The Final Blog

As I have finally completed my Blogs I have just realized something. I realized that I have become more like a sports writer then a normal blogger. Over the past few months I have been keeping up with Sports hottest stories and I have analyzed them like a sports writer would. I did not realize that I was doing this but this is a good thing. As I go on with trying to figure out what I am going to do with my life this may be an option. Writing was not one of my favorite things but when I write about things I like, I get very into it. In the beggining of my blogs I talked about current events on Staten Island. When Professor Farley gave out his reactions to our blogs he said I seemed to be missing something and that it was not a flashy blog. I agreed with him because I was not writing about what I liked. How can my readers enjoy my writings when I don't even enjoy them? I changed my approach and stayed with the theme of the Caputo Chronicles writing more about sports as a sports writer. I am happy I did this and this can be a possible career I may look into as I go on. I hope some of the videos I posted were enjoyable and my blogs were knowledgable and enjoyable at the same time.

Kobe Wins MVP

Kobe Bryant has been selected the NBA's most valuable player for the first time in his 12-year career, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday.The newspaper cited sources familiar with the outcome who were not authorized to speak publicly about the award until the official announcement next week.
"We have not been told anything by the league," Lakers spokesman John Black told The Associated Press.Bryant has won three championships with the Los Angeles Lakers and is widely regarded as the league's best player. But he had never come close to winning an MVP before this season. Kobe was in a race with Chris Paul form the New Orleans Hornets for the Award. I am excited that he won it because a player of his caliber deserves it and I believe he finally became a good teammate this year. He passed more and helped his team to the highest record in a tough western conference edging out Paul's Hornets who Finished in second. The MVP has been a controversial trophy in the past not always going to the most valuable player but the best player. I believe without Kobe the Lakers would not be as good as they ar thus him being the most valuable player. This is a video of some of Kobe's great all time dunks.

The Baseball Squad

My Baseball team had our first game of the season yesterday and we destroyed the opposing team. The scoreboard was shut off in the fifth inning cause we were winning by about 15 runs. I had the teams first hit and rbi of the season and two of my fellow classmates were at the game. Lou Musto is the teams first Baseman and Viril does the scorebook. Every year when baseball starts up I am very excited because I love to play. I am a huge sports fan as you can see from my blogs but actually playing makes sports so much better. This season tends to be a great one as I have many of my friends on the team and we seem to be one of the best in the league. I play centerfield and have been on this team for two years now. We have 14 kids on the team and about four new comers from last year. I am excited abotu starting off with a win and our next game is tuesday. After Tuesday we will be 2 and 0 and go on our way to an undefeated season!

A Rod On DL

Alex Rodriguez was placed on the 15-day disabled list Wednesday with a strained right quadriceps, leaving another major hole in the New York Yankees lineup.
Rodriguez hurt his leg April 20 in Baltimore and missed three games last week before returning for a four-game series at Cleveland. "It's painful to see that lineup without me in the cleanup spot and helping my team win every day," Rodriguez said.
The three-time MVP was relieved, however, after a frightening trip to the hospital Tuesday. After spending about three hours getting an MRI exam he thought was going to take about 40 minutes, Rodriguez was told by a technician he could miss the rest of the season."My biggest goal coming into the year, every year, is to play 162 (games) and it's very upsetting to be in this situation," said Rodriguez, who is batting .286 with four homers and 11 RBIs in 24 games this season. As a big Yankee Fan I am hoping that A Rod can get back to the team as soon as possible. The injury bug has plagues the yankees at the beginning of the season with injuries to Derek Jeter and Phil Hughes.

Lakers Sweep Series

The Denver Nuggets finally gave the Los Angeles Lakers a good fight. The Lakers dispatched the fighting Nuggets anyway. Kobe Bryant scored 31 points Monday night, leading the Lakers to a 107-101 victory and a sweep of their first-round series.
"He is unbelievable," Luke Walton said of Bryant, his teammates and one of the MVP favorites. "It's always so comforting knowing you have the best closer in basketball. They were making huge plays down the stretch, but Kobe came right back to do whatever it took: huge plays, steals or an incredible shots like that fadeaway over Kenyon Martin from the top of the key. The Lakers will meet the winner of the Utah-Houston series, which the Jazz lead 3-1, in the Western Conference semifinals.
This seems like the clincher for Kobe to win his first NBA MVP. He has been known as the best player in the NBA for years now and he desrves it. I plan to write a blog on the winner when the results are final.

Hawks Making This A series

Joe Johnson and Josh Smith combined for Atlanta's last 34 points to spirit the Hawks to victory. Johnson, a former Boston first-round draft pick, poured in 20 of his game-high 35 points during the final period. Johnson might have been the biggest difference-maker for the Hawks during crunch time, but Smith enjoyed the better all-around night on both ends of the court. The fourth-year forward finished with 28 points and six rebounds and his game-high seven blocks helped neutralize the Boston offense while setting an appropriately aggressive defensive tone for the undersized Atlanta frontcourt. Atlanta coach Mike Woodson has gone with a reduced rotation in this series. After winning the first two games of this best-of-seven series by 23 and 19 points, respectively, the shell-shocked Celtics must limp back to Beantown for Wednesday's pivotal Game 5. But even if Boston holds serve on its home court and survives this first-round series, the Hawks have done a whole lot to undermine the aura of invincibility the top-seeded Celtics carried into these playoffs in the wake of a 66-16 regular season. Atlanta hasn't necessarily put down a blueprint for beating Boston, but it's proved the Celtics can look merely mortal against athletic, resilient teams capable of taking a punch and punching back.

Just Like The Babe?

This Micah Owings guy is the real deal. Just when matters looked bleakest on for the Diamondbacks against the Astros, their savvy-hitting, right-handed pitcher was plucked off the bench again by manager Bob Melvin to pinch-hit with two out in the sixth inning, a runner on second and his club down by two runs.
Owings homered for the fifth time in 79 big league at-bats, but for the first time as a pinch-hitter, nailing the first offering from reliever Dave Borkowski over the right-field fence to tie the score and help send the D-backs on to a come-from-behind 8-7 victory. This guy is a great hitting pitcher and this is similar to how Babe Ruth started his career. He was an acceptional pitcher but his bat was so great they moved him to the outfield. I do not believe Owings will be moved but he fun to watch and it will be interesting on what they do with him.