Businessweek Looks at the Most Pure, Numbers-Driven Experiment Ever Seen

[SoonerJim]

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

[subnuclear]

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.

[Dark Star]

Not good.

[BizidyDizidy]

Mike doesn't appear to have worked at NASA:

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

[Col. Sphinx Drummond]

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.

[chuck]

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.

[subnuclear]

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.

[subnuclear]

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.

[SoonerJim]

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"

[NeilT]

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.

[David in Jackson]

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.

[chuck]

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?

[MusicMan]

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"?

[Waldo]

"Jim, what would you do if you had a million dollars?"

"Two cable providers at the same time."

[mikefast]

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.

[BudGirl]

A physicist. And a Sooner.

should be fun now.