Hello Again
well it’s been 2 months and 12 days since ive posted anything so i thought id better get something back up. i guess ill just update all of you on whats been going on lately. well i finished my freshman year of high school with a 4.21 gpa which is good i guess. my baseball team finished the spring season 10-11 and i hit .455 on the year. so far for summer we are 4-2 for the summer but i broke my left fibula playing rightfield last monday so i cant play until july. but ill still be there to keep score and do other things. my cousin got married on saturday and i played air guitar with the band just i was using my crutch as the guitar. my birthday was on the 17th and i got an electric guitar which ive been having fun with lately. ummmmmmmmm thats all i can think of for now but if i remember anything else important ill let you know!!!!!!
GO CUBS!!!
My Thoughts on American Idol this year.
ive started following along with idol lately since they came to omaha last year. i like watching it a lot now too. so i just want to express some of my thoughts for season 8.
first of all i am really glad that tatiana is gone. honestly she has a voice but she is so annoying. would anybody in the music industry want to work with her? really?
ricky braddy really got cheated out of the top 13. he was incredible in the top 36 and had the performance of the night in wild card week. hes one of my favorites.
but my top favorite is adam lambert. his voice is just incredible. nobody else in the competition can match his range or the power of his vocals. only thing though is a haircut and ditch the earrings.
who will win? danny gokey. he has a great story and an even better voice. jesus take the wheel was pretty darn good.
Baseball: A Game of 3′s.
recently i have noticed that in the game of baseball, the number 3 is very prevalent, and also its powers/exponents. so these are some of the many 3′s found in baseball.
3
- 3 outs
- 3 strikes
3 squared (3 x 3) = 9
- 9 batters
- 9 fielders
- 9 innings
3 cubed (3 x 3 x 3) = 27
- 27 min. at bats per game
- 27 hitters faced in a perfect game
3 to the 4th (3 x 3 x 3 x 3) = 81
- 81 home games
- 81 away games
My Most Recent Draft…How’d I Do?
its a 10 team keeper league (10 keepers for 2009 and 2010) through ESPN.com, so here goes
C Ryan Doumit
1B Miguel Cabrera (K)
2B Brian Roberts (K)
3B Chone Figgins
SS Ryan Theriot
1B/3B Lance Berkman (K)
2B/SS Mark DeRosa
OF Grady Sizemore (K)
OF Nick Markakis (K)
OF B.J. Upton (K)
OF Shane Victorino
OF Curtis Granderson
UTIL Adrian Gonzalez (K)
P Joakim Soria (K)
P Brad Lidge (K)
P Brian Fuentes (K)
P Kerry Wood
P Derek Lowe
P Ricky Nolasco
P Francisco Cordero
P Brett Myers
P Chad Qualls (FA pickup, dropped Brad Ziegler)
B Josh Johnson
B Hiroki Kuroda
B Randy Johnson
My Favorite Players by Position
Starting Pitcher Relief Pitcher
Tim Lincecum Pat Neshek
Closer Catcher
Takashi Saito Geovany Soto
1st Base 2nd Base
Derrek Lee Mark DeRosa
Shortstop 3rd Base
Nomar Garciaparra Jorge Cantu
Leftfield Centerfield
Raul Ibanez Kosuke Fukudome
Rightfield DH
Josh Hamilton Travis Hafner
What’s up with The Netherlands
theyre hugest underdog in the whole World Baseball Classic (other than South Africa, seriously if you didnt see them they suck). yet they come out and beat the Dominican Republic. TWICE!! talk about a major small ball team. i dont think they got one base hit in the outfield. first game the leadoff hitter gene kingsale hits a baltimore chopper and makes it safely to first base. then he gets sacrificed over by the next hitter, who reached first safely. then with an error by hanley ramirez they both scored and somehow another run came in. then their no name pitchers come in and hold the star studded DR lineup to two runs. and then they beat Dominican Republic again and few days later.
but really theres only 5 guys on their roster that ive heard of before the classic. randall simon, sidney ponson, rick vandenhurk, yurendell de caster and gene kingsale. only vandenhurk and de caster made it to the majors last year and are still on major league contracts. im rooting for them the rest of the way in the WBC.
The World Baseball Classic is HERE!!
o my gosh. i am so excited that the wbc has finally started. i had school cancelled on thursday because our varsity girls basketball team was going to state. but being the dedicated baseball fan that i am i stayed home and watched team japan take on team china in game one. it was so cool. i got to watch players i have dreamed of watching play on my tv. i mean really. nippon ham’s yu darvish was insanely amazing. he pitched 4 innings and didnt give up one single hit. shuichi murata of yokohama jacked a monster homer and nearly hit two more. it was just amazing. and although this sounds strange coming from an american, i am rooting for team japan to again take the world baseball classic crown.
look at that. the boy just cant stop throwing smoke.
Cubs Closer
ive been wondering about the closer for the cubs. it seems like weve got 2 really good candidates, i just have my worries about each of them. carlos marmol is probably the favorite. he just has nasty, electric stuff. fastball-slider combo i believe, but my problem with him is that he is home run prone and inexperienced. i remember there was a span of maybe a week where he gave up 3 homers in 4 innings. control is another down side for marmol too.
kevin gregg is actually my favorite to win the closer spot. i think he has much better control than marmol and has a few years of closing under his belt. marmol should stay in the setup role.
personally, i would still rather have kerry wood finishing off games in chicago.
All Time MLBers by the Numbers
0 Al Oliver
1/8 Eddie Gaedel
1 Ozzie Smith
2 Derek Jeter
3 Babe Ruth
4 Lou Gerhig
5 Joe DiMaggio
6 Stan Musial
7 Mickey Mantle
8 Yogi Berra
9 Ted Williams
10 Chipper Jones
11 Edgar Martinez
12 Roberto Alomar
13 Omar Vizquel
14 Ernie Banks
15 Thurman Munson
16 Whitey Ford
17 Dizzy Dean
18 Ted Kluszewski
19 Tony Gwynn
20 Frank Robinson
21 Roberto Clemente
22 Roger Clemens
23 Ryne Sandberg
24 Rickey Henderson
25 Barry Bonds
26 Wade Boggs
27 Juan Marichal
28 Bert Blyleven
29 Rod Carew
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32 Sandy Koufax
33 Eddie Murray
34 Nolan Ryan
35 Mike Mussina
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MLB Players by the Numbers
im going to pick the players i think are the best by their uniform number
1 Akinori Iwamura
2 Hanley Ramirez
3 Evan Longoria
4 Alex Gordon
5 Albert Pujols
6 Ryan Howard
7 Jose Reyes
8 Ryan Braun
9 Chone Figgins
10 Chipper Jones
11 Kenshin Kawakami
12 Alfonso Soriano
13 Alex Rodriguez
14 David Price
15 Dustin Pedroia
16 Aramis Ramirez
17 Lance Berkman
18 Geovany Soto
19 Scott Kazmir
20 Kevin Youkilis
21 Milton Bradley
22 Eric Byrnes
23 Adrian Gonzalez
24 Grady Sizemore
25 Mark Teixeira
26 Chase Utley
27 Matt Kemp
28 Curtis Granderson
29 Raul Ibanez
30 Magglio Ordonez
31 Jon Lester
32 Josh Hamilton
33 James Shields
34 David Ortiz
35 Cole Hamels
36 Jered Weaver
37 Hideki Okajima
38 Carlos Zambrano
39 Brett Myers
40 Rich Harden
41 John Lackey
42 Mariano Rivera
43 Cla Meredith
44 Roy Oswalt
45 Carlos Lee
46 Jeremy Guthrie
47 Jose Valverde
48 Torii Hunter
49 Jair Jurrjens
50 Adam Wainwright
51 Ichiro Suzuki
52 C.C. Sabathia
53 Bobby Abreu
54 Ervin Santana
55 Tim Lincecum
56 Joe Blanton
57 Johan Santana
58 Justin Duchscherer
59 Guillermo Mota
60 Chin-lung Hu
61 Chan Ho Park
62 Joba Chamberlain
63 Kevin Gregg
64 Fernando Nieve
65 Mike Parisi
66 Jose Arredondo
67 Anthony Lerew
68 George Kottaras
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74 Omar Aguilar
75 Francisco Rodriguez
76 Brian Burress
77 Reggie Willits
78 Matthew Scherer
79 Chris Gimenez
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this took me a really long time and ill try to get it done sometime
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