This may end up being a nonsensical celebratory Clemson football post, but that’s ok because my alma mater, Clemson University, just beat three straight ranked opponents including an almost unrealistic 20-point beat down of ACC-power Virginia Tech in Lane Stadium! When the new polls come out in a few hours I expect Clemson to move to … Continue reading
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A METSmerizing Collapse
As a freshman at Clemson I wrote for a school newspaper. It was at the end of September four years ago, and the Mets had just wrapped the biggest baseball collapse of my lifetime. Seeing something pretty special in the Phillies comeback, to end what otherwise was a disappointing year where Boston won the AL … Continue reading
Boston’s Historic Collapse Wouldn’t Be Possible With A Second Wild Card
On September 2nd, the Rays were 9 games behind Boston for the AL wild card. The Braves led both the Cardinals and Giants by 8.5 games. All the ESPN commentators were going on and on about how baseball should add an additional wild card spot in each league to make the races more exciting. They … Continue reading
Moneyball – I Dive Into The Numbers
Along with watching Clemson down FSU in Death Valley, and jump to 13th in the AP poll, I saw Moneyball in theaters this weekend. I had already read the book and wrote one blog post about the book and another about the theory and style of play as a guest blogger on LenNY’s Yankees. Here are my thoughts … Continue reading
Twitter, a Vehicle For Panel Sourcing?
Young UGA grad and internet entreprenuer, Adam Wexler, is currently testing the viability of sourcing panel members via Twitter for marketing research. He is working with Communispace, a research firm centered around (you guessed it) online communities to build a panel of male beer drinkers between 21-39, who especially like Mexican beers. By browsing through the follower lists of the beer … Continue reading
The Boston Red Sox and Their Awesome Inferiority Complex
A resolutely slanted recap of the what Boston was supposed to do, and how funny it is that they are failing In the offseason before the 2009 season, the New York Yankees splurged on three big free agents. They paid an exorbitant amount of money to sign CC Sabathia, Mark Teixeira and AJ Burnett. Of … Continue reading
Randy Edsall: The Passion Maryland Needs
Last night (9/5/11) Miami and their new coach Al Golden visited College Park, MD to face the Terps in a nationally televised Labor Day matchup. The Labor Day ACC matchup brings back some great memories of my first college football game as a undergrad at Clemson, when FSU visited and fell just a score short … Continue reading
Moneyball Works, but Wins and RBI Are Not Meaningless!
I’ve blogged about Moneyball both on this blog and on LenNYsYankees.com, and for the most part I’ve discussed its merits, and its statistical strength in determining how much a single player is worth on the free agent market. While I stand by my original position, I recently had a conversation on Twitter with some folks who are ready … Continue reading
I’m With You – A Review of The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ New Album
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ long awaited tenth studio album is finally here, 5 years after Stadium Arcadium’s 2006 release. In their newest album, the band has brought back some of their pre-Californication funkiness, something for which long time fans may have been longing. The 14 track album features some interesting album art (below), and … Continue reading
The Greatest Band of the Last 20 Years?
The Red Hot Chili Peppers are set release their tenth studio album this coming Tuesday, 17 years after their first album hit shelves back in 1984. To build hype, they’ve already made it available to stream on iTunes so you can listen, but not yet purchase. I’ll be sure to post an album review in … Continue reading
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