The World Series is in full swing
as we speak. The two teams that made it were the Detroit Tigers and the San
Fransico Giants. The Tigers beat out the New York Yankees to make it to the finals
and the Giants beat out the St. Louis Cardnials in the 7th
game. The series has not been looking so
good for the Tigers as they are down 3 games to 0. Another depressing fact
about the Tigers is that they haven’t scored one run against the Giants
throughout the whole series. The Giants have been on fire with their batting
and their fielding. I don’t know what is wrong with the Tigers, but they are
making many errors that can easily be fixed. Does home field advantage really
make a difference? Because they have been playing all the games in California
so far and finally get to take it to Detroit tonight in the 4th
game. I’m rooting for the Tigers to make a historic comeback since they now
have home field comfort. Their fans should be able to give them some moral that
they need to push through the rest of the series and take it all the way, but
with the way the Giants have been dominating the past few games it will be a
rough battle. There has never been a
team in the world series that has ever come back to win the whole series in a 3-0
deficit, but I feel like this is the year for the tigers and they have the
passion and the talent to win the trophie and get the rings.(270)
Sunday, October 28, 2012
iPhone 5
The new Iphone 5 came out at end of
last month. This was a very anticipated product from Apple that was supposed to
shock all the new customers with a new style and new software. We were hearing
rumors that the new phone was going to have holographic features that came
right out of the phone in a 3-d way. This new feature evidently was not
included in the newest product that apple released but it now rumored to be a
update and in the plans for the newer phone that is yet to be released.
The newest iphone was announced to
the world on September 18th , on this day they showed us what it
would look like and had the well know commercial air that day as well. It
showed all the new features and cool gadgets that it included which drew in
many new customers. It also showed the first day that people could preorder
their new phone.
I personally have been waiting for
the new iphone since I got my last phone. When I purchased my last phone the
iphone 4 was just released and it was so similar to the other ones and I knew
that they had to be coming out with something totally different to change the
look that I would wait until the new one came out. I was all ready and excited
for the new phone when it came out but stupidly didn’t preorder it, I recommend
doing that because so many people wanted the new phone that they were totally sold
out the day they became available in stores. There weren’t any even in the
wharehouses.
Now having the new iphone, I would
give it a good review. The new look is taller and thiner, making it also a lot
lighter in weight which is nice. The screen is now not made of glass its made
out some some platinum material that wont break as easily as the last phones.
And one of the best features that I like is the new software chip. This chip is
one that is the same for a computer making the phone as fast as one. I like the
new speed and all the new features. The only thing I don’t like about it is
that they changed the charger for the phone so it only fits the new charger
compared to how the old one was. This new tactic of changing the charger
brought in about 10 million dollars to apple since everyone has to go buy new
accessories to fit the new charger. Smart move by Apple. (436)
Jersey Shore
The MTV show Jersey Shore is one of
a kind. It was originally supposed to be a reality show where the producer put
8 people in one house to live with each other for a summer on the Jersey Shore.
Typically when this situation is put together the people end up hating every
other which makes for good T.V.
The 8 people that started out at
this house were all from New Jersey and were all of Italian descent. They were
all around 25 years old and very energetic. The roommates all had one thing in
common: they liked to party. Basically this show paid the cast members to go
out and party on a daily basis so they could catch some film of scandaless
things happening ranging from taking random girls to bed to getting arrested
for being too crazy at the bars.
The same 8 people have been coming
together for the summer for about 5 years. They have become the perfect family.
The show has even taken it to different environments such as Miami and Florence,
Italy. Their trip to Italy was like nothing they had ever imagined. They saw
how Italians party which is pretty similar but to a whole new level of the
jersey shore. They did everything from getting lost to getting arrested in the
streets. There were even some American twins that they met that became regulars
at the house. But at the end they missed home and were excited to come home to
America to party it up even harder. These people know how to do one thing and they
is drinking and bring random people home for the night to do bad things.
Now we have rolled around to the
last season of the Jersey Shore it is a sad sight. People have grown to know
these people from the past season. This group has become so tight that they are
basically family. They visit each other, they all have nicknames for each
other, and will always be a part of each other’s lives. Some of the girls even
live together in a spin off series. One girl is even pregnant this season,
which brings a damper down on the mood because she was one of the biggest
partiers and now she has to stay in and watch all her friends have fun without
her. It even got to the point where she had to move out of their usual house to
be in a safer environment.
This final season brings many
endings to this entertaining reality show. Now all we have to look forward to
is the spin offs and what they will do in their life after the Jersey Shore. I
bet they will all stay in contact with each other and reunite at the shore one
day again. They will be in each other’s wedding and still be attached for the
rest of their life’s. Now the question
lies, what show do we have to look forward too now? (501)
Wednesday, October 17, 2012
Final Four
The Detroit Tigers are up against
the New York Yankees to win the division league series to move onto the highest
level; the World Series. The World Series is where one team from the national
league and one from the American league face each other to pronounce that they
are the winners of all baseball for that year. The team that wins has full
bragging rights on being the best team. Who wouldn’t want to be in that
position?
The
division league series is best 5 out of 7 to move onto the next round. The Tigers
have faced the Yankees three times so far and have won all their games. They
now only have to win one more to play the Cardinals, Giants national league
series winner. The Cardinals and Giants each have one win, so there are three
more games promised to them.
The
matchup between the Cardinals and the Giants is somewhat a sore spot as the
Cardinals won the title last year and the Giants won it the previous year. The
Giants are looking to take revenge on the Cardinals and come away with a ring.
The Tigers,
Yankees game that have occurred haven’t been very exciting for Yankees fans.
Their bats aren’t making solid contact, they are losing valuable players left
and right, and they can’t seem to score any runs. The only run that they have
scored against the Tigers was in the third game; Nunez pulled a homerun to left
field off of Verlander in the 9th inning. By this time Verlander had
a total of 135 pitches and had Coke relieve him. Verlander left him with two
outs needed to end the game. Suzuki grounded out and Ibanez struck out swinging
shut down the Yankees moral and be down 3 games to nothing.
The
Yankees have lost two of the highest paid and some would say most valuable
players; Alex Rodrigez, and Derek Jeter. A-Rod has had a downturn on his skills
and has only gotten a measly 3 hits out of 23 at bats. He has been benched for Chavez who seemed to
be performing at a higher level than he was. In game one of the Tigers, Yankees
in the division league series Derek Jeter injured his ankle diving for a ground
ball in extra innings. The trainer said
that he will need a minimum of three months to heal. Jeter was expecting to go
back into the game after a simple ankle wrap but he crumbled when he heard the
news that he was ineligible for the rest of the season.
The
four teams that are left all have the drive to make it to the World Series and
win the title for their club. Only a few games left that will decide who the
winner will be. (470)
Cardinals move one step closer
On October 12th, 2012 the Cardinals had one of their most essential and miraculous wins of the season. They were in game five of the NLCS matchups with the Washington Nationals. They didn’t have the home field advantage, yet the crowd was wearing all red.
The first few innings started off slow for the Cardinals as they were making solid contact. The nationals on the other hand were hot, they almost seemed untouchable. Homeruns and base hits allowed the score to grow to 4-0 Nationals. The crowd loved every minute of it and giving the nationals more moral to earn more runs.
At the fifth inning the score was 6-0. The cardinals had 12 outs to gain enough runs to either tie the game up or pull ahead. A six run deficit is a hard one to bounce back from. The bats were still not making the right contact for their team. But in the 6th inning people started getting on base and they made their climb back to the top. The cardinals were getting many men on base but didn’t seem to be able to make them cross home plate. Between the 5-7thinnings there were about 8 players left on the bases that could have been scored.
The pitcher for the cardinals was starting to slip up and walking people in to give the cardinals come runs, this gave them the spark that they needed. The bats started to crank by the time it was the 8th inning the cardinals had earned 4 runs making it more possible to have the win in their reach. Their defense was on fire and had to keep having 1-2-3 out innings with 0 errors. The ninth inning rolls around and all hell breaks loose. The cardinals have been in scoring position, second and third base, and then they get a hit to right field that brings those men in. They had tied the game!
From personally watching the game and rooting for the cardinals it was humorous to see the crowd go completely flat once we tied it up. The energy was gone. The nationals on their toes, they still had to make three outs. The cardinals took complete advantage of their vulnerability and ended up scoring three more runs! The score was now 9-6. All they had to do was shut the nationals out with three outs and they had the win. The nationals came back to gain one more run, but sadly that wasn’t enough to get ahead.
The cardinals are moving on to the next game in the series on their way to the World Series for the 12thyear in a row. Hopefully they can take this energy from this great comeback and squash the giants! (460)
The Youth of Baseball
MLB's youngest player; Bryce Harper.
Las Vegas born man, Bryce Harper, is a very popular name all accross the US today. If you haven't heard about him you will sooner than later. One of the Washington Nationals young new talents. Bryce is only 19 years old, and he is starting for a professional baseball team who currently has the best record in the league! It would be and understatement to say that Bryce isn't a key component of this team.
The Nationals are the perfect fit for Harper, like him the Nationals are the newest, youngest thing the MLB, being that they are the most recent team added to the MLB. They both have made a big splash in the eyes of the fans of the league, as well as players, coaches, announcers, and professional analyzers of the game.
Since Harper is only 19 he had to start his college career at an earlier age just to eligible for the draft of he graduation year. So during his sophmore year Harper earned his GED at his high school in 2009. So for the college year of 2010 Harper was able to play. I remind you that at this point in time Bryce is only a 17-year old kid playing with these college players. The choice of Bryce to play earlier in the
conference he played in really played as an advantage in his career since they used wood bats like the MLB.
Harper did amazingly well in the Conference hitting 31 homeruns, 99 rbi' and had a .443 batting average. These stats may have gave Harper a "big head", as some would say. Harper got ejected twice in the 66 games he played in. Which caused a suspension and lead to the defeat of Harper's team and the end of his amateur carrer.
Even with these minor problems it didn't hurt Harper at all he was drafter number one overall in the MLB draft by the Nationals, who converted Harper from his primary position (catcher) to outfield to prolong his career and allow him to develope more as a player. To most Harper is considered one of the most coveted propsects in Major League Baseball History.
Harper played in both single A and Double A in 2011, and in 2012 made his major league debut. And he became the youngest position player to be selected to the All-Star game this year. Ever since his debut Harper has been playing for the Nationals.
Great expectations are set for this young man and I'm sure he's looking to meet and surpass those expectations, he will be THE ONE to watch in the upcoming years. 430
Friday, October 12, 2012
What actually happened at Homecoming
As requested by Ms.A I will give me
readers a follow up to the restrictions on homecoming that I posted a few weeks
ago. In that post there were many examples of what kind of dancing wasn’t allowed
and what kind of things have been seen in previous years at the dances.
This year as a whole was different
from any others. There were rules handed out early in advance to notify the
students as to what was and wasn’t allowed on the dance floor. My personal experience
at the dance was different than others, but I witnessed some things that were
shocking.
When I first arrived to the dance,
which was around 8:30,people were freaking out because many couples had been
kicked out for grinding at all even in a clean sense. From what my friends said
you had to dance facing each other but yet couldn’t “front grind.” The students
weren’t happy at all with what was going on so most of them just continued to
grind facing the same way with the girls butt in the guy’s crotch. They stopped
kicking people out once the principle was notified of what was happening, and
the dance went on just fine.
The music was good, the lights were
trippy, and it was fun had by all. (217)
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