The Boston Red Sox are a professional baseball team. They are part of the Major League Baseball were the best baseball players in the world. The Boston Red Sox’s started the 2018 season with one of the best records. Why did the Red Sox have the best start in franchise history in 2018? The Red Sox’s had an easy schedule the red sox’s are having a great start because of the new manager that was hired.

The Boston Red Sox have the best record in the MLB (Major League Baseball). Their record is 17 and 3, 17 wins and three losses. The record is the best start in the franchise history. The Red Sox are a pretty old organization over 118 years old. This can be due to their offensive powerhouse. The team batting average is 0.283, which is very high for a team. The batting average is a ratio of the teams’ hits, so this means that.  There is a quote from a Red Sox player. “We're dangerous," said by Andrew Benintendi, who is a Red Sox player. Benintendi believes their offense power is dangerous and that they can do a lot of damage. The Red Sox's is the leading the league in Grand slams. The offense power is one of the reasons why the Red Sox’s had a historic start.

   The Red Sox played the first nine games against teams from Florida. They were playing the same teams over and over again. The two teams the Red Sox played in their first games were weak teams. The teams are both in the last place in their respective divisions. The Tampa Rays are 5 and 13, and the Miami Marlins are 5 and 12. The teams are weaker than the Red Sox, and for the first nine games, the Red Sox players were winning easily considering how good the teams are performing.

    The Red Sox’s have had strong pitching from their pitchers. The Red Sox have Chris Sale, who leads the league in strikeouts last season with 308. The Red Sox’s also have David Price, who is healthy this year. Last Year David Price Only made 12 starts due to a hurt elbow. The Red Sox also has another ace, Rick Porcello. All the pitchers have eras under 2. An era is static that used calculate earned runs.

    The Red Sox hired Alex Cora at the beginning of the season, Alex Cora is replacing John Farrell. Farrell was the manager for a couple of years and won the world series in 2013, but since the win in 2013 the Red Sox’s have not won, and they have not been winning in the playoffs. After almost getting swept by the Astros, the management decided to hire Cora. The beginning of the season is still happening, and playoffs are far away but so far the Red sox’s look like contenders to win a world series. Alex Cora is the right fit for the Red Sox’s because the Red Sox’s are playing way better. The manager of the team can affect how the players play if the players like the manager they will perform better if the player hates the manger there can be bad tension, and that loses games because there will be a lot of arguing. Alex Cora has pushed all the right buttons, and so far the hiring of Alex Cora was a good choice because he is one of the reasons why the Red Sox’s are winning.     

    The Red Sox’s have had a very impressive start, they are smashing records but for those who don’t know the fantastic start is due to the hiring of the new coach Alex Cora. The easy schedule that the sox’s had. The impressive offensive powerhouse. Then getting all there pitchers back and healthy. These all the reasons why the Red sox’s Have had a record start.

Work Cited:

Powtak, Ken. “Red Sox off to Best Start in 118-Year History; Beat O's 10-3.” ABC News, ABC News Network, 14 Apr. 2018, abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/red-sox-off-best-start-118-year-history-54472975.

“Red Sox 2018 Rotation among Strongest in AL.” MLB.com, www.mlb.com/redsox/news/red-sox-2018-rotation-among-strongest-in-al/c-264411514.

ESPN, ESPN Internet Ventures, www.espn.com/mlb/team/stats/pitching/_/name/bos/boston-red-sox.

Control in a relationship

Comparing ‘Taming Of The Shrew’ to the film Begin Again.’

The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare is a  family drama. The story opens with Baptisia a merchant who is the father of two girls. Katherine who is the eldest strong-willed and awkward. His younger daughter, Bianca is more beautiful and kind.   Baptisia wants his older daughter Katherine to get married before his youngest daughter will be permitted to do so.

Tranio and Lucentio come to town from Verona. Lucentio is a well-off man and Tranio is his servant. Lucentio falls in love with Kate; he falls in love with right away. Lucento dresses like a tutor so that he can be in the household were Kate lives. Tranio takes on the profile of Lucentio. Another man named Tranio and Lucentio come to town from Verona. Lucentio is a well-off man and Tranio is his servant. Lucentio falls in love with Kate; he falls in love with right away. Lucento dresses like a tutor so that he can be in the household were Kate lives. Tranio takes on the profile of Lucentio. Another man named Petruchio comes from out of town to Hortensio's house which is his friend who is also interested in Bianca. Horensio has a plan, and he convinces Petruchio to marry Kate.   Baptista has a lot of money, so when he gets married to Kate the marriage will come with a large dowry. This will clear the path for Bianca to marry. In the movie Begin Again Gretta is dating a songwriter named Dave Kohl, they move to New York when Dave gets a major record deal. With Dave's new issues he has new temptations for other girls. When a couple is married the husband has more control over the wife and the spouse is forced to do things that they don't want to do.

 "Quote from Play" (Act 1, Scene 2, 75 and 76 )

“ I come to wive it wealthy in Padua; if wealthy then happy.”

The quote is from the Taming of the Shrew, Petruchio was the one speaking here. The quote shows how Petruchio feels about marriage. Petrucio knew that had money and had the plan to get some of the money in the form of a dowry by marrying his daughter Kate.  Petruchio wants to marry for money, not love. This shows he is in love with the money, not his wife.

This is Dave and Gretta Talking about their relationship and Gretta leaves Dave showing he does not control her.

Dave did not have control over the relationship between him and Gretta. In the time and setting of the play women are married to men, the husband has power and the spouse is forced to do things that they might not like, but they do it because there married.

"Quote from Play"

(Act 5, Scene 7, 175)

"Thy king, Thy Governor."

This quote is again a part of Katherine's speech at the end of the book. Katherine was saying that the husband is the king and they can control the wife. Back then the husband had more control of the wife; the husband would work and provide for the family while the wife stays home. This brings the theme control; this shows that the husband has the power of the relationship because the wife is saying my husband is the king.

Gretta and dave fighting  this shows that Dave does not have control over the relationship.

In the movie, Dave Kohl goes to L.A for his music career, and then comes back to New York. He plays Gretta a new song that he made, the song talked about another girl who was touring with him. He cheated on Gretta, and this made Gretta mad and she left him. This is the opposite of the play because the wife believes that the husband is the king and he can do whatever he wants. Dave did not control Gretta.

Quote from Play"

(Act 5, Scene 2 ,176)

" Even such duty as the subject owns the prince"

This quote is again a part of Katherine's speech at the end of the book. Katherine was saying that the husband is the king and they can control the wife. Back then the husband had more control of the wife; the husband would work and provide for the family while the wife stays home. This brings the theme control; this shows that the husband has the power of the relationship because the wife is saying my husband is the king.

Gretta is forced to perform here showing that she has to do things she does not like

This can be compared to the Movie Begin again because Greta is forced to perform her music and ends up finding that she has great talent. Being forced to do something that worked out for her. I believe that Katherine was forced to say the speech and ended up loving her husband.

When women are married to men, the husband has control and the spouse is forced to do things that they might not like, but they do it because they're married. The play the Taming of the Shrew is older than the movie Begin again. Since the film is more contemporary the view has changed. Back then, the husband had total control over their spouse, but now the spouse will stand up for there self. Divorce was not common back then but now if the relationship does not work the spouse can leave their husband. When women are married, they are forced to things they don’t like; this is true because Katherine did not want to perform that speech and Gretta did not want to perform, but they both did it because they are married.

 Have you heard of nonverbal learning disability? A nonverbal learning disability is a condition based on the brain that makes everything in life more difficult. People need to be tested to be diagnosed. The limitation is also called Right-hemisphere disorders. People with the learning disability have poor motor performance, poor vision, poor organizational skills, poor with personal space. People, with the learning disability, also have a hard time processing and reconciling nonverbal skills and sloppy handwriting. There is no cure for the learning disability but people who have it get accommodations, I have an IEP (individual learning plan) this gives me accommodations such as using a calculator because it is hard to remember basic math.  To be diagnosed with a Nonverbal learning disability you need to be tested by a psychologist. Who gives a standard IQ test. If the certain areas are low you are diagnosed with the learning disability.  When I was in kindergarten, I was tested, and the test found that I have a nonverbal learning disability. I was diagnosed at a young age which means that the issue was caught early. Now I am versatile, but I have a hard time remembering stuff, but when I remember the thing I remember that thing well, this means I struggle with math. I struggle with remembering specific steps and equations. I struggle with spelling test and vocabulary test because I just can not remember all the words. My handwriting has improved immensely, but I am sure past teachers in middle school would agree I had very sloppy writing. I find history to be my most active class because I remember a lot of history and when I remember something I Remember that fact very well.

   Many might know that I am athletic, yes I play hockey and recently quit baseball due to having pain in my elbow and enjoying hockey more. Many might not realize that baseball was hard for me because I had trouble seeing the baseball when hitting and also when fielding.  I played catcher, and the coach would make signs for different pitches, this was hard for me because I could not remember the signs and I had to write them on my arm because I could not remember the signs.

For many years I overcame this and played baseball. I play hockey full time out of school, meaning when I am not in school, I am usually at the rink. Hockey is a high-speed, intense and violent game. If you don’t play them with the right position, the puck will end up in the net for the other team. I have been playing hockey for seven years now, and I know the positioning by heart. But it did not start out that way. When I was first starting playing hockey, I was not playing at an elite level, and merely positioning did not matter because everyone sucks at hockey at a young age. When I started playing at an elite level, this changed. We as a team began to go over the positioning on a small whiteboard, and I struggled immensely with the positioning because I could not remember the correct positioning. In hockey one of the most basic, the winger (my position) job is to get the puck out of the zone at all cost because you don’t want the other team to score. The first thing you do is skate to the hash marks on the left or right side. The second thing you do is pass to the player who is playing the passion center. I Know this might seem simple, but I struggled with doing a breakout for a long time. The hockey puck unpredictable, you never know what bounce or turn the frozen piece of rubber will take. The hockey puck plus my vision sometimes does not make a good match because sometimes I can’t see or predict where the puck is going to go.   

   I got to give credit to my hockey old coach who helped me with this; my old coach would take his time to explain everything and make sure I understood everything. If I made a mistake my coach would not be mad he would again make sure I got everything down. My coach would state “ I don’t care if your mistakes, just make sure you try and skate hard.” I give credit to him for helping me with hockey. My old hockey coach is probably the only reason I am still playing today because he gave me confidence and the skills needed to be good at ice hockey.

 I have a learning disability, and I accept that I have learned that having a learning disability doesn't define me as a person. I have proven that if you have a disability, you can still live your life. I have exceeded the expectations placed on me. Playing both sports took time and patience, but I have overcome my learning disability to play both ice hockey and baseball. I also realize that things take time; you need to be patient, and the right things will happen. You can’t be perfect at something at first, when you first attempt then you may struggle;  Things take time. The more you practice, the better you get. Although there is no cure for this, I have become well versed in navigating the world and finding ways to manage.

For many years the game of ice hockey has been played on frozen water with sharp blades on the bottoms of the players’ feet. The goal of the game is to put a frozen piece of rubber called a puck into the net. The game hockey was created in Canada, but since then this sport has spread to many other countries, all of whom are attempting to catch up with Canada and become the best nation for hockey. Based on the rankings Finland, Russia and Sweden are rapidly becoming better at winning and making outstanding NHL players because they're Training is getting better.

Over the years hockey is almost played in every country to this date. Based on the rankings, individual nations are better at winning and better at getting NHL players into their teams. The International Hockey Federation or the IIHF ranks all the teams in the world by winning the gold medal in the world championship. The winner receives 12,000 points, and there is a 40-point difference between the silver and bronze teams. People always think that Canada as the best. According to the International Ice Hockey Federation, Canada is ranked number one in the world rankings, and their training is ranked number according to Korey Beckett of the Sporter. Countries are starting to get better at training and getting better at the sport. One example of a country that is more likely going to get a gold medal in Russia. According to the IIHF, Russia is ranked second after Canada. This is shocking because most people would assume that the U.S. would be second after Canada because for many years Canada and The U.S have dominated international hockey, but that’s not the case. Russia currently has 3,105 points. The training in Russia was ranked second, which was not shocking because Russia has provided over 50 players this year for the National Hockey League with fantastic players.

One example of a player is Alex Ovechkin who has over 500 goals. This shows that Russia has a lot of NHL players today and this due to having good training. This also indicates that the Russian hockey team is starting to develop and one day will be better as they come close to winning over Canada. It has already overtaken the U.S. hockey team. However, they still have not passed Canada because Canada is ranked number one according to the rankings.

The next country behind Russia and Canada is Sweden. Sweden is behind Canada and Russia, and they have 3,080 points based on the world rankings. Sweden moved up two places from last year. This means Sweden is improving, Sweden has also provided many quality players. Sweden also has over 50 active NHL players. This means Sweden is improving and this is due to some of the best training in the world, and the Swedish hockey team has moved up every year so it would not be a shock to overtake Canada because they already exceeded the United States hockey team regarding rankings. However, it is one spot behind team Russia.

    The next country is Finland. According to the IIHF world rankings, Finland is ranked 4th with 3,060 points. Yes, the Finnish team finished 4th and dropped back two spaces in the world rankings, but this team still has one the best prospects playing for them. One example of this is last year in the NHL, Draft Patrick Laine was selected, and Patrick is one of the best young players in the league based on him having 37 goals in his first season and a half. This shows that Finland is Making quality NHL players and are starting to be ranked higher because they are beginning to win more.

This shows even though the Finnish team dropped this year there are still making quality players.

   People who like hockey might not realize that many countries have hockey as a recent popular sports People have a bias towards the United States’ hockey team and Canada is the best. It is true that Canada is still number one but the way these countries are improving in the rankings and teams already passed the United States’ hockey team. Therefore, based on the ranking Finland, Russia and Sweden are rapidly becoming better at winning and making outstanding NHL players.

Works CIted

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Iihf. “MORE HEADLINES.” 2017 Ranking, www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/championships/world-ranking/mens-world-ranking/2017-ranking/.

Beckett, Korey. “Top 10 Countries That Produce the Best Hockey Players.” TheSportster, 29 May 2015, www.thesportster.com/hockey/top-10-countries-that-produce-the-best-hockey-players/.

NHL.com. “Patrik Laine Stats and News.” NHL.com, 9 Oct. 2017, www.nhl.com/player/patrik-laine-8479339.

“Active Russian NHL Players ‑ All-Time Stats.” QuantHockey, www.quanthockey.com/nhl/nationality/active-russian-nhl-players-career-stats.html.

NHL.com. “Alex Ovechkin Stats and News.” NHL.com, 9 Oct. 2017, www.nhl.com/player/alex-ovechkin-8471214.

hechos Y creados Y diseñados Jakob. Mi vivar diez años en Pueblo de la reina y Bella vista  Mi el Mural es las imágenes de comunidad.

Yo vivar entre pueblo de la reina y Bella vista. En bella vista es italiano mercado situado en nueve calle. Italiano mercado por inmigrantes italianos. El Bella vista es Moda de moda y 2 calle y wawa y sur la calle. Sur la calle es una locura porque muy barras y zapato tiendas.

El pizzeria que tiene enorme pizza. El filte de queso lugar tiene larga lineas.

En sur hay mucho espacio vacío. Hay un edificio con Hormigas en el lado.

En el italiano mercado Hay panadería llamado isgros es muy bueno. Hay muchas clas de comida.

Hay puestos de frutas fuera de que. Buena pizza que tiene. La pizza está al revés con la salsa en la parte superior y el queso en la parte inferior. Mi favorito. Muy buena pasta y albóndigas.

Me encanta caminar y oler pan fresco. En la primavera hay un festival y es mi favorito.

Hay lugares increíbles para conseguir pan. Hay un italiano influencia por to tanto en mi el mural

El va a ser el flag italiano y Pizza. Porque de fila te tela Voy a poner un cesto de tela. Voy a poner calle señales en mi mural. En mi mural voy a isgros panadería firmar a representar el  italiano mercado en mi Mural.

Voy a tener verde, amarillo,  rojo, naranja, y blanco en mi mural. Ubicado en la pared en el barrio

Situdo 7 y fitzwater. Es un el arte público. El el propósito es la comidad contar la historia Y Las imágenes. Eso simbolizar el barrio. Para mi yo arrgo las imágenes es el barrio

Yo esperanza gente disfrutar para muchos años