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About Mike FastMike is an engineer by day and a husband, dad of four, and professional baseball consultant by night. He has been a Kansas City Royals fan since 1986 and was introduced to his love of baseball analysis by Bill James through the Baseball Abstract series. Mike resides in Austin, Texas. You can find some of his earlier work at his Fast Balls blog. He is a member of Complete Game Consulting.Note: This page displays up to 100 articles at a time. To view a subset of a writer's work, click on one of the following years: 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 Mike Fast's ArticlesClick here to view an RSS feed of this writer's articles. 2008THT Live: 2009 Oliver projectionsNovember 20, 2008THT Live: Vote for Cameron!November 18, 2008THT Live: Scouting report on Cole HamelsOctober 27, 2008THT Live: Scouting report on Scott KazmirOctober 22, 2008THT Live: Zambrano no-hit f/xSeptember 15, 2008THT Live: Turning Marcel into a gorilla?August 24, 2008THT Live: An early look at ZinkAugust 12, 2008Would you walk in the tying run?July 16, 2008What should happen with the bases loaded, two out in the bottom of the ninth, with the home team down by one run and their best hitter coming to the plate? THT Live: Announcing the PITCHf/x article catalogJuly 02, 2008THT Live: SABR reportsJune 28, 2008What? a screwball?June 16, 2008A look at Cincinnati pitcher Danny Ray Herrera and his repertoire. THT Live: Pitching quickly - data by teamJune 15, 2008Short workJune 12, 2008Which pitchers work fast, and are their defenses helped? THT Live: How fast do they work?June 07, 2008THT Live: Location, locationMay 30, 2008Drinking from a fire hoseMay 22, 2008A report from the first PITCHf/x summit. THT Live: Strike zone sillinessMay 21, 2008THT Live: Cust breakout?May 02, 2008Jack Cust: No such thing as a free lunchApril 30, 2008Why is Jack Cust in a slump to start the 2008 season? THT Live: Jocketty new Reds GMApril 23, 2008THT Live: What is wrong with Jose Valverde?April 21, 2008How will ball tracking analysis change the game?April 15, 2008New technology lets us explore longstanding baseball questions THT Live: Liriano’s stuffApril 14, 2008THT Live: Real-time pitch identification?April 10, 2008THT Live: Johnny Cueto’s first gameApril 04, 2008THT Live: Resop has hopMarch 31, 2008Jack Cust eats fastballs for lunchMarch 31, 2008After ten years in the minor leagues, Jack Cust burst onto the major league scene in 2007 with 26 home runs. This article examines Cust's 2007 performance, looking at his strengths and weaknesses as a hitter. THT Live: Foulke talesMarch 29, 2008THT Live: Masahide Kobayashi brief scouting reportMarch 29, 2008THT Live: Bannister’s final warmupMarch 29, 2008THT Live: Friday fastball speedsMarch 29, 2008THT Live: PITCHf/x returnsMarch 29, 2008THT Live: Mailbag: free swingersMarch 09, 2008 | ||||