Joe T., always working hard…
By Joe Torosian
Kick it!
If you don’t know what “42-15-7” means…then you shouldn’t talk basketball…Just run along, back, to Camp Snoopy and wait for the WNBA season to start.
What is clear, if not for LeBron—I said it—this series would be 3-2 in favor of the Rockets, who are just faster and younger. If I’m J.J. Reddick, I put my team through the motions in Game Six, rest LeBron, and gear up for Game Seven at home.
I don’t have any answers for the Lakers in Houston tonight, but I do know the solution isn’t more minutes for Bronny.
The first Laker game I ever saw from start to finish was on April 21, 1973, Game Three of the Western Conference finals. The Lakers beat the Warriors in Oakland, 126-70.
That win was always my standard for a blowout, even more than the Memorial Day Massacre, until…the Knicks burned down Atlanta last night.
Sherman didn’t torch Atlanta as badly as the Knicks did the Hawks. At one point, New York led by 61, in a 140-89 victory.
Joel Embid has risen from the grave, and the 76ers have a legitimate shot to take Game Seven—third win—in Boston.
Embid just being functional with a healthy Paul George, a blossoming VJ Edgecombe, and a superstar in Tyrese Maxey…should make people rethink how far Philly could go…Especially if they dispatch the Celtics.
#36—May the San Francisco Giants rot and lie stinking in the earth…
If you want to check out the New York Mets and the Los Angeles Angels tonight in Anaheim, $21 will get you a seat in the View Section.
I’ve sat in those seats, and it’s like not even going to a game. Hence, I would take on other challenges at the Big A.
(Ask me sometime about Juan Beníquez, a 3-run homer, and extra innings versus the Brewers)
We know anything is possible with the Rams. And because the Rams have a strong culture, even a problematic player like OBJ can come in and be a good soldier… but Stefon Diggs feels like a bit much.
A report surfaced that Chase Claypool was working out for the Green Bay Packers. If anybody ever sabotaged their career, it was Claypool, but if he doesn’t sign with the Packers and his head is screwed on straight, I wouldn’t mind seeing the Rams taking a swing at him.
Now that the NFL Draft has passed…Be suspicious when someone bangs the drum about a particular player being the steal.
Say hello to Tre Hodges-Tomlinson.
Tomlinson, waived yesterday by the San Francisco 49ers, was a sixth-round pick out of TCU by the Rams in 2023. When he was taken, all the postscripts to the draft reported the Rams got a first-round talent at corner.
“If Hodges-Tomlinson was three inches taller and 20 pounds heavier with the same skill set he has now, I don’t think there’s any question that he’d be the top cornerback in this draft class, and perhaps the top non-quarterback.”—USA Today’s Doug Farrar
Note to Colin Cowherd: The Raiders weren’t Los Angeles’ team. Yes, they won a title. Yes, they had a niche they appealed to, but they were never embraced as a replacement for the Rams.
And anyone who was a Rams fan when they played in Los Angeles was still a Rams fan when they moved to Anaheim.
The Dude abides…
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@ Joe: It looks like the Angels decided to move Belinsky to another team while he still had trade value. And, as it turned out, they traded him at just the right time.
In contrast, one of the worst moves they’ve ever made was trading left fielder Leon Wagner, their leading home run hitter and run producer, to Cleveland for aging first baseman Joe Adcock following the 1963 season. Adcock gave the Angels only half the run production that Wagner did.
From Joe T.: I knew about Adcock, but I did not know it was the Wagner transaction. Jim Healy used to reference Belinsky every now and then on his show. That’s how I first learned about him.
@ Joe: Bo Belinsky was still with the Angels in 1964; it was his third and final season with the club. Despite a 9-8 record and a career-best 2.86 ERA that year, he got traded to the Philadelphia Phillies.
Belinsky threw his no-hitter as a rookie in 1962, when the Angels finished third in the American League.
From Joe T.: Thank you….I did a quick look up on Belinsky and saw that ’64 was a good year for him…did his arm go south in Philly or was it his lifestyle…?
From T. Peterson: Both.
I remember attending a Los Angeles Angels-New York Yankees game at Chavez Ravine (AKA Dodger Stadium) in September 1964. Dean Chance, a 20-game winner that season, pitched the Angels to a 4-0 victory.
Chance won the Cy Young Award that year, making him the only pitcher who was not a Dodger to win the honor in a span of five seasons between 1962 and ’66. (Don Drysdale earned the Cy Young in 1962, and Sandy Koufax won it in ’63, ’65, and ’66. It also should be pointed out that there was only one Cy Young Award between both major leagues back then.)
In ’64, the Yankees went on to lose to the St. Louis Cardinals in a seven-game World Series, while the Angels finished a little over .500. That was actually one of the Angels’ better seasons during the 1960’s.
From Joe T.: Belinsky was on that staff, correct? Did he throw his no-no in 1962 or 1964?
My favorite player was Jimmy Piersall. Man the Angels had some characters. Whack jobs and gunmen sitting in the dugout.
From Joe T.: I recognize the names…including Alex Johnson…but I do not know any stories beyond Bo Belinsky.
Making a team your own can be a weird thing. I have been a DieHard Angel fan since 1961. Go figure.
From Joe T.:I was always a Dodger fan growing up, but I remember watching Angel games on KTLA…maybe because it was Dick Enberg’s voice…and rooting for them…Especially in the Tanana & Ryan then start cryin era….Broke my heart after Bobby Bonds had that monster 1977 season that they moved him to the White Sox…
“Bronny James ur my hero”-Nobody
Yes, but were you a Rams fan when they moved to St Louis? The team wasn’t loyal to us, so why should we reciprocate?
From Joe T.: Yes, I did stay a Rams fan. I tried to shake them off. The Redskins and Chiefs were always my second team, but I could never dive all the way in with them so by 1997 I gave up. I was able to compartmentalize my love for the team versus hate (in a sports context) for the ownership…Deep down through the years…I always knew the Rams would come back…That was kind of the genesis for Mid Valley Sports back in the day.