What I watched, saw, listened to this week:
Throughout the week I watched more postseason baseball playoffs between the Kansas City Royals against the Toronto Blue Jays, and the New York Mets against the Chicago Cubs
On Monday 10/19 I watched Monday night football between the New York Giants and the Philadelphia Eagles
On Tuesday 10/20 I played tennis
On Wednesday 10/21 I went with my housemates after the Mets swept the Cubs and clinched a spot in the World Series to the sporting goods store to experience the atmosphere after a New York team just clinched a spot in the World Series
On Thursday 10/22 I played tennis and watched a little of the Thursday night football between the Seattle Seahawks and the San Francisco 49ers
On Friday 10/23 I did my weekly radio show for WMAR from 2-4 and after worked at Home Depot from 5-10 and watched the Kansas City Royals eliminate the Toronto Blue Jays in a back and forth game that had a rain delay
On Saturday 10/24 I worked at Home Depot from 11:30-8pm and watched a little college football
On Sunday 10/25 I worked at Home Depot 11:45-4pm and after watched week 7 of the NFL
Tuesday, October 27, 2015
This past week I watched something that has not been done in 15 years, and since I was in elementary school: the Mets winning a pennant and booking a trip to the World Series. It has been so long since this happened that I can't even remember the 2000 World Series that fortunately the New York Yankees won against the Mets. The Mets played the Chicago Cubs in the NLCS, with the Cubs being another team that has not won a world series title in a long time. It has been 107 years and since 1908 that the Cubs won their last World Series title. Unfortunately this year the New York Yankees drought of not winning a World Series title since 2009 will continue, making it six years since their last title. It has been strange having the Mets in the playoffs and the World Series since I have always known New York's other baseball team to be a franchise that has struggled and not succeeded in the regular season. It is also strange from a New York Yankee's perspective as on the one hand it is good to have a New York team competing for a national championship but on the other hand it is unfortunate that the New York team is not the Yankees. It is also strange when the Mets play because I want them to win and lose at the same time. I would want the Mets to win the World Series so that a New York team would win another championship but at the same time I don't want the Mets to have bragging rights and be able to say that they are New York's best baseball team, a statement that would be truly flawed as the New York Yankees have 27 World Series Titles to the Mets' two.
After the Mets swept the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) I went with my housemates, one of which is a big Mets fan, to a local sporting goods store in order to purchase their Mets championship gear. My only reason for going was to be able to experience what it would be like at the store immediately following a team's clinching trip to a national championship since that is something that I have never done or experienced before. I had no idea how crazy it would be, since it was 15 years since the Mets were able to sell championship gear, what the atmosphere would be like at the store, what the turnout would be, etc. It turned out that a lot less people than I expected came to the store to buy the gear and it was just another ordinary day at the store, not crowded at all, and no chants or excitement from the fans that showed up. I thought that there would have been a lot more excitement to purchasing championship gear for your team right after they clinch a championship berth.
While in the store, I couldn't purchase any Mets gear, especially as a Yankees fan even though they are representing New York on a national level by competing in the World Series against the Kansas City Royals. Instead while my housemates were purchasing their gear I checked to see what kind of Yankees gear was available, even though sadly their season was long over. Hopefully the early exit from the postseason will give the Yankees a lot to think about and even more motivation to reach the world series next year, and bring another World Series title to New York where it should be, with the city's best team.
After the Mets swept the Chicago Cubs in the National League Championship Series (NLCS) I went with my housemates, one of which is a big Mets fan, to a local sporting goods store in order to purchase their Mets championship gear. My only reason for going was to be able to experience what it would be like at the store immediately following a team's clinching trip to a national championship since that is something that I have never done or experienced before. I had no idea how crazy it would be, since it was 15 years since the Mets were able to sell championship gear, what the atmosphere would be like at the store, what the turnout would be, etc. It turned out that a lot less people than I expected came to the store to buy the gear and it was just another ordinary day at the store, not crowded at all, and no chants or excitement from the fans that showed up. I thought that there would have been a lot more excitement to purchasing championship gear for your team right after they clinch a championship berth.
While in the store, I couldn't purchase any Mets gear, especially as a Yankees fan even though they are representing New York on a national level by competing in the World Series against the Kansas City Royals. Instead while my housemates were purchasing their gear I checked to see what kind of Yankees gear was available, even though sadly their season was long over. Hopefully the early exit from the postseason will give the Yankees a lot to think about and even more motivation to reach the world series next year, and bring another World Series title to New York where it should be, with the city's best team.
Tuesday, October 20, 2015
What I watched, saw, listened to this week:
During the week I watched playoff MLB baseball
During the week I watched NHL
On Monday, 10/12 I watched Monday night football
On Tuesday 10/13 I played tennis
On Wednesday 10/14 I had another study abroad pre-departure meeting
On Thursday 10/15 I headed home for mid semester break:
Went out to eat at Ruby Tuesday with my family and ordered Raspberry Lemonade to drink, salad bar, petit sirloin with fries to eat
Watched Thursday night football Atlanta at New Orleans
On Friday 10/16 I helped out and worked on the land of an upcoming tennis center
On Saturday 10/17 I played tennis, went out to eat lunch at Lakeside Farm with my family and ordered soda to drink, a cup of Manhattan Clam Chowder soup, a hamburger with fries, and a piece of apple pie for dessert
After I went apple-picking with my family and went to a couple different orchards first Bowman Orchards, then Riverview Orchards
Went for a walk with my family along a bike path that runs along a canal
Later that night went out to eat dinner at PF Chang's with my family and ordered a virgin Pina Colada to drink, ate fried dumplings, wanton soup, and egg roll as appetizers, sesame chicken for my main entree, while eating the food my family shared with one another. Some of the food included sweet and sour chicken, chicken and broccoli, garlic noodles, dynamite chicken, and ginger chicken.
After dinner went up to Double M Haunted Hayrides with my family to do a haunted hay ride and a haunted house
On Sunday 10/18 I spent time with my family before heading back to school on Sunday night
During the week I watched playoff MLB baseball
During the week I watched NHL
On Monday, 10/12 I watched Monday night football
On Tuesday 10/13 I played tennis
On Wednesday 10/14 I had another study abroad pre-departure meeting
On Thursday 10/15 I headed home for mid semester break:
Went out to eat at Ruby Tuesday with my family and ordered Raspberry Lemonade to drink, salad bar, petit sirloin with fries to eat
Watched Thursday night football Atlanta at New Orleans
On Friday 10/16 I helped out and worked on the land of an upcoming tennis center
On Saturday 10/17 I played tennis, went out to eat lunch at Lakeside Farm with my family and ordered soda to drink, a cup of Manhattan Clam Chowder soup, a hamburger with fries, and a piece of apple pie for dessert
After I went apple-picking with my family and went to a couple different orchards first Bowman Orchards, then Riverview Orchards
Went for a walk with my family along a bike path that runs along a canal
Later that night went out to eat dinner at PF Chang's with my family and ordered a virgin Pina Colada to drink, ate fried dumplings, wanton soup, and egg roll as appetizers, sesame chicken for my main entree, while eating the food my family shared with one another. Some of the food included sweet and sour chicken, chicken and broccoli, garlic noodles, dynamite chicken, and ginger chicken.
After dinner went up to Double M Haunted Hayrides with my family to do a haunted hay ride and a haunted house
On Sunday 10/18 I spent time with my family before heading back to school on Sunday night
This past week I watched a lot of baseball since it is that time of year where the MLB playoffs are beginning to kick off into high gear. So far there have been a lot of exciting action packed games and epic comebacks with the Royals fighting back from a series deficit and six outs from being eliminated by the Houston Astros, but I don't think that any can compare to the game five winner take all and advance to the American League Conference Series (ALCS) game with Texas Rangers facing the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto. There was a lot of excitement in this particular game as there was a controversial call that allowed a run to score for Texas giving them the lead, along with the benches clearing at least twice in the seventh inning that took about an hour to complete.
First there was controversy as Texas Rangers player Rougned Odor was on third base, and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Russell Martin was attempting to throw the ball back to the pitcher but the ball accidentally hit the bat of Shin-Soo Choo, and Odor was ruled to be safe at home and the run was allowed to score. It would seem that the right call was made because Choo did not intentionally interfere with the throw and was in the batters box going through his usual pre-pitch routine. The rules state that if a batter is standing in the batter's box and either he or his bat is struck by the catcher's throw back to the pitcher or throw in attempting to retire a runner and in the umpire's judgement, there is no intent on the part of the batter to interfere with the throw that the ball is considered to be live and in play. Immediately after the play Rangers manager Jeff Banister initially came out to argue the call before reviewing the play as the ball was first declared to be dead by the umpires. After, the umpires spoke and overturned the call.
Of course the Blue Jays disagreed with the call and played the game under protest of the umpire's ruling, but ultimately the correct call was made and the Blue Jays catcher should have been more careful with the throw. The mayhem continued after the run was allowed to score as the crowd at Rogers Centre went crazy and threw beer bottles and cans and all sorts of other things onto the field in protest of the call against the home team. In addition Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Mark Buehrle was ejected for yelling from the dugout.
After the arguments and reviews the total delay time was 18 minutes. After the game resumed and got going again Blue Jays player Jose Bautista hit a go ahead three run home run and flipped his bat while staring down the ball which really annoyed the Rangers. While Bautista was rounding the bases fans threw more garbage onto the field and Royals player Edward Encarnacion stood next to the batter's box waving his hands to try to keep the crowd from throwing objects, which was misconstrued by pitcher Sam Dyson and led to words being exchanged by the two teams and the benches clearing for the first time. After order was restored and the final out was recorded, Dyson walked over to Blue Jays player Troy Tulowitzki at home plate where more words were exchanged which led to the benches clearing again.
This has to go down as one of the craziest games ever in baseball, and it is crazy how a baseball game can turn into a lot more than just a game, with the tensions running so high that fans are throwing garbage onto their home team's field.
First there was controversy as Texas Rangers player Rougned Odor was on third base, and Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Russell Martin was attempting to throw the ball back to the pitcher but the ball accidentally hit the bat of Shin-Soo Choo, and Odor was ruled to be safe at home and the run was allowed to score. It would seem that the right call was made because Choo did not intentionally interfere with the throw and was in the batters box going through his usual pre-pitch routine. The rules state that if a batter is standing in the batter's box and either he or his bat is struck by the catcher's throw back to the pitcher or throw in attempting to retire a runner and in the umpire's judgement, there is no intent on the part of the batter to interfere with the throw that the ball is considered to be live and in play. Immediately after the play Rangers manager Jeff Banister initially came out to argue the call before reviewing the play as the ball was first declared to be dead by the umpires. After, the umpires spoke and overturned the call.
Of course the Blue Jays disagreed with the call and played the game under protest of the umpire's ruling, but ultimately the correct call was made and the Blue Jays catcher should have been more careful with the throw. The mayhem continued after the run was allowed to score as the crowd at Rogers Centre went crazy and threw beer bottles and cans and all sorts of other things onto the field in protest of the call against the home team. In addition Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Mark Buehrle was ejected for yelling from the dugout.
After the arguments and reviews the total delay time was 18 minutes. After the game resumed and got going again Blue Jays player Jose Bautista hit a go ahead three run home run and flipped his bat while staring down the ball which really annoyed the Rangers. While Bautista was rounding the bases fans threw more garbage onto the field and Royals player Edward Encarnacion stood next to the batter's box waving his hands to try to keep the crowd from throwing objects, which was misconstrued by pitcher Sam Dyson and led to words being exchanged by the two teams and the benches clearing for the first time. After order was restored and the final out was recorded, Dyson walked over to Blue Jays player Troy Tulowitzki at home plate where more words were exchanged which led to the benches clearing again.
This has to go down as one of the craziest games ever in baseball, and it is crazy how a baseball game can turn into a lot more than just a game, with the tensions running so high that fans are throwing garbage onto their home team's field.
Tuesday, October 13, 2015
What I watched, saw, listened to this week:
Throughout the week I watched the baseball playoff games
On Monday 10/5 I worked at the Marist Poll
On Tuesday 10/6 I played tennis
On Tuesday 10/6 I attended another workshop for the Emerging Leaders Program
On Wednesday 10/7 I attended my first study abroad pre departure meeting in the afternoon
On Wednesday 10/7 I attended the Quinnipiac vs. Marist women's soccer game which was one of the best games ever with Marist leading 2-0 then Quinnipiac tying the game sending it into double overtime and then with 6 seconds left in the second overtime Marist scored the game winning goal
On Thursday 10/8 I played tennis
On Thursday 10/8 I watched Thursday night football
On Friday 10/9 I worked at the Home Depot
On Saturday 10/10 I attended the Duke vs. Army football game in West Point, NY
On Saturday 10/10 after the game I went to work at the Home Depot
On Sunday 10/11 I watched week 5 of the NFL
Throughout the week I watched the baseball playoff games
On Monday 10/5 I worked at the Marist Poll
On Tuesday 10/6 I played tennis
On Tuesday 10/6 I attended another workshop for the Emerging Leaders Program
On Wednesday 10/7 I attended my first study abroad pre departure meeting in the afternoon
On Wednesday 10/7 I attended the Quinnipiac vs. Marist women's soccer game which was one of the best games ever with Marist leading 2-0 then Quinnipiac tying the game sending it into double overtime and then with 6 seconds left in the second overtime Marist scored the game winning goal
On Thursday 10/8 I played tennis
On Thursday 10/8 I watched Thursday night football
On Friday 10/9 I worked at the Home Depot
On Saturday 10/10 I attended the Duke vs. Army football game in West Point, NY
On Saturday 10/10 after the game I went to work at the Home Depot
On Sunday 10/11 I watched week 5 of the NFL
This past week I watched some baseball, which has wrapped up the regular season and now only the best eight teams remain in the National League Division Series and the American League Division Series, fighting to get the chance to play for the conference series and clinch their spot in the upcoming world series. As expected the playoffs have been crazy, with some good games where the teams that are expected to win had come up short in the first few games. For example the Toronto Blue Jays who have arguably the best offense in baseball found themselves down 2-0 to the Texas Rangers and facing elimination before even going on the road and playing a game in Arlington, Texas. Additionally the Royals, the best team in the American League found themselves in a whole as well against the Houston Astros, who held a 2-1 series advantage before Kansas City came storming back from a 6-2 deficit and winning 9-6 to even the series. In the National League there have also been surprises with the New York Mets leading the Los Angeles Dodgers 2-1 in their series and the St. Louis Cardinals, the best team in the league trailing Chicago 2-1 also facing elimination. The Kansas City game was especially crazy as they were six outs away from being eliminated from the postseason before the frantic comeback began. It is crazy also how each city embraces the game so much that when there appeared to be a missed call in Kansas City's comeback, the Kansas City Police Department sent out a tweet that said that the missed call should be considered to be a crime. It is crazy to equate a call in sports to an actual crime and just shows how much each city has embraced its team, and now baseball seems to be more than just a game. In game two of the New York Mets Los Angeles Dodgers game, Chase Utley a Los Angeles Dodgers player slid hard into second base and took out Mets player Reuben Tejada, who ended up with a broken leg on the play and now everyone in New York who is a Mets fan hates Utley's guts with a passion all as a result of an unfortunate play. It almost seems like baseball in the postseason has become even more than just a game, and more like a battle played on a sports field.
Tuesday, October 6, 2015
What I watched, saw listened to this week:
On Monday 9/28 I watched Monday night football
On Tuesday 9/29 I attended a Habitat for Humanity meeting
On Thursday 10/1 I played tennis
During the week I watched baseball
On Friday and throughout the weekend I spent time with family for family weekend
On Friday I ate at Buffalo Wild Wings
On Saturday 10/3 I attended the Marist soccer game against St. Peter's
On Saturday I watched some college football
On Saturday I ate at Hyde Park Brewing Company
On Sunday 10/4 I watched the NFL
On Sunday I ate at Shadows on the Hudson
On Monday 9/28 I watched Monday night football
On Tuesday 9/29 I attended a Habitat for Humanity meeting
On Thursday 10/1 I played tennis
During the week I watched baseball
On Friday and throughout the weekend I spent time with family for family weekend
On Friday I ate at Buffalo Wild Wings
On Saturday 10/3 I attended the Marist soccer game against St. Peter's
On Saturday I watched some college football
On Saturday I ate at Hyde Park Brewing Company
On Sunday 10/4 I watched the NFL
On Sunday I ate at Shadows on the Hudson
This past week on Friday I attended a workshop through the emerging leaders program which was about leading with values and was presented by Dr. Pamela Harper, an assistant professor at Marist in the School of management. The emerging leaders program is a non credit certificate program which provides students with varied and unique opportunities to define, discover, and develop their leadership skills. The workshop was very interesting as Dr. Harper presented about how values and leadership are incorporated into each other.
As a part of the workshop Dr. Harper passed out a packet for everyone to fill out where there were different categories of values and next to that there were definitions of what values specifically each category contained. One of the first exercises everyone had to do was fill out what percentage of importance the value is to us and then the percent that we practice the value. After that we had to go back and pick out the eight most important values to us, then we had to go back and from those eight we had to narrow the list down to the five most important, then from there had to narrow it down even more to our top three values. This was very difficult as I valued all of the values listed so it was hard to pick out the top eight and then narrow it down to five, and then to three from there. It really made me think that even though I have a lot of the listed values which of those values were the most important to me and the ones I hold to be more important than the others. After everyone did this exercise and picked out their top three values we got into small groups and discussed what everyone picked as their top three values and why they chose them. It was very interesting to hear what everyone else in my group chose and why they held their three values to be more important than the others listed. Everyone else in my group experienced the same challenge I did with picking out the top three values as they also believed the others were important as well. Overall it was a great workshop, was very interactive and really made me think about what I value.
As a part of the workshop Dr. Harper passed out a packet for everyone to fill out where there were different categories of values and next to that there were definitions of what values specifically each category contained. One of the first exercises everyone had to do was fill out what percentage of importance the value is to us and then the percent that we practice the value. After that we had to go back and pick out the eight most important values to us, then we had to go back and from those eight we had to narrow the list down to the five most important, then from there had to narrow it down even more to our top three values. This was very difficult as I valued all of the values listed so it was hard to pick out the top eight and then narrow it down to five, and then to three from there. It really made me think that even though I have a lot of the listed values which of those values were the most important to me and the ones I hold to be more important than the others. After everyone did this exercise and picked out their top three values we got into small groups and discussed what everyone picked as their top three values and why they chose them. It was very interesting to hear what everyone else in my group chose and why they held their three values to be more important than the others listed. Everyone else in my group experienced the same challenge I did with picking out the top three values as they also believed the others were important as well. Overall it was a great workshop, was very interactive and really made me think about what I value.
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