The TEN: 5/2/2014

The TEN

The TEN

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in the TEN)

1.) On this date in 1939, New York Yankees first baseman Lou Gehrig benches himself for poor play and ends his streak of consecutive games played at 2,130. “The Iron Horse” was suffering at the time from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), now known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease.”

2.) Bassett senior-to-be center Mario Zamora: 5-8, 265.

3.) ”Scotty’s a different cat. He’s hard to read from the outside. You see a guy that’s kind of laid back and kind of easy moving. Everything looks like it’s in slow-mo. But he’s a guy that sees pitching and knows what he’s doing at the plate.”—L.A. Dodgers manager Don Mattingly on outfielder/first baseman Scott Van Slyke

4.) On the undercard of Floyd Mayweather vs Marcos Maidana is a Welterweight battle between Adrien Broner vs Carlos Molina. Molina, 17-1-1, seven KOs, is out of Norwalk and went to Glenn High School.

5.) The Cleveland Browns sign quarterbacks Vince Young and Tyler Thigpen after they went through the team’s minicamp. Young, who will be 31on May 18, has not played in an NFL game since 2011. Thigpen, 30, threw five passes for the Buffalo Bills in 2012.

6.) Former Bonita WR/DB Cameron Salce turns 21 today.

7.) “I had no discipline. I had all the talent in the world. You know, great body, great genes. But I had no work ethic and I had no discipline. The better you get, the harder you have to work. The better I got, the lazier I got.”— Rashaan Salaam, Colorado, 1994 Heisman Trophy winner drafted by the Chicago Bears with the 21st overall selection in 1995.

8.) “Noticed your welcome back message to Charter Oak. Does this also mean you will no longer cover Diamond Bar and Bonita if they are not put in the Southeast?”—From MVS commentor “Bobby Knight”

9.) Former Los Angeles Laker/UCLA forward Jamaal Wilkes turns 61 today. Wilkes was a member of 1974-75 NBA champion Golden State Warriors and started alongside Rick Barry.

10.) “Appropos a man named Sterling is ended by a man named Silver.”—Dennis Miller

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