Money ball Prediction

Once again the A’s are in game 5 of the champion series and it’s the ten year anniversary of moneyball now. Once again the Yankees stand in there way of victory. The Yanks are in the lead in 4th inning it’s 3-0 but the hammer back and score two off a bomb by Cespedes. It’s now the 8th the yanks are still up 3-2 when with bases loaded there pitcher hits Moss and a run scores. It’s 3-3 top of the 9th now. Yankees have a man on 3rd with 1 out. Then Cano flied out deep but a run scores. It’s now 4-3 with Jetter up and He homers then A-rod flied out to end the inning. It’s now 5-3 and the A’s are at the top of their lineup. First up is Crisp the A’s leadoff man. He singles on the first pitch which brings up Weeks. Weeks strikes out and Cespedes walks. Which brings up Reddick. 2 on 1 out bottom of the ninth Josh Reddick hits a long high fly ball that looks like it’s going to be caught but at the last second it sailed over the wall. The A’s go to the world series where they sweep the Nationals and Billy finally wins the last game of the season.

Billy Beane

In the book Moneyball by Michael Lewis it tells the story of baseball prospect Billy Beane's’ life after his unsuccessfully baseball playing career. It explains how his past experience helps him as a baseball GM and teaches him that money isn’t everything. Those experience made Billy Beane a good leader. He turns his 40 million dollar team from last in division to tying the Yankees regular season record. These are just a few of the ways Billy Beane changes his life and affects others in the book.

Billy Beane went from future star to draft bust in a matter of years. This is due to his lack of self confidence against major league pitchers. This changes his point of view entirely on baseball and money. He learned that no matter how much money they offer you can’t buy confidence. He chose money over a college degree. Would you have done the same if you had to choose?

Billy Decided to give up being a  baseball player to being in the front office. He became the Oakland A’s GM in 1997 which started his roller coaster ride as a poor GM. Under Billy Beane they reached the playoffs 4 consecutive years 2000 - 2001. This is because of Billys influence on the Oakland A’s players and coaches. In whatever way Billy influenced almost everyone in the A’s system. Including Scott Hatteberg and Chad Bradford two of Billy’s surprize players he picked up in 2001 offseason.

In the end Billy Beane proves that money isn’t everything. He wins with a team with less the half the salary of  some of their opponents. All you need to win is a different strategy. Billy changed from when this started. He started going for the money. He end up declining the biggest GM contract in the history of sports. Thats how much he regretted his decision to go for the money.

conflict resolution Money Ball

In Money Ball Billy Beane is the manager of a poor baseball team. He has to try to compete with teams like the Yankees. Every year his best players are bought by richer teams and he has to start over. Billy Beane is cleaned out every year and losses the best he has. This conflict he is person vs. society.

Billy Beane solves this problem by tacking up a unique way of choosing players. He takes undervalued player because they have small defects. After losing his stars he finds players to replace them by ther most important statistic OBP% (on base percentage). He picks two of the main characters that way in Chad Bradford and Scott Hatterberg.

Patriots Pen

Dear Veterans,

What is patriotism? Is it the love of your country or you having the willingness to sacrifice yourself for its protection and wellbeing? Maybe all the above all I know is our veterans did it all. They fought to keep our county safe and I’d like to thank them for their service. So thank you very much for keeping us from harm’s way and everyone safe.

I’d like to talk a bit about WW2. My great opa fought in that war but for the Nazis. He was KIA, killed by the men of the very country I live in today maybe even one of you. That war changed my family’s life because my oma was there as well. She was younger though. She was smuggled to America. Afterword and her husband served for the U.S. in Vietnam.

Vietnam was a scary time for my oma. Her husband was fighting in Vietnam. He uses to tell me stories before he died of all his friends he lost there. They were sad until the end when he came back alive. He died a while back from natural causes. Just a few weeks back my other opa died of a heart attack. Opa was with the military police. Now my two oldest cousins are in intelligence and army for our military. You have inspired them and me.

My two cousins in the military currently are more like brothers to me. They both lived with my family because their mom died. The oldest has been in the army for six years. The younger one just finished his first. He said it’s cool but he was stationed in Korea so he didn’t see us for a year. You have inspired them and now me.

Once again thank you for keeping our country safe. Some of you were my Opa’s inspiration others my cousin’s now mine. You inspired me deeply now I know that you’re my true heroes no sports players should be anyone’s hero you should be, you men and women that served this country. I salute you veterans and all that have served and will. Live long and prosper.

Dodge This

My brother and I were playing football like usual but then it started to rain so we came inside. After a while we decided that dodgeball sounded fun so we played for a while then it happened.
He through a ball at my feet. I tried to jump it but I landed on the ball and then slammed my elbow into the ground. l little did I know the severity of my injury. 

After icing it I couldn't move it. I realized I did something terrible. I told my parents and they took me to the hospital. After a night at the hospital they said I dislocated it and they couldn't put it back in. First I was in a cast for a week. Then I was in a sling for about two months. It was a pain because I couldn't do sports or lots of other things without trouble. It also made me miss a week or two of school so lots of homework as well

My family had to spend lots of money to pay for my hospital stay. They also had to help me with everyday task like brushing my teeth and had to do my chores which wasn’t bad for me. But for them a pain so I felt bad for a while. After that experience I learned that I should really think things through instead of just diving right in and hoping for the best.

The Hobbit Cause and Effect

In the hobbit Bilbo Baggins gets stuck In a mine when he stumbles upon a ring. The ring turned out to be a evil magical and it turned the wearer invisible. The ring saves Bilbo numerous time throughout his time with it. This caused him to slowly lose his mind. Even in the very mine he found it. Goblins would have killed him before he even got close to escaping the terrifying dark of the mine. It’s also the main component of the sequels. For Frodo Baggins is the ring bearer in the Lord of the Rings series. The creature Gollum was the ring bearer before he lost it but he was captured by the rings creator some years later because the creator is the only one that can wield the ring for full potential.

If Gollum had not lost the ring the creator would have regained power and destroyed middle earth as we know it. Who knows what would have happened to the members of the fellowship from the sequels. They’d most likely become slaves or be killed trying to protect their lands. If Bilbo doesn’t find the ring though he didn’t know it middle earth would have most likely been destroyed and everyone he knew killed or enslaved in the process. Bilbo saved middle earth in the process of his seemingly pointless adventure at the time. Bilbo saved everyone that night in the mine with just one accidental stumble.

Hobbit Conflict

In the Hobbit the conflict is Bilbo Baggins and the dwarves go on a quest to recover stolen treasure of the dwarves. It was stolen by the dragon Smaug. Smaug is a greedy dragon that invaded their home. After months of traveling they reached Smaugs cave and faced the biggest challenge yet. This is Person v.s. Nature.

After sneaking in to the cave they looted some armor and weapons but then Smaug woke up and chased them into a cave. While hiding the people of the river were attacked by Smaug. While the dwarves and hobbit hid the people of the river defeated smaug even though lots were killed. The resolution is the dwarves got there gold back and Bilbo had the adventure of a life time and a portion of the treasure.

Lord of the Movies

The Lord of the Rings is the best movie and best books I’ve read and seen. I’ve seen all the movies that have come out and I can’t wait for the Hobbit to come out.  I read the Hobbit and 2^nd and 3^rd books. The books have a lot more detail in them then the movies but the movies are still awesome. Lord of the Rings conquest is one of my favorite games too even though it’s old and the graphics aren’t the best. It’s the best movie franchise in history and series of books plus the games are fun to play. I play the games with my friends all the time. My favorite is Lord of the Rings Conquest. My favorite book is The Two Towers and my favorite movie is The Fellowship of the Ring. J.R.R Tolkien is the best author ever and Peter Jackson did a great job at recreating them into movies.The movie were released from 2001 to 2003. The books were written from 1954 to 1955.

Drilling in Alaska

 Authors Note: The beauty of Alaska shouldn't be destroyed.

Picture a beautiful Alaskan winter with fluffy white snow every were. Now picture an Alaskan waste land with drilling equipment every were. Not so beautiful now is it? That’s what it will look like if we let them drill in Alaska. It’s not right. The people of Alaska are getting cheated out of there land and letting them destroy it. That shouldn’t happen to Alaska’s wilderness. Alaska's Congressional delegation has vowed to repeal the 22-year old ban on the export of the state's North Slope oil. If passed, the law would have important ramifications outside Washington, D.C. allowing companies to drill in Alaska's Northern Slope.

I Think I Won

Authors Note: Look for my simile

“I just bought my first lottery ticket and I’m so excited!” Bill yelled. “Don’t yell we are in a library!” John shouted. “No yelling” The librarian said gesturing toward the no yelling sign. “I’m so excited”  Bill whispered. “I know so am I” John whispered. “How long do we wait until the drawing” Whispered Bill. “Two weeks” whispered John “WHAT!” Bill screamed at the top of his lungs. “Get out” The librarian yelled. “You better run like a cheetah if you want to escape my wrath” After that Bill and John stayed away from the library for the next week. Then when the day came to announced the lottery winner Bill and John finally came back but the librarians eyes were locked on them like a tick to skin. "The winner is ticket number 357170. Congratulations to our winner for this months lottery now come claim your prize." Said the mayor. "NO" Yelled Bill "It was one number off." "I WON" Screamed John "Yeah" Bill was so furious that he ripped his friends lottery ticket in half. "How could you do that?" asked John starting to cry. " I don't know" Said bill also starting to cry. Then Bill and John made up but, since Bill ripped the ticket someone else won. John was mad but wouldn't lose his best friend over some money.

Symbolism

1. Lottery - A great gathering

      In  the short story “The Lottery” the lottery is a great gathering. It is a special time of the year. This lottery you don’t win money if you get picked you get stoned. Don’t worry you don’t pay for your ticket. So you don’t want to get picked.

2. Sunny day - a nice day

- Sunny days represent a happy hopeful day in this book. Just like in most books, when it’s a sunny day people are out enjoying the day and chatting with each other. Almost like tailgating for  football, baseball, or  other sporting events.

3. rocks - represent death

- The large pile of rocks everyone tries to get away from represents death. The winner of the lottery gets chained to a wall or floor and people throw the rocks at that person. It’s very brutal but it’s one of the town’s oldest traditions.

4.black box - The town's history

- The “black box” that was mentioned resembles the town’s history. It’s a beat up box that has been there since the town’s first “lottery”. It’s something that means a lot to the people. Odd as the item may be, because usually you think black as evil and a box as boring, it standsout in the short story.

5.old man- represents town elder wisness.

- In the short story “The  Lottery” Old Man Warner represents the town elder. He is like a wise elder you hear about in books or see in movies. He makes confusing riddles that are suppose to help you unlock something or counsels you to make tough decisions.

6. flowers blooming- Happiness

- The blooming flowers represent a great happiness. Children pick them for their mothers. They decorate the town with a colorful joy.

7.school ending- freedom

- School is out and children are roaming freely. Freedom is what this would be for the children. They can laugh, play, and relax throughout the summer. It’s a very cheerful moment when the bell is heard on the last day of school. Even if the last day was terrible the minute school is out it

’s a new life.

8. June 27th- A holiday

-  June 27th is a greatly valued day. It is like a holiday. It was as important as Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, and many more holidays. It is the day the lottery takes place. Everyone may not be excited about it but they know it has come and will happen.

Steak!

Authors Note: Look for the simile. 

I love steak and I also love orange juice. They go amazing with each other. If I could I would eat and drink that stuff every day. But if I had to choose one of them it would be steak. It’s the most juicy and delicious thing ever. If the world didn’t have steak I would cry like a baby with no bottle. Orange Juice is amazing but it's no match for steak. After football I always want steak. Once I ate two whole steaks. They were pork steaks my favorite. Since L.A. is the class right before lunch I'm always thinking about food. The first one that comes to mind is steak. It seems like every one was cooked by God himself they're that good. My mom makes them the best though. I feel as if I need steak to live. It's the best food ever there is nothing close to it in my mind. I couldn't survive a week without it.

Spring Assessment

Rocky Road

The land was growing darker in Middle Earth, the chances of getting the Great Ring to Mt. Doom splitting the Fellowship of The ring was split after a great battle. Boromir died fighting to save Merry and Pippin, though his efforts were in vain because Merry and Pippin were taken captive by the Uruk-Hai (The orcs of Saruman) who were tacking them to Isengard where Saruman rules. After Sam convinced Frodo to let him join on his quest Sam and Frodo set off to Mt. Doom in the land of Mordor where the dark lord Sauron rules, leaving Aragorn, Legolas, and Gimli witch let them with a dire decision to make. Do they go after Merry and Pippin or follow Frodo and Sam? In The Two Towers part two of J.R.R Tolkien’s hit series Lord of the Rings the author explains to  the reader a great deal of what happened in the end of The Fellowship of the Ring before so the reader knows what’s happening and why they are where they are in there predicaments. People said Frodo couldn’t handle the ring why. J.R.R Tolkien teaches readers to rely on your friendships when in need, that the battle of good vs. evil never rests, and that with great perseverance you can do almost anything.

Good and evil play a great role in this book much like the movie version directed by Peter Jackson. In the book and movie Sauron of Mordor and his puppet Saruman of Isengard are the two primary enemies of the fellowship. Frodo and Sam made their own enemies along the way too like Sméagol (More formally known as Gollum) and the ring which is starting to tempt Frodo and make him weaker. Sméagol also helps Frodo and Sam get to Mordor after they captured him also in the movie. As this is happening evil is focusing more often than not on Aragorn and friends who decided to go after Merry and Pippin. On the way they got caught up helping Rohan. While protecting them on the way to Helms Deep (Rohan’s safe house) while on the way evil strike again and nearly take Aragorn’s life this is one of the few things that only happen in the movie. Afterwards a full scale attack by means of Saruman’s forces which blocked Aragorn, Gimli, Legolas, and all of Rohan in like the moon blocks the sun on the solstice, but like in most stories good prevailed champion and Aragorn, Gimli and Legolas lived also like the movie. Gimli almost dies though when one of the walls damaged by war collapses on top of him which worries the others deeply. The friendship between is strengthened by this near death experience

Friendship is what keeps Frodo and Sam going which is also the case with Merry and Pippin. Merry and Pippin’s friendship gives them the will to do anything. When they’re together they’re strong same as Frodo and Sam, Frodo relies on Sam’s friendship to get him through the painful times while he’s bearing the ring, Merry and Pippin on the other hand didn’t have to rely on each other as much for the reason of meting Treebeard the leader of the ents (Tree people). Treebeard mistook them for orcs so they used their knowing of each other to convince him otherwise. They only knew that because they are such good friends. Frodo had to rely on Sam to keep his cool because he was losing starting to lose his power of the ring. I think that Frodo had such a great grip over the ring for such a long time because of Sam willing him to keep going and to fight harder. Sam’s steadfastness to Frodo was great which is why I think Frodo made it so long with the ring tightening grip on Frodo’s spirit. That requires great perseverance by both Sam and Frodo.

All the characters in this story had to use perseverance at one point or another. In all the good books I’ve read and movies I’ve watched some character had to use perseverance. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas along with Rohan’s people defended Helms Deep with their lives and if it weren’t for their perseverance they wouldn’t have made through the night. Aragorn also had something almost no one else had. Hope. With the hope Gandalf would return on the morning of the fifth day still alive he fought. So he came Gandalf came and scared off all the orcs. Sam and Frodo were under a great pressure to get the ring to Mt. Doom before the war is lost and the dark times have come. There will and perseverance are what kept them moving through the dark lands even though all seemed dull there. Merry and Pippin had a hard time getting trough there time with the Uruk-Hai but with great determination they made through and destroyed Isengard. After which Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas came to Isengard only to find it in rubble for the perseverance of Merry and Pippin. This just proves that with perseverance and will you can do almost anything.

What do you think? Could Frodo have handled the ring all that time? I still believe he could have done it and he did. He defeated evil with the help of his friendship with Sam. He pushed and used all the will and perseverance he had to get the ring into Mordor. Now all he has to do is avoid the great eye and drop the ring in Mt. Doom. Not had right. Aragorn, Gimli, and Legolas still have to fight Mordor’s armies and protect Gondor the last stronghold of middle earth, now with the help of Merry and Pippin of course.  The book was exciting to read and J.R.R Tolkien did a great job of keeping me reading and guessing the whole book. He showed the importance of friendship, perseverance and the battle of good and evil in a good book. I loved the book best I’ve read in a quite a while.

Favorites

1. Animal-- Wolf

2. Car--Any truck

3. Article of Clothing-- Hat

4. Day of the Week-- Tuesday

5. Food-- Apple

6. Color-- Black

7. Movie--21 Jump Street

8. Type of Building-- Bunker

9. Plant-- Mushroom

10. Musical Instrument-- Drums

11. Random Person-- DJ Muller

12. Piece of Furniture-- Bed

13. Song-- Remember the Name

14. Season of the Year--Summer

15. Word-- Sammich

Drugs or Not

Authors Note: After reading this piece you wll have my opinion on Ryan Braun and the PED's.

NL MVP winner Ryan Braun after putting up great numbers 2011 the annual drug test suggested Braun was tacking PED’s (performing enhancing drug). After avoiding his 50 game suspensions Braun is getting jeers and cheers from fans everywhere.  There has never been a player in MLB history that has avoided suspension for PED’s after being caught. What do you think was Ryan Braun clean or was he the first player ever to get away with PED’s?

There is one main reason to me why you should support Ryan Braun in this epidemic. Braun’s stats are stable between the 2010 and 2011 seasons with a steady increase in them. The urine samples from Braun were being kept in the inspector’s basement which could’ve contaminated them. After researching I found the samples did not need to be kept there. There are also some reasons he could be guilty.

Braun was tested twice and tested positive both times that might mean he was on PED’s. The test have never been wrong before which makes it hard to believe he is innocent. Other great players like Barry Bonds couldn’t get away with it. He could've been on them his whole career though. That would mean he should've tested before and been caught then. Who do you side with.

I think Braun is innocent and so did most of Wisconsin. The Braun story was the biggest story of off-season. You need to think about it to understand what matters to Wisconsin is that he’s playing all season. Braun drugs or not he's still my favorite. What do you think is he innocent or guilty? I still believe he’s innocent.

Save the Animals

 Author's Note: I picked this book because it caught  my attention and sucked me in and I wanted to share that with you.

Man V.S Beast, by Robert Muchamore is about a 13 year old boy named James Adams who has been with a secret agency by the name of Cherub for almost 4 years. His mother died 4 years ago and a father is who unknown. His sister Lauren Adams is also a member of Cherub. Now on his sixth mission James along with his sister Lauren and best mate Kyle work together as they must stop an extreme animal rights group from killing Innocent people and millions of lab workers. Robert Muchamore did a great job at using realistic problems like animal cruelty and animal rights groups to tell his story.

Robert Muchamore makes Man V.S Beast a much better book by using real world issues like extreme animal rights groups. This book also brings out the facts. After researching I found the U.S abuse more than 241,000 rabbits alone in laboratories every year. Experimenters at the University of Utah cut deep incisions into rabbits' backs and surgically inserted implants into their spines. The surgically mutilated rabbits were observed for 24 weeks and then killed. Some animal rights groups break into facilities like the University of Utah and free animals. They also do this in places like slaughter houses or bigger named organizations.

In the book the animal cruelty is quite scary because they explain in great detail what they do to process animals.  When scientist breed dogs for testing they isolate them in tiny cages and only hose them out to clean them. Since puppies are playful when they have nothing or no one to play with they play with there poop and roll in their own urine. Which can make them ill before testing even starts. The test are usually testing safety of cleaning products in digestive systems. That’s why animal rights groups are here to stop it.

Animal rights groups are doing what they can to stop the testing. In places like the U.K., Belgium, and Netherlands testing has been shut down. Some animal rights groups will stop at nothing to shut down animal testing. The extreme animal rights group in the book is the A.F.A (Animal Freedom Army). They used napalm to blow up an entire parking lot of researchers cars. Even though most animal right groups wont go that far they will break in to facilities and destroy equipment and research.

I’m siding with the animal rights groups because I think killing animals for research is wrong. The book is overall great. It truly uses a lot of realism and is truly a good laugh. You should think about what you eat and how they make animals into that because i can’t look at burgers the same way. It’s truly a great book and show great realism with the animal testing and rights groups.

  

 

Beleram

Authors Note: i choose this picture because I love eagles

If you don’t know who this is it’s Beleram From Lord of  the Rings War in the North. He is an eagle from the Misty Mountains. This is concept art from the Ettenmors. Beleram is fighting spiders. That’s what I think of this piece of art.

Cow From India

Cows are black and white.
They eat grass at night.
When your not looking they’ll be watching.
So when you get that feeling you’ll know who’s watching.
It’s the cow of India.

Kung Fu Cow

My favorite cow it the animated one from the movie Kung Pow. He is white and black and he knows kung fu. He’s awesome but he gets milked to death. It made me really sad. He will live on forever in my heart.

The Thrill

 Authors Note: This is about the journey of my football card.

What is 2 ½ inches wide, 3 ½ inches long, and has a football player on the front. If you haven’t guessed it yet I’m a football card, but not just any football card I’m an Ahman Green Private stock card. Ahman green was the Seattle Sea Hawks running back from 98 to 00 then moved to Green bay Wisconsin to play for the Packers. I am his card from 2001 his second of 8 seasons with the Packers, but this isn’t about Ahman Green. This is about my adventure to my new owner.

        It all starts from when I was made by Pacific Trading Card Inc. Then I was packed in a tiny package with other cards including current Packers star wide receiver Greg Jennings. Then I got stuck in a store for week’s maybe a month but then I was grabbed of my pack’s rack, but then I got put back. A few months later my pack was grabbed by someone I was so excited. After I was bought I got put in another package and hidden.

 After a week of being hidden I was finally brought out again then ripped open. When the boy ripped my package open he forgot to pull me out. He was so disappointed at first then he noticed I was still in the package and he yelled in joy “Ahman Green my favorite!” Now in a case in his room with other good cards with old ones like Joe Montana, Reggie White, John Elway and some rising stars like Aaron Rodgers rookie card, Ray Rice rookie card, and Tim Tebow rookie card.