradley has it a little worse than most people.
(05:27):
So you know, I'm just trying to do anything I
can to help them.
Speaker 1 (05:31):
I would imagine that there are ways that people can
pay maybe join up with you and help support the cause.
How can they do that?
Speaker 2 (05:40):
Yeah, so there's a link on my social media whatever
that you can directly donate to the foundation. I think
we've raised we just reached the ten thousand marks. Nice,
you get huge. I think I've donated two thousand myself,
So we've got a lot of money just from other people,
which is awesome. It's a blessing that the been able
(06:00):
to come to this.
Speaker 1 (06:02):
He's being humble. Is social media. I'll tell everybody, I've
already linked it on our social media page. It's underscore.
It's at underscore Jamie Arnold thirteen, and that's on the
X page. Jamie. I don't want to just like blow
you up here, but dude, there are not a lot
of guys in college sports in this era of nil
(06:24):
thinking outside of themselves. And I am really proud that
you're a seminole, and I'm proud more importantly of your
concern for others and Bradley in particular. And I just
wish you nothing but the success that I think is
coming your way. And thank you so much for all
that you're doing to help that young man. Appre sire
(06:48):
that Jamie, best of luck this week, and maybe we'll
talk again as the season unfolds and raise a little
bit more money for your buddy and for cistic fibrosis.
Thanks very much, thank you, thank you for having me
Jamie Arnold with us this morning. And again I want
to just I wanted to take a second on the
other side here to make sure that you get that
it's at underscore Jamie Arnold thirteen on X and there
(07:11):
are links there to the it's right there underneath his photo.
Now let me go back to baseball here. He is
a nasty pitcher and it is so much fun to
watch him pitch because the pace in which he throws it,
(07:34):
it rattles hitters. He catches the ball, he looks for
the pitch on his wrist, what pitch are they calling?
And he throws there is no time wasted, and batters
hate it, hate it. He's throwing at this. You know,
I'm a lefty, and so he throws at this kind
of sort of three quarters arm slot and the ball
(07:56):
stays a little behind him, a little longer. They can't
pick up. When he's dealing, it is fun and he's
raising money. How cool is it to hear that he's
taken his money out of his pocket and giving it
for this in honor of this young man. That is
a relationship with so support it, seminal fans and even
those of you that might not be forty seven past
(08:18):
the hour
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