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Title: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: SoonerJim on September 02, 2014, 10:23:43 pm
Luhnow hired a NASA engineer to make sense of the player metrics.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2014-08-28/extreme-moneyball-houston-astros-jeff-luhnow-lets-data-reign
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: subnuclear on September 02, 2014, 10:34:29 pm
A credible source on twitter accused Mike Fast of being the physicist in this article. I was horrified to learn a physicist was wasting his time on baseball forums.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: Dark Star on September 03, 2014, 12:05:06 pm
Not good.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: BizidyDizidy on September 03, 2014, 12:20:55 pm
Mike doesn't appear to have worked at NASA:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikefast

Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: Col. Sphinx Drummond on September 03, 2014, 12:28:46 pm
A credible source on twitter accused Mike Fast of being the physicist in this article. I was horrified to learn a physicist was wasting his time on baseball forums.
I guess he knows what matters.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: chuck on September 03, 2014, 12:36:45 pm
A credible source on twitter accused Mike Fast of being the physicist in this article. I was horrified to learn a physicist was wasting his time on baseball forums.

I'm still grappling with the image of one of your colleagues keeping boxed wine in one of his desk drawers along with his slide rule and clip-on ties.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: subnuclear on September 03, 2014, 01:04:16 pm
Mike doesn't appear to have worked at NASA:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikefast

Mejdal is the NASA engineer I believe. They also reference a physicist who seems to be Mr. Fast.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: subnuclear on September 03, 2014, 01:13:56 pm
I'm still grappling with the image of one of your colleagues keeping boxed wine in one of his desk drawers along with his slide rule and clip-on ties.

You would like that guy. He liked to vent about the state of things.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: SoonerJim on September 03, 2014, 02:27:58 pm
Mejdal is the NASA engineer I believe. They also reference a physicist who seems to be Mr. Fast.

Mejdal is the NASA engineer quoted in the article. There are also data scientists, engineers, and a physicist, all unnamed. Quoted: "Luhnow has surrounded himself with a flock of adherents, including engineers, consultants, data scientists, and a physicist"
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: NeilT on September 03, 2014, 02:49:17 pm
Mejdal is the NASA engineer quoted in the article. There are also data scientists, engineers, and a physicist, all unnamed. Quoted: "Luhnow has surrounded himself with a flock of adherents, including engineers, consultants, data scientists, and a physicist"

Boy.  Nobody like engineers, data scientists, and physicists for knowing how to deal with the public.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: David in Jackson on September 03, 2014, 03:36:18 pm
I really thought Reid Ryan was going to be the guy who could relate to the public.  He's been pretty invisible, at least to someone out of town.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: chuck on September 03, 2014, 03:40:11 pm
Boy.  Nobody like engineers, data scientists, and physicists for knowing how to deal with the public.

I have people skills. I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: MusicMan on September 03, 2014, 04:51:23 pm
I have people skills. I am good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

Quit jumping to conclusions.

Now, would you like to subscribe to "Vibe"?
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: Waldo on September 03, 2014, 10:01:52 pm
"Jim, what would you do if you had a million dollars?"

"Two cable providers at the same time."
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: mikefast on September 03, 2014, 11:21:44 pm
A credible source on twitter accused Mike Fast of being the physicist in this article. I was horrified to learn a physicist was wasting his time on baseball forums.

A physicist. And a Sooner.
Title: Re: Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen
Post by: BudGirl on September 03, 2014, 11:25:53 pm
A physicist. And a Sooner.

should be fun now.