Altuve always striving for more
Jose Altuve hit .346 to win the American League batting title for the second straight year before batting .533 in the ALDS to help the Houston Astros eliminate the Boston Red Sox.
As Houston prepares for its first league championship series since 2005, Altuve’s teammates and coaches say what’s better than his gaudy numbers is his approach: No matter how great his stats are, he always believes he can do better.
“He has four hits and he’s like: ‘Carlos I never had a fivehit game before, let me try to get the fifth hit,”’ star shortstop Carlos Correa said. “He’s always striving for more. And that’s what I’ve learned from him that makes me better every, single day.”
Altuve isn’t sure why he’s always had that mindset.
“That’s the way I am,” he said when asked about his drive.
“I just want to keep getting better ... if I can get better to keep helping my team I am going to be happy to do it.”
The top Canadian junior hockey players will take on the best in Russia on Nov. 14 in Charlottetown.
It’s part of the 2017 CanadaRussia Series being played Nov. 6-16 featuring players in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, Ontario Hockey League and Western Hockey League.
It’s a six-game series and an integral part of the identification process for Team Canada prior to the world junior hockey championship.
Leading the Canadian Hockey League’s regional teams will be members of Canada’s national junior team coaching staff, including head coach Dominique Ducharme who will work behind the bench for Team QMJHL, and Team Canada assistants Tim Hunter and Trevor Letowski who will serve as Team WHL and Team OHL head coaches respectively.
Ducharme is in his second season with the QMJHL’s Drummondville Voltigeurs.
Team QMJHL will take on Team Russia Nov. 14 in Charlottetown and Nov. 16 in Moncton where Ducharme will be assisted behind the bench by Charlottetown Islanders head coach Jim Hulton and Moncton Wildcats head coach Darren Rumble.
Since the event first began in 2003, CHL teams have played to an overall record of 58-19-1-6.