So today was my last day of school for this semester! Passed all my classes! Good first semester for my sophomore year. So i'm going to expand past my blog title today and do some interesting ranting here about my deep, seething anger over the American League MVP award this year (yes, I follow baseball, mostly the Angels).
So explain to me why a Triple Crown winner, who defiantly had a remarkable season, to say the least, beat out Mike Trout. Look at it this way: Miguel Cabrera had played in the MLB for how long? And then one guy who has never played in the MLB for longer than a few weeks shows up and earns stats close, equal, or much, much higher than his in less time. And helped his team get remarkably better. So what if he had a hard end of the season, it wasn't his fault the Angels lost out of the playoffs. Blame that on the Oakland A's and their pitching troubles. But considering what Trout pulled off this season, I'm amazed the voting wasn't closer for these two players. It should have been nearly 50-50 in the voting, yet Cabrera had almost what, 75% of the votes? When Cabrera can beat Trout around the bases, I'll accept his possession of this award, regardless of his triple crown.
Well, i'm also going to start a system of selecting a professional hockey player for the week and one Minecraft map seed for the week as well. If you don't play that game, try it out...join our group of 8,372,469 and counting people who play the game.
Player of the Week: Jacob Markstrom (Named CCM AHL Player of the Week)
From InGoal Magazine:
San Antonio Rampage goaltender Jacob Markstrom made a great impression onInGoal Magazine during back-to-back wins in Abbotsford last week, combining a more controlled style with his exceptional athleticism to backstop wins over the AHL-leading Heat on consecutive nights.
Evidently we weren’t the only ones impressed by Markstrom’s play.
The Florida Panthers’ top prospect was named CCM AHL Player of the Week after extending his personal winning streak to six games with another couple of wins over the offensively loaded Oklahoma City Barons over the weekend. His week ended with four wins, no losses, one shutout and just seven goals on 137 shots for a save percentage of .949 and goals-against average of 1.75.
Markstrom was San Antonio’s best player and the biggest reason they beat the Heat with InGoal watching, making 15 of his 32 saves in the third period and overtime of the first game, and another 36 for his first shutout of the season the next night.
Perhaps more impressive is how the 22-year-old has is combining his incredibly athletic 6-foot-6 frame with more conservative positioning, using his size more effectively without losing the reactive element that made him one of the world’s top goaltending prospects. Markstrom relied too often on that athletic element during his first season in North America, but began the transition to a slightly more neutralized approach during an impressive second season. And while the results haven’t always been there during his third season behind a below-average San Antonio squad, it looked like he’s found a good mix in Abbotsford.
Jacob Markstrom is trying to mix a more conservative positional approach with his innate athleticism – without thinking too much about it (Photo by Clint Trahan)
Look for a more in-depth feature on Markstrom’s ongoing development in the February issue of InGoal Magazine.
Minecraft Seed:
7768551264047168149
From Minecraft Seeds:
This seed spawns you in an NPC village right next to a desert temple at (x=-375, z=250). Further back from the temple at (x=-460, z=265) there is a surface spider dungeon.
Signing out!
The Bement
P.S. Still need 999, 492 signatures for the NHL Lockout Petition, so hurry up and sign it!
How do I 'minecraft seed'? ?:/
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