The Peterson Principle: 5/25/2015

petersonBy Tim Peterson

Wow, for awhile there I thought the Galaxy was going to outscore the Dodgers for the week.

We’ve barely reached Memorial Day but when they’ve lost all six in San Francisco including three consecutive shutouts is it too early to start worrying about the Dodgers?

The Clippers collapse was epic, maybe even catastrophic in terms of long term effects on the franchise, But Magic Johnson’s tweet “The Clippers are still the Clippers” was weak. It showed a lack of class and was just unnecessary piling on. Also what’s with Magic tweeting out congratulations every time a team advanced to the Conference Finals? I never knew Earvin was such a big Atlanta Hawks fan.

Even Magic understands that collapse or no, the Clippers are still the best team in LA right now.

By the way doesn’t he have other things to worry about? How long is this TV disaster that prevents 70 percent of fans in Los Angeles watching Dodger games going to last? Hey Magic, get in a room with Time Warner, DirecTV and whoever else is involved and get this thing resolved. Is it ok for me to tweet that this is a matter of the Dodgers still being the Dodgers?

Nothing out of Temple City as of yet. Still screening applicants, still interviewing. It’s strange that Memorial Day will have come and gone and we’re still talking about high school football coaching openings. El Rancho is still open too. Should there be a deadline as to what date coaches could resign or get fired? For instance. Let’s say after April 1 no head coaching changes can be made. It will never happen but it is something to think about.

Speaking of Temple City, the baseball team isn’t too bad. The Rams didn’t have a great year, at least not by their standards, in the regular season going 5-6 in the Rio Hondo League and 15-9 overall. But after the first week of the CIF playoffs TC is still alive. Josh Speakes threw a complete game shutout over Banning Tuesday and Thursday, the Rams beat Arroyo on the road. Arroyo went unbeaten in the Mission Valley League but Kevin Chavez allowed just one unearned run in leading TC to a 4-3 victory. Don’t look now but the Rams could make a deep playoff run. They face Citrus Hill Tuesday at home.

Magic might be a big Atlanta Hawks fan but that doesn’t seem to be helping them in the Eastern Conference Finals. With Kevin Love and Kyrie Irving both out for Cleveland shouldn’t Atlanta have done better than losing the first two at home? Does the mere sight of LeBron James scare them into oblivion? Is this a case of the Hawks still being the Hawks?

If the Lakers take anybody other than Jahlil Okafor or Karl-Anthony Towns with the second pick in the NBA Draft they butchered it. It will just be a case of Mitch Kupchak still being Mitch Kupchak.

That’s my principle.

Tim can be reached at tim@midvalleysports.com or on Twitter @tspeterson40.

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