Facebook

That is extremely awkward how you saw your friend at best buy and he didn't delete his facebook. I'm pretty sure you will playing a joke on him anyways. One time on facebook, i had a status about "I bought a guitar." My annoying relative who is 13 put a comment rather insulting towards me on there. Then, my friend was backing me up and made a comments towards him. This resulted in a long argument until my relative's brother, who is my good friend, joined in and decided to stand up for him. Then, my two friends got in a fight and talked about physically taking out. Awkward thing is my relatives live in Dallas and there is an annual convention where I see this friend. Eventually, they met and they are fine now even though my relative was really scared that he was going to get beat up.

Moneyball by Michael Lewis Reading Log 11

The Human Element
The Oakland Athletics would always sell out their tickets on a few games in the season and that is when they play the Royals. Also, the front office is intrigued by the a game between their two minor league teams which have produced many efficient players such as Jeremy Brown and Jason Giambi. They compare the statistics of Eric Chavez who is 24 to big league players such as Jason Giambi, Barry Bonds, and Alex Rodriguez when they were 24. These statistics are amazingly similar and all average out around the same numbers. For the first time in his career, Chad Bradford is no longer oblivious to his surroundings. He became extremely nervous and cautious of every move he was doing. This is the worst slump he has ever been in his entire career. Somebody from the front office comes up to him and asks him if hes a christian. He says yes and then proceeds to ask him if he believes in Jesus. He says yes again and the front office manager responds then why don't you have faith in yourself. This is a question Bradford can not eve answer. Kansas city eventually ties the score at 11-11, but the Athletics still mangae to pull of a win in this situation. This chapter mainly discusses aspects of the human mind.
I like how this chapter mentions the nervous aspect of the human mind. It becomes interesting to see how this player handles his nerves during the game. It was already amazing how he ignored what was happening around him. Chad Bradford will need to settle his nerves to the Athletics to have any success.

Preview: Arsenal vs. Barcelona

These two teams have extremely similar yet exciting playing styles. Sagna and Puyol will be out during this game and Samir Nasri is questionable with a hamstring injury. I am hoping for an absolute miracle against Barcelona because I know they are a better team than us and have good movement on the ball. Hopefully, the contributions and efforts made by Arsenal is enough to beat Barcelona.

Moneyball by Michael Lewis Reading Log 10

Anatomy of an Undervalued Pitcher

This chapter is a story of an average pitcher named Chad Bradford who makes to the big leagues without anybody thinking that he ever would. It starts out discussing the fact that most players in major league baseball were stars in high school baseball, but not Chad Bradford. In fact, he barely had made the team his sophomore year. His coach said he was just there to be with his friends and when the coach had to say something nice about him on graduation day, he discussed how good he was in school. Bradford started playing for a community college in his town. Warren Hughes, a scout for the Chicago White Sox, began coming to watch Chad play and was impressed. The White Sox had drafted him late in the draft which he did not agree to the first offer. But, a year later he decided to accept the White Sox offer for 12,000 dollars a year, so he was still making about 1000 dollars a month. Chad Bradford began to shine in the minor leagues. He would go to stadiums that were impossible for visiting pitchers to be successful and pitch in an jabsolutely amazing manner. The White Sox are slightly amazed and they offer Chad Bradford to come to the Texas Rangers stadium with them. This had a slight spark to the start of his career. Eventually, the White Sox decided there was no use for Chad and traded him to the Oakland Athletics. The A's found potential and talent in this young pitcher. Voros McCracken is also discussed in this chapter and he has a specific theory directly related to baseball for the Oakland Athletics. McCracken is trying to crack down on the solution to why the Athletics are so successful. He has many theories that seem to make sense, but they are quite general.

I enjoyed reading this chapter because of the rising action of the characters. The character develops more bravery and strength throughout this book. Also, It is interesting in the long process athletes of all ages have to go through to maintain what they are working for. I like the fact that these players are coming from small environmental and advancing in front of your eyes. The plot should remain the same as it was  in this chapter

VAN PERSIE!

Robin Van Persie had a scissor kick for his first goal of the match. He also had another goal after being injured in the 2nd half of the game. This ball is a truly brilliant cross by Fabregas and an excellent finish by Van Persie.

Fog

Apparently, the temperatures are supposed to increase the next few days which will results in a massive amount of fog. I hope this leads to many delays throughout this week of school!

Arsenal vs. Wolves

Arsenal defeated the Wolves 2-0! The wolves are the team which handed man u their first lose so  I was excited to hear that the Gunners were able to overcome though.