Interview Pitchf/x guru, Josh Kalk

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 Interview Pitchf/x guru, Josh Kalk
Interview with Pitchf/x guru and Hardball Times author , Josh Kalk by NoMaas' Dr. Dale Beaverman July 24, 2008 I recently had the opportunity to talk with PITCHf/x guru, Josh Kalk. I'm sure many of you are familiar with his player cards that can be seen at his website, from small ball to the longball . For those of you unfamiliar with Josh, he's a physicist by trade so he brings an extensive ... [link]

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THT Live:Interview Pitchf/x guru, Josh Kalk
Published 7/25/2008 by Dave Studeman at The Hardball Times
Our own Josh Kalk is interviewed by NoMaas. Lots of good detail regarding the PITCHf/x system here. Apparently, Josh is a "guru" of PITCHf/x. Cool! ...

Talking PITCHf/x
Published 7/25/2008 by Tangotiger (tangotiger@yahoo.com) at THE BOOK--Playing The Percentages In Baseball
With Josh Kalk and Alan Nathan(video).

Odds and Ends: Darvish, Giles, Teixeira
Published 7/25/2008 by Tim Dierkes at MLB Rumors - MLBTradeRumors.com
... not sellers.  They're undecided on whether to buy or stick with internal options.  The Tigers' approach to the relief market may hinge on Freddy Dolsi's fatigued shoulder. Buster Olney says the Mets and Padres have discussed right fielder Brian Giles.  He'd earn $11MM in '09 if traded.  However, Joel Sherman doesn't think Giles is on the Mets' radar. Learn about the PITCHf/x system in a Josh Kalk Q&A. D'Backs beat writer Nick Piecoro doesn't think there's much to ...

Josh Kalk Interview
Published 7/25/2008 by attackgerbil at YFSF
For anyone with interest in PITCHf/x — no, scratch that — for anyone with even a passing interest in statistical analysis, NoMaas.org's interview with Josh Kalk is a must-read.

All you ever wanted to know about Pitchf/x…
Published 7/25/2008 by Ben K. at River Avenue Blues
….and much, much more. NoMaas interviewed Josh Kalk, The Hardball Times’ resident Pitchf/x expert, and the interview sheds a lot of light on this powerful tool from MLB.com. Post from: River Ave. Blues A New York Yankees blog

Daily Links - 7/25/08
Published 7/25/2008 by roarke (noreply@blogger.com) at Watching the Game
... In this interview Josh Kalk provides some valuable background information into understanding pitch f/x (a tool that I still haven't had the chance to play with enough). ...

NoMaas interviews Josh Kalk (dixieflatline)
Published 7/25/2008 by battlekow at Brew Crew Ball: Front Page Posts
NoMaas interviews Josh Kalk (dixieflatline) Read this if you want to know more about PITCHf/x. He's a guru!

Weekend links
Published 7/26/2008 by MB at Friar Forecast
... I frequently find that we underestimate the sophisticated thinking of those in the past.  While technology and information storage and retrieval systems evolve at a rapid pace the human mind evolves very slowly. Speaking of fielding articles, here’s a newer one (and a good one) from Slate. Jon Shepherd takes a look at infield defensive age curves at Camden Depot. Okay, that’s the last fielding article! Here’s a good interview about PITCHf/x with Josh Kalk. If you like the Padres and baseball cards, ...

No Maas: Interview with Pitchf/x guru and Hardball Times author, Josh Kalk
Published 7/28/2008 at BBTF's Baseball Primer Newsblog
No Maas: Interview with Pitchf/x guru and Hardball Times author, Josh Kalk Don’t have time to read all of this now (wha?...you think tracking down all Eddy Current Suppression Ring cuts is easy?) 2) The system is obviously still a work in progress. How accurate do you feel the basic tracking data to be at this point? Is the 2008 data more reliable than 2007? We physicists like to talk about accuracy and precision a lot when talking about data. The PITCHf/x data is very precise, but not very accurate. What I mean by that is the PITCHf/x data is very consistant if you are ...

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