MDW (memorial day weekend)

This is a weekend to remember those who have died for our country. Also, it is for those who were injured or even fought for our freedom. It is a weekend in which people celebrate the freedoms they take advantage of everyday. This is also an awesome weekend. This weekend was especially awesome for me because it is my first weekend with my license. I'm having so much more fun now that I can do basically anything I want. The freedom is overwhelming. On friday I went to hang out with friends in Meadow Creek for a while. Then I went to hang out with some more friends on Alexandria by the library. Then I drove to Colts neck to hang out with some more of my friends. Oh and I also went to Five Guys right after school and Mondello's for dinner. I am so independent now. Saturday was awesome too! I went to my cousins house in Marlboro. We went in his pool and off roading. It is crazy, but thats why I love having a truck. I like to have some crazy fun everyonce in a while. On sunday I went paintballing until four. I went with a big group of people so it was tons of fun. Paintballing is great because I get such a huge adrenaline rush. I'm actually really good. In order to be good at paintball you have to be fearless. Soetimes to help my team get a quick lead I will commit "suicide". No, I don't actually die. What I do is just run right off the start right at the other team and try to surprise as many people as I can and get out as many people as I can. I usually get between 3 and 5 people before I get shot out myself. I also went to a party later that night. It was a barbecque at my friend Brandon's house. We played basketball and grilled and played other game. I went home around 12 o'clock and passed out. Moday was awesome end to my MDW. I woke up around ten and drove down to pier village in Long Branch. Its really nice down there. I met my friends at the beach and then we went jet skiing. It was really cool because they put me on the back of the jet ski and tried to throw me off. I came really close to falling off several times, but thankfully I held on, just barely! Then I came home and grilled with my mom. Some of my friends were supposed to come over, but then a monsoon hit out of nowhere. It was nuts!!! I could'nt see out my window. This weekend is also a sign that school is coming to an end. Finals are beginnig and the work is stopping. I cannot wait for summer. This was like a preview of how amzing my summer is going to be. God Bless America and memorial day weekend lol.

The Train Keeps Rollin', Even Without All It's Steam

Although the Yankees are off to a great start finishing the month of April with a 16-8 record and only second to the Devil Rays, they are not yet at full potential. Yesterday they scored their highest run total so far, 12. This is a shocker to most sports annalists due to the Yankees impenetrable lineup, starting with Jeter and ending with Gardner with people like Texeira, Rodriguez, and Cano in the middle. Some of the star players such as Nick Johnson, Mark Texeira and Curtis Granderson are not produceing. However the team has certainly picked them upo. A few surprises have sparked this year. I am very impressed with Brett Gardner. This is his first year starting almost everyday and he has been nothing short of phenominal. His homer in yesterdays game was his first, however, he is not a power hitter, he hits for average. And with his above .300 batting average he is definately doing his job.I am speechless when it come to Robinson Cano. He is leading the team in batting average, home runs, rbi's and he even has the highest batting average in all of baseball. Cano has always been a solid hitter just coming in second to Joe Mauer of the Minnesota Twins two years straight for the batting title. However, this years performance is the best hes every done; he is definately fitting into that five spot in the lineup. Pitching, starting pitching is phenominal for the yankees this year. Phil Hughes is shining as the Yankees hoped he eventually would. CC is consistently winning and putting up great numbers as he always does. And Andy Pettite is having one of the best years of his entire career. A.J. Burnett has turned it up a notch as well. Last year he was up around 100 pitches in a game around the 6th inning. However now he is throwing a ton more strikes ans is lasting 8 inning with the same pitch total. There' only one problem lurking in the Yankees rotation, Javier Vasquez. He is despicable. He has only one win this season and has an ERA of over 9.00. He just can not find the rythym he had last season as a cy young contender. I hope to God that he poicks up. He has just been moved behind Hughes in the rotation. I think this will give him some more time and less stress so he can work on his delivery. Now to the bullpen. Despite Mariano's 0.00 ERA the bullpen is trash. They are blowing some games. Damaso Marte has not been getting out the lefties he usually makes fools out of and David Robertson is not coming up clutch like he did in the playoffs last year. I think the Yankees need more depth in their bullpen. I think they should acquire at least two more pitchers, maybe one hard throwing righty and a good strike out pitching lefty. However despite the dissapointments on the Yankees, who seem to be recooperating they are still performing better than the rest.