{"id":23932,"date":"2012-05-18T12:40:05","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T19:40:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=23932"},"modified":"2012-05-18T15:31:50","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T22:31:50","slug":"fanview-lite-may-18-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=23932","title":{"rendered":"Fanview Lite: May 18, 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joe T.<\/p><\/div>\n

Kick it!<\/p>\n

The Kings are awesome\u2026I haven\u2019t been this excited about the Kings since Sam Lacey and Tiny Archibald were making it happen for them.<\/p>\n

For some reason I just want to say South Pasadena! Watch the Tigers in 2012\u2026They are ready to pop.<\/p>\n

Yes, yes, more taxes please!<\/p>\n

A broken record is a broken record it just keeps going and going and going\u2026Just like the defenders and advocates for LeBron James who continue to swear up and down, side to side, and from here to Pluto that he is one of the greatest players of all time.<\/p>\n

They admit he\u2019s not the greatest shooter, he\u2019s not the greatest passer, not the greatest closer\u2026So what is he other than a three time league MVP who wilts instead of blooms when the moment comes?<\/p>\n

I feel like a broken record for saying this. James is a very good player\u2026Very good\u2026He\u2019s Charles Barkley, he\u2019s Clyde Drexler, he\u2019s David Robinson\u2026all very good, near great players\u2026<\/p>\n

LeBron is not Kobe Bryant, he\u2019s not Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, he\u2019s not Larry Bird, he\u2019s not Michael Jordan, and he most certainly is not (by a long shot) Magic Johnson. Those guys never disappeared, those guys rose to the moment, James doesn\u2019t.<\/p>\n

For all of the unemployed out there\u2026I have great news. Former St. Louis Rams first round draft pick Alex Barron got a job with the Seattle Seahawks\u2026And Barron is about as stiff as a professional football player can be\u2026He makes Big Tony look like a member of the Bolshoi Ballet\u2026So cheer up if you don\u2019t have job, cheer up if your crazy Uncle Chico is down on his luck\u2026Alex Barron got a job\u2026anything is possible.<\/p>\n

Dominique Lord getting ready for a comeback at Maranatha\u2026<\/p>\n

I love football season, we\u2019re not even out of May and I\u2019ve already alienated the El Monte and Maranatha programs\u2026<\/p>\n

You see the things I go through for believing in Whittier Christian?<\/p>\n

Always envisioned myself as more of an astronaut than cosmonaut\u2026<\/p>\n

Chicago Cubs pitcher Kerry Wood is finally retiring. Actually I thought he retired 16 disabled list trips ago.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m being told I need to believe in Whittier\u2026 \u201cWhittier College?\u201d I ask\u2026No, Whittier High School\u2026the Cardinals\u2026I\u2019m open to illumination. Tough to get past Santa Fe and La Serna.<\/p>\n

So many studs, so many stars, how many CIF finals has La Mirada played in since coming to the Southeast Division?<\/p>\n

Exactly\u2026<\/p>\n

I remember what people were saying when the Suburban arrived with the Matadores and what it would do to the balance of power.<\/p>\n

\u201cNot one, not two, not three\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n

Yeah, yeah, been there done that, bought that tee shirt.<\/p>\n

Permission to reference local high school football granted by Pants Robledo & the Trib-Star Corporation.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n

482<\/p>\n

Proverbs 27:21<\/p>\n

Contact Joe at joe@midvalleysports.com<\/p>\n

Follow him on Twitter at @joet13b<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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