Last week I gave you my take on the AL MVP race giving Granderson a very slight over Jose Bautista. Now it’s time to look at the race in the National League. With still over a month left to play, much can change, but here’s the outlook now. Ryan Braun: With 25 home runs and … Continue reading
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Rob Schwartzman of Rooney With An Update
Rooney is one of my favorite bands, but after listening to their most recent album, Eureka, to excess I put them on the shelf of a while. Recently two things have made me pop in the Rooney CD on the drive to class. 1) Album Art: their last album, Eureka, had some pretty impressive album … Continue reading
Blog Update: Custom Domain & New Blog Title
You may notice that the URL above is different, as I just purchased RyanKantor.com. If you go to the old URL (RyansRantsandTommysTirades.Wordpress.com) it’ll just redirect you here, so no harm done. Tommy has spun off his own blog about movies, so I thank him for helping me get started, and getting some traction on this … Continue reading
AL MVP Outlook: Granderson, Bautista, Verlander, and some Sox
We’re down to a little over a month of baseball. It’s like realizing you only have a bite or two of ice cream left in your bowl and you’re not going to have anything left to enjoy soon. Luckily my Yankees have a half game lead in the A L East and are all, but … Continue reading
I’m With You: More Info on the RHCP New Album
Working title, Dr Johnny Skinz’s Disproportionately Rambunctious Polar Express Machine-head, is out, and a more marketable album title along with the track listing has been released. The Red Hot Chili Peppers new album will be entitled I’m With You, and will hit shelves on August 30th. The album’s first single, “The Adventures of Rain Dance … Continue reading
The Great Restrainers: Brian and Calvin Coolidge
I’d always thought Brian Cashman was a terrible GM. That is until recently, when I realized that ownership was overriding him on a lot of the decisions I didn’t like. Cashman made it obvious he didn’t want to sign Rafael Soriano this offseason and when the expensive signing happened, everyone knew Hank Steinbrenner overrode his … Continue reading
My Guest post on LenNY’s Yankees: Moneyball
Lenny Neslin, the author of popular Yankee blog LenNY’s Yankees, let me write a second guest post on his blog. This one is about the merits of Billy Beane’s style of baseball known as “Moneyball.” Click here to read my guest post on http://www.LenNYsYankees.com
Moneyball: Just Beautifully Applied Market Research
A fellow student in my Master of Marketing Research program told me that the book Moneyball was one of the factors that sparked his interest in marketing research. I just finished the book and enjoyed it thoroughly–as both a baseball fan and a (soon-to-be) marketing researcher. Without getting into the nitty-gritty of the statistics, the … Continue reading
New Single From The Red Hot Chili Peppers Released: “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie”
The Red Hot Chili Peppers’ first single off their upcoming album is set to hit radio on Monday July 18th and iTunes the 19th. Luckily for you I’ve found it online already, and I’m happy to share. It’s a little on the funky side, which I’m not a fan of, but I love the chorus. … Continue reading
If Not Now, When? – A Review of Incubus’s New Album
After a long wait between albums Incubus gave their fans a new album to pour over. Incubus’s new album, If Not Now, When? hit shelves on on July 12th, 2011, and offers a much different sound than previous albums. Much like Linkin Park, in their most recent album, A Thousand Suns, Incubus offers softer, smoother, … Continue reading
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