The Rap Record Label Abacus
A visualization of rap album sales and certifications by record label.
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A trophy without a plaque
The 1981 postseason was a real shitshow, and people knew that at the time.
143 years of screwing up: a historical look at errors in baseball
If you you use the right denominator, you can reduce the history of errors in baseball to two broad trends. Of course, you can fit an elephant with four parameters, so maybe WGAF, right?
Rap Collaboration Networks
Glyph LLC is a serious business. Definitely not one that would file the aliases of Wu-Tang members on their government-reviewed operating agreement. I suppose it is that unwavering professional ethos that causes one to dive into...
When are you animals going to let me buy some toilet paper?
A sobering calculation in these trying times.
Deathcross in the time of coronavirus
At the time of writing, the S&P 500 index is 26.7% below its all time high. Time to check on our old friend Deathcross.
…missed it by half a finger.
Have you ever looked at your hands? Like, really looked closely at them when you grab a barbell?
A brief history of contrived records, part 2
Hold my sword. Me and this mustache are going to do something worth writing down. (Olaf Rye, probably)
A brief history of contrived records, Part 1
And even if they say it’s not a world record, I have broken a barrier. Which makes a difference in human life, in a human family. (Eliud Kipchoge)
Bobby Bonilla: fixed income investor
Should some person have said, “No, paying a 72 year old man over a million dollars to have avoided playing baseball for you is in fact abnormal, and I am going to look into what feature of the Mets financing makes this possible”?