{"id":15131,"date":"2011-02-28T11:22:12","date_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:22:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=15131"},"modified":"2011-02-28T11:28:41","modified_gmt":"2011-02-28T18:28:41","slug":"fanview-lite-february-28-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=15131","title":{"rendered":"Fanview Lite: February 28, 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3566\" style=\"width: 158px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Joe-Torosian.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3566\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3566 \" title=\"Joe Torosian\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Joe-Torosian-247x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"148\" height=\"180\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3566\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Joe Torosian<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note to Major League Baseball:<\/span><\/strong> I now have a 99 mile per hour fastball exploding out of my left arm&#8230;I know I don\u2019t have a body of work to support this, but I\u2019ve employed the Charlie Sheen Formula to my life: Closed my eyes, used my mind, and made it so&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m willing to work for the minimum&#8230;as long as its guaranteed.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>I never saw him play, but as a Dodger fan it feels like I did. Like he was part of the family growing up. Snider was just part of the experience at Chavez Ravine.<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;And of course, Duke was Duke and he hit more homeruns than \u201cLeave it to Beaver\u201d&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Snow is overrated&#8230;Give me some falling flakes during Bonita-San Dimas, Rosemead-Arroyo, or Burbank-Burroughs and then you\u2019ve got something&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Did everybody and their brother qualify for the CIF Finals in basketball?<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note to Those Considering a Comeback in Football:<\/span><\/strong><strong> <\/strong>If you\u2019ve been away from the game more than a year&#8230;Can I suggest a fascinating, low paying career, in the world of local sportswriting.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Spent the weekend around a bunch of former Righetti football players now living in Bakersfield&#8230;Needless to say I didn\u2019t make any Bako jokes at the breakfast table&#8230;And this will be the last time I say: \u201cThere are worse things in life than death. I mean, if you\u2019ve ever spent any time in Bakersfield you know exactly what I mean.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I will not use that line anymore&#8230;From now all cheap shots about location will be consigned to Fresno&#8230; FRESNO, what a rotten name.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Just discovered I used to work with Maranatha point guard Josh Chamberlain\u2019s dad&#8230;Scott Chamberlain was a heck of minister and the master of the jeans and tee shirt sermon downtown, but his court game wasn\u2019t as polished.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>So there is no Lady Bearcats designation? Or has Villathedevil decided to forgo it?<\/p>\n<p>Whatever the case the Bonita girls basketball team is going to the finals&#8230;It\u2019s been a nice school year in La Verne.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Note to Smart Guys:<\/span><\/strong> Just like you cannot make a left tackle out of a punter, you cannot make a comedienne out of an actor&#8230; I didn\u2019t see a minute of the Oscars last night, but folks really don\u2019t seem too happy with James Franco&#8230;Especially Mid Valley Sports Entertainment Editor; Johnny Blue State.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>I recently met a Padres fan,&#8230;who believes&#8230;really&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Gabrielino is going to miss Joe Laski&#8230;.What do you think?<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cCantu to Arredondo\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yeah, I like the sound of that&#8230;and I know there is a reason for doing it at ELAC&#8230;but I would have preferred it up the coast at Cal Poly SLO, NAU, APU, to see the these former Schurr Spartans&#8230; Still it should be a show at Weingart&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">\u201cHave You Ever Been Melo?\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I gotta believe they are worried in Miami this morning&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Last Add NBA:<\/span><\/strong> Did you know or do you remember when Chauncey Billups was considered a Rick Pitino miss?<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>The actual kick-off for the next football season is six months away. How would you frame it? \u201cIt\u2019s still six months away&#8230;\u201d or \u201cIt\u2019s only six months away&#8230;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>There was a time I truly believed in the former, but the last few years&#8230;It seems September hits us like a runaway freight.<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps because its almost impossible to accomplish all the things we want during the off season.<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>Stay thirsty my friends\u2026<\/p>\n<p>379<\/p>\n<p>Fanview Lite appears most days Monday through Saturday<\/p>\n<p>Contact Joe at\u00a0 <a href=\"mailto:joe@midvalleysports.com\">joe@midvalleysports.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note to Major League Baseball: I now have a 99 mile per hour fastball exploding out of my left arm&#8230;I know I don\u2019t have a body of work to support this, but I\u2019ve employed the Charlie Sheen Formula to my life: Closed my eyes, used my mind, and made it so&#8230; I\u2019m willing to work [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-15131","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fanview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15131","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=15131"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15131\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15134,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15131\/revisions\/15134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=15131"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=15131"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=15131"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}