http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YngyMco72QA&feature=player_embedded

i watched this and been trying to figure it out. AT this point i can do a 180 degree rotation and catch it with one fluid motion but i have no clue how he does it so many times.

Strikes me as lots and lots of practice from someone who has spent most of thier life with a bat in his hand.
didnt look faked to me. just really really hard to do.

I can do something similiar with a pair of linemans pliers or a hammer.