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About Mike Fast

Mike 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 other work at his Fast Balls blog.


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Mike Fast's Articles

2008

THT Live: 2009 Oliver projections

November 20, 2008

THT Live: Vote for Cameron!

November 18, 2008

THT Live: Scouting report on Cole Hamels

October 27, 2008

THT Live: Scouting report on Scott Kazmir

October 22, 2008

THT Live: Zambrano no-hit f/x

September 15, 2008

THT Live: Turning Marcel into a gorilla?

August 24, 2008

THT Live: An early look at Zink

August 12, 2008

Would you walk in the tying run?

July 16, 2008
What 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 catalog

July 02, 2008

THT Live: SABR reports

June 28, 2008

What? a screwball?

June 16, 2008
A look at Cincinnati pitcher Danny Ray Herrera and his repertoire.

THT Live: Pitching quickly - data by team

June 15, 2008

Short work

June 12, 2008
Which pitchers work fast, and are their defenses helped?

THT Live: How fast do they work?

June 07, 2008

THT Live: Location, location

May 30, 2008

Drinking from a fire hose

May 22, 2008
A report from the first PITCHf/x summit.

THT Live: Strike zone silliness

May 21, 2008

THT Live: Cust breakout?

May 02, 2008

Jack Cust: No such thing as a free lunch

April 30, 2008
Why is Jack Cust in a slump to start the 2008 season?

THT Live: Jocketty new Reds GM

April 23, 2008

THT Live: What is wrong with Jose Valverde?

April 21, 2008

How will ball tracking analysis change the game?

April 15, 2008
New technology lets us explore longstanding baseball questions

THT Live: Liriano’s stuff

April 14, 2008

THT Live: Real-time pitch identification?

April 10, 2008

THT Live: Johnny Cueto’s first game

April 04, 2008

THT Live: Resop has hop

March 31, 2008

Jack Cust eats fastballs for lunch

March 31, 2008
After 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 tales

March 29, 2008

THT Live: Masahide Kobayashi brief scouting report

March 29, 2008

THT Live: Bannister’s final warmup

March 29, 2008

THT Live: Friday fastball speeds

March 29, 2008

THT Live: PITCHf/x returns

March 29, 2008

THT Live: Mailbag: free swingers

March 09, 2008

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