(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)
1. Author Hunter S. Thompson advised Indianapolis Colts owner Jim Irsay to draft Ryan Leaf instead of Peyton Manning with the number one overall pick in the 1998 NFL draft.
2. The Dodgers (47-39) open a three games series against the Angels (44-43) Friday night in Anaheim.
3. The Oklahoma City Thunder payroll has surpassed the $300 million mark with the signing of guard Raymond Felton.
4. The Utah Jazz signed guard Dante Exum to a three-year, $33 million extension.
5. The Dodgers acquired right-hander Dylan Floro from the Cincinnati Reds for two minor leaguers.
6. On this day in 1983 the Angels Fred Lynn hit a grand slam to lead the AL to a 13-3 win over the NL in the 50th MLB All-Star game at Comiskey Park in Chicago.
7. Former New York Yankee/Dodger second baseman Willie Randolph turns 64 today.
8. Also on this day in 1980 Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies fans seven St. Louis Cardinals to reach 2,836 strikeouts, the most by a left-handed pitcher in major league history.
9. Temperatures for the SGV Shootout at Arroyo Saturday are expected to hit 110 degrees.
10. “And the irony is that they wrote better without access to my quotes.” – Steve Carlton.
Thank you
@The Fed,
Terrible analogy. Hundreds of mail carriers suffer from heat illness every summer.
Mailmen and mail women are working. Carrying 30 pound sacks and walking fast for 6 hours or more. Teens should be able to run a few plays in shorts and T,s with mamas giving them water, shade and cold packs.
If just one kid keels over with a heat related crisis the entire sgv football season would be put in jeopardy.
I agree with bottom line. Has nothing to do with being soft or tough. Go stand outside right now for 1 hour straight and tell me how you feel afterward. And that’s without running routes or back pedaling for hours.
Does Singiser have a degree in radiologic science? I do, and I’m telling you that the conditions expected on Saturday in El Monte are unsafe for kids to be out doing sports, no matter how bullet-proof anyone thinks they are.
Have water out there stop being soft.
Best of luck to all teams tomorrow, stay hydrated. I know Jim and his lovely wife will make sure they are well taken care of.
Jim is the AD and kids will be fine.
#9. I hope people stay safe out there. Personally i don’t think it’s a good idea to even have a tournament in that heat. I know precautions will be taken but If it were during the school year, AD’s probably wouldn’t let their teams practice in that heat or would force coaches to make major modifications.