World Series: Week 11 Blog

For the past few weeks, preceding the World Series, no one thought that the St. Louis Cardinals would have a chance at victory.  The Cardinals were expected to lose the series in just 5 games.  Also, there are people and reporters saying that these were "boring" baseball games. Really? Albert Pujols hit 3 homers in one game. Who did you want to succeed?  Did you think this was an eventful series?  Is Albert Pujols the next baseball "Great"?  Is this the "under-dog" year?

http://baseball.about.com/b/2011/10/19/world-series-predictions-cardinals-a-decided-underdog.htm

First of all, I have always been a St. Louis Cardinals fan.  So, i wanted the Cards to step it up and take another series back home.  I believe that the series was filled with exciting games.  I mean, who doesn't like an 11 inning baseball game to keep the World Series alive.  Albert Pujols is simply amazing.  He ceases to amaze me.  Hitting a homerun in the World Series is one thing.  Then there is hitting three in one, yes one, game.  I believe he is "The" baseball Great and there will never be anybody better.  Going into the World Series, St. Louis was the under-dog.  They were 10 games back in August.  Their comeback was practically unheard of.  Starting with the Packers winning the superbowl, a single0car team winning the Indy 500, a twenty year old winning the Daytona 500, Sarah Fisher Racing winning Kentucky, and now St. Louis winning the World Series.  That's all I have to say about that.

IndyCar Safety: Week 10 Blog

For the past couple of weeks, many reporters have been arguing on the fact that IndyCar should and should not be racing on 1.5 mile tracks.  Also, many ideas have been thought of to design a safer fence surrounding the racing surface.  People are also calling IndyCar racing dangerous, as the first person killed in 5 years was just laid to rest.  With the death of IndyCar series star and champion, Dan Wheldon, just a week ago, what can the IndyCar Series do to keep drivers safe? Any catchfence ideas?

http://www.indycar.com/news/show/55-izod-indycar-series/50934-investigation-moves-forward-in-2-phases/


Pretty much, I believe that there is nothing that IndyCar can do to keep drivers any safer than they are right now.  Wheldon is the first person to be killed in the current Dallara chassis.  As everyone sees that the one person was killed, fourteen others were able to walk away with very minor injuries.  The current catch-fence at all major tracks acts just like a cheese grater to the car itself.  My idea is to replace the current fence with a plexi-glass style, clear wall that would take the place of the catch-fence.  Fans would be able to see through it still, and it would be safer for the racecar to more or less "bounce" off of and land on the track.  As I did some research, this idea has been stated before, but NASCAR has said it costs too much.  I figure you can't put a price on saving lives!