Hey! I'm Back!

I know it's been a long time since my last post, sorry, but I had other things going on.

So a lot has happened since my last post, mainly Barack Obama became the president of the United States of America, congratulations to him and the United States for not letting the issue of race play as big a factor like everyone thought it would. Hopefully he can deliver on his promise for change because these are some bad times right now (recession, terrorism etc...). He has wasted no time in filling out his cabinet as so far he has nominated Robert Gates to stay on as the defense secretary (the first time a Pentagon chief has carried over from a president of a different party), Marine Gen. James Jones as national security adviser, Eric Holder as attorney general, Janet Napolitano as homeland security secretary, Susan Rice (no relation to Condoleeza Rice) as ambassador to the U.N., and officially now Hillary Clinton as secretary of state (no surprise there), and he will probably name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson as commerce secretary. Obama has also already called on state governors to help design a recovery plan to "jumpstart" the economy. Speaking to the National Governors Association, Obama repeated a call for a plan that will save or retain two and a half million jobs and give tax cuts to the middle class.



However that's all good news, now for the bad, last week a group of terrorists attacked two luxury hotel complexes, a cafe, a railway station and a Jewish center in the city of Mumbai which ended on Nov. 29, the estimated death toll at this point seems to be at 195 people. There are strong indications the Mumbai attackers are linked to a Pakistan-based group of Islamist militants seeking to drive India out of divided Kashmir, a U.S. counterterrorism official said. However, Pakistan Prime Minister Asif Ali Zardari has cautioned Indian officials to not blame the attacks on Pakistan and upset the peace the two countries have shared in recent years that was so hard earned after many years of conflict between the two nuclear armed countries. Washington so far has no evidence of Pakistan’s link to the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, the State Department said on Tuesday. State Department deputy spokesman Robert Wood said the United States hoped the investigation would help establish the source of the attacks. Wood said the US expected Pakistan's co-operation in investigations into the terrorist attacks in Mumbai while noting that Islamabad remained committed to the fight against terrorism.

Furthermore I would like to extend my deepest sympathy to the Rogers family as Ted Rogers, the founder of Rogers Communication Inc. (Canada's largest cable television and mobile phone company) and owner of the Toronto Blue Jays, passed away today of congestive heart failure at the age of 75. He will be missed and remembered for all his philanthropic work, and saving the Blue Jays from suffering the same fate of the Montreal Expos. I would like to thank Ted Rogers for keeping the Blue Jays in Canada and providing them with the financial means to compete in the hardest division in baseball, and for all his philanthropic work with multiple charities and community programs not only in the city of Toronto but also all over Canada. May his soul rest in peace and I'm sure he is in a better place.

In other baseball news, high school student and baseball pitching phenom Eri Yoshida, 16, was drafted by the Kobe 9 Cruise in an independent baseball league. You must be asking yourself why that's important since its about an independent league and not the MLB. Well, Eri is a girl and the first girl ever to be drafted by a pro men's baseball team. Apparently she throws a "nasty" sidearm knuckleball and lists Tim Wakefield of the Boston Red Sox as her inspiration, "I still don't feel like I've really become a pro baseball player, but I want to do my best," Yoshida said at a news conference after signing her contract. "My specialty is the knuckleball, so I really want to be able to get batters out using it effectively." The Cruise are more like a farm team and a far cry from Japan's mainstream pro teams such as the Tokyo Yomiuri Giants. But the 5-foot, 114-pound Yoshida has broken a barrier in baseball-crazy Japan, where women are normally relegated to softball.

A Look Back At The World Series

First I would like to congratulate the Phillies on winning the World Series, however there was a lot of controversy this year in the World Series, fans could argue that Jimmy Rollins was, in fact, hit by that pitch in Game 2. Or, Jamie Moyer's flip to Ryan Howard did get there in time in Game 3. Or, Evan Longoria did make contact with Rollins before he got back to third base in Game 4, and add to it the whole postponing fiasco, it was a messy World Series, however that is the beauty of sports and when we look back at the 2008 World Series no one will remember the controversies all they will remember is that the Phillies won. Okay, people might remember the postponing of a World Series game mid inning, which I believe was the stupidest thing Bud Selig could have done, btw did anyone catch him at the press conference reading through the rule book? Bud Selig (steroids, no disciplinary action whatsoever etc...) is by far the worst commissioner of any league, though Gary Bettman (having a year long lockout, totally wiping a sport off of the sports map) of the NHL is a close second, fine they tie for first.

Anyway on the positive side, every year in the post season a number of young players step up their game and make a name for themselves and this year was no exception, you could say everybody on the Tampa Bay (not Devil) Rays made a name for himself but among them I thought CF B.J. Upton finally showed why he was the 2nd overall pick in 2002 (his brother Justin is pretty awesome too), SS/2B Willy Aybar played way better in the post season than the regular season, 3B Evan Longoria who was probably the best rookie this year, P David Price who now has won a game and recorded a save in the post season before achieving either feat in the regular season, and P Matt Garza who dominated the Red Sox in game 7 of the ALCS. It wasn't all Rays players though LF Jason Bay of the Red Sox showed he was worthy of being traded for Manny though he will never be as good, his rookie teammate P Justin Masterson was solid in relief for the BoSox. The L.A. Dodgers' 1B James Loney was also good hitting a grand slam against the Cubs (the billy goat curse still lives!) and so were a couple of his teammates, namely P Jonathan Broxton who showed he wasn't just a guy with a good fastball, and rookie Hiroki Kuroda who was 2-0 and unfazed in the post season. Rounding out this list are a pair from the World Series Champions, OF Shane Victorino who really picked up the offense as Ryan Howard and Jimmy Rollins were virtually non-existent, and last but certainly not least P Cole Hamels who won both the NLCS and World Series MVP awards and proved he is a no. 1 starter.

This has been a really long post :P

Much Love and Peace!!

Hey everybody!!

Hey! this is my very own blog where i will write my opinions and stuff and you guys can read about them. For those of you who don't know me (its okay i don't even know who i really am) I also blog for the Lupe Fiasco Show at the moment which is a blog about rapper Lupe Fiasco obviously as it says in the name, it's a pretty kick ass blog for a pretty kick ass dude (shameless plug lol). Seriously though go cop his album "The Cool" if you haven't already done so, 'cause the album is off the hook and if you like thought provoking music it's definitely for you so go out and buy it if you haven't already, you won't be disappointed. As for this blog I will write about anything and everything ok i lied that's pretty much impossible but it'll mainly be about world news, sports, politics, entertainment (all kinds of music, movies, dance, theatre, tv shows, and whatever else is considered entertainment lol). Also there will be a lot of content about the JabbaWockeeZ (winners of America's Best Dance Crew Season 1) as I have been a huge fan of them since I can ever remember. R.I.P. to Gee-One (Gary Kendell) the eleventh member of their crew, you will always live in the hearts of those whose lives you touched like mine, you will always be remembered and never forgotten and I'll make sure that when I dance that I dance with a smile on my face like you said I should. Well that's all I gotta say for now so stay tuned for more in the coming days.

Much Love and Peace.