2008

Tomorrow is the first day in 2009, and I have many thing did not do in 2008. It is very quickly, I have become a college student for 4 months, and the my first semester will be end. English writing is very hard in my first class, but it is change now. I think this is interesting, I feel my English will be better than few months ago, though my English still very poor. Having a English blog is very good for a student. It can let us practice writing. I think I will write down more and more English essay in this blog. Good bye 2008.

Carsten Charles Sabathia

On December 18, 2008, Sabathia signed a seven-year, $161 million contract with the New York Yankees. It was the largest contract in MLB history given out to a pitcher.

C.C Sabathia is one of the best left-handed starting pitcher in MLB. He have 17 wins, 10 loses, 251 strike outs, 253 IP, and a good ERA 2.70 this season. This is one of the reasons why he can get a very good contract in this year. An other reason is that New York Yankees' starting pitcher is not very good this year, and Yankees' very want a good left-handed pitcher. Last year, Yankees have a very good chance to get the best left-handed starting pitcher - John Santana, but Yankees did not want to lose many new player. In fact, Yankees' new player like Hughes, and Kennedy let many fans' heart broken, so Yankees did not want to fail again. They give a largest contract for pitcher to Sabathia. Next year, Yankees maybe will be the best team in MLB.

Hiroki Kuroda

Hiroki Kuroda is a professional baseball player from Osaka, Japan. He is a starting pitcher for the Los Angeles Dodgers.

He have 9 wins, 10 loses , 116 strikes, 183.1 IP, and his ERA is 3.73 this year.

In his first start for the Dodgers, Kuroda pitched seven innings against the San Diego Padres, holding them to 1 run and getting the first win of his American baseball career. Kuroda went 3-6 with an ERA of 4.04 before going on the DL with mild tendinitis.
Upon his return, he pitched seven shutout innings against the Houston Astros. However, his next start was even more impressive. On July 7, 2008, Kuroda pitched seven perfect innings in a game against the Atlanta Braves before allowing a double to Mark Teixeira to lead off the eighth inning. Despite the double, he shutout the Braves on one hit with no walks over nine innings, Teixeira was the only baserunner Kuroda would allow in a 91-pitch complete game one-hit shutout. He became the first Dodger to throw a one-hitter since Derek Lowe threw one against the Chicago Cubs on August 31, 2005. He became the first rookie pitcher since Orel Hershiser in 1984 to take a perfect game into the eighth inning.
On September 15, 2008, Kuroda was deprived of the opportunity to become the first Dodgers pitcher since Hideo Nomo to throw 3 complete game shutouts in a single season. After pitching 7 innings in which he allowed only 3 hits and no walks, Kuroda was taken out of the game, with an 8-0 lead, so that the Dodgers could give Brad Penny and Takashi Saito some live practice. The Dodgers would go on to win that game 8-2.
On October 4, 2008, Kuroda made his first postseason appearance in the major leagues as the starting pitcher for Game 3 of the Dodgers' first playoff series against the Chicago Cubs, in which the Dodgers led two games to none. He gave a remarkable 6 1/3 shutout inning performance, winning the game and helping the Dodgers complete the sweep of the Cubs to advance to the next round National League Championship Series. On October 12, 2008, Kuroda started Game 3 against the Philadelphia Phillies in the 2008 NLCS with the Dodgers down two games to none. He pitched effectively again, giving up two runs in six innings, and went on to notch his second postseason victory.

A left-handed pitcher - Kei Igawa

Kei Igawa is a Japanese left-handed starting pitcher for the New York Yankees. He played for the Hanshin Tigers of Nippon Professional Baseball from 1999 to 2006. He led the Central League in strikeouts in 2002, 2004, and 2006. He played in the 2006 Major League Baseball Japan All-Star Series.
When he play ball in Japan, he is a very good pitcher in Japan. After he go to New York, he can not throw the ball as good as he in Japan. Maybe the batters in MLB is better then them in Japan. I think is not ture, because Matsuzaka still does well in MLB. In fact, since Igawa went to New York, his ability for contorling ball is very bad. His fast-ball can not get a strike ball, and his ball is not heavy. Because this reason, he always lost many point in the game that he is the starting pitcher. I think he still a good pitcher, but New York's mass media give him a very big persure. If he can change team to play ball, I guess he will change.

Dave Batista

Batista is a 4-time World Heavyweight Champion, 3-time World Tag Team Champion, 1-time WWE Tag Team Champion, and the winner of the 2005 Royal Rumble match.

Dave Batista has been “The Animal” since childhood, in temper if not in name. He is a very good player in WWE. He have many enemies like HHH, Cena, Henry, JBL, Kane, and The Undertaker. Though he have many enemies, he still defeat them with his finish skill "Batista Bomb". I alway remember a game that he play with The Undertaker. That game is very exciting, because The Undertaker use "Tumb Bomb" on Batista, and Batista did not lose. Then, Batista use his finish skill "Batista Bomb" on The Undertaker, but he didn't defeat him. When Batista want to use Batista Bomb again, Undertaker use his finish skill "Tumb Stone" on Batista., and Undertaker win the game. Though Batista can not win that game, I still very like him. He is the best in my eyes.

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Introduction: Music is truly the one universal language.
Body:
1. First successful style of popular music is reggae.
2. Second successful style of popular music is punk.
3. Third successful style of popular music is rap.
Conclusion: Popular music changes constantly.