For readers unaware, I've been planning on building a biomechanics lab in the Seattle, WA area for some time now. The steps to get there have included purchasing a high-speed video camera, reading a ton of books on biomechanics/anatomy/geometry/physics, and finding a software package that can digitize the video to give me numbers that I can work with.

I'm happy to say that I'm armed with my high-speed camera (Casio Exilim EX-FH20), I've read tons of source material published by ASMI doctors and various professors in the aforementioned subjects, and with the gracious help of blog reader gorilla_baller, I've found a software package that is affordable and will do all the complex math (Direct Linear Transformation, for those interested) to build 3D models of ballistic activity.

Driveline Baseball, Inc. has been founded with my business partner Jacob Staff, and we've been in talks with various wholesalers about designing training products for our clients.

While we have so far to go, it's nice to look back and see how much groundwork has been laid. It seems like just a month ago that I put this blog up on WordPress with a few of my initial articles - I was thrilled to get 20 hits a day from people who were genuinely interested in pitching mechanics and injuries. Now, with the help of people like Tyler Bleszinski (better known as Blez), I'm sharing this blog with you all on the SB Nation platform and getting over 500 unique hits a day. Of course, it's not all my work - without the help of my former and current writers authoring great work when I'm too lazy (or too dense to figure out the PITCHf/x stuff), this blog would have died months ago.

Of course, the readers who bombard me with questions and requests and who come here daily to see if their pitcher is being written about - invariably disappointed that I chose to write about Chris Perez rather than someone notable - deserve most of the credit. Without the traffic I get here, I'd feel that the market I'm trying to break into really is worthless - but knowing that so many people out there are interested in this type of research does fuel my desire to learn and make something happen.

And last, but not least, I have to thank Trip Somers (NoNameOnCard) for late-night discussions about esoteric issues like forward trunk tilt, trunk flexion, horizontal shoulder abduction, and countless stories from his labrum rehab. Without him, my wife would be even more inundated by talks about anatomy and biomechanical jargon.

Here's to looking forward!