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Rosemead’s Tra Sumler (#4) blocking a punt against Monrovia in the 2008 Mid-Valley Division semifinal<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cBy the pricking of my thumbs,<\/strong>
\n Something wicked this way comes.\u201d<\/strong>
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Kick it!<\/p>\n

Right off the top:<\/strong> <\/span>Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon stole 12 bases this year and has been in double digits in steals for the last four years. The previous three seasons he\u2019s averaged four to five triples a year. The outfield at Kauffman Stadium is expansive, Gordon can run…so how come he didn\u2019t score with his team trailing 3-2 last night in the seventh game of the World Series?<\/p>\n

I saw the game late and didn\u2019t read all the comments about it and I know I\u2019m late to the party on this, but I was stunned. This wasn\u2019t Mike Scioscia running the bases it was Alex Gordon.<\/p>\n

And full disclosure…of course I didn\u2019t want the Giants to win.<\/p>\n

My first thought was why didn\u2019t his third base coach send him? Wouldn\u2019t it be better to have Brandon Crawford try to beat you from shallow left as opposed to Madison Bumgarner from the mound in the midst of a once in a hundred years performance?<\/p>\n

That\u2019s what I thought until I saw Gordon cruise into third. He would have been a dead man jogging if they sent him home.<\/p>\n

Then I looked at the ball he hit. Not only did it get by the center fielder, but it rolled to the wall, and then it was kicked. By the time the ball is rolling along the wall on the warning track I\u2019m thinking they\u2019re gonna send him, but instead I see him landing at third. What was this guy doing? Did he stop off at a taco truck on the way to third?<\/p>\n

With all that took place in the Giants outfield Gordon should have already been at least turning third and if he\u2019s turning third that makes a charge to the plate feasible. That makes the decision to challenge Crawford instead of Bumgarner a reasonable one.<\/p>\n

People like to bag on Yasiel Puig…but Puig would have scored. Pete Rose would have scored or put so much pressure on the relay throw and catcher to make the attempt worthwhile. Gordon seemed to be caught somewhere between hesitation and assumption at best (at worst he stopped off at that taco truck) and now he\u2019ll have to live with it for the rest of his life.<\/p>\n

…and so will the Kansas City fans.<\/p>\n

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The question came up about Rosemead’s Sumler Brothers on the board yesterday. From my memory and for my money it breaks down this way: Desean Sumler was tough and a talker. He was very comfortable with telling me where to point my camera. Deon Sumler was the fastest and tougher than most assume. I know because I saw Arroyo’s Efrain Oquendo rack him in 2003. Tra Sumler was a combination of both and the best all around. People may remember him as a great back, but he was a terrific defensive player. We made him our Mission Valley League player of the decade (2000-2009) a few years ago.<\/p>\n

There’s a story about how the University of Oklahoma always finished its team prayer by saying “And God bless Mrs. Selmon.” The reason being that Mrs. Selmon provided the Sooners with Lucious, Dewey, and Leroy Selmon. This prayer should be echoed by the Rosemead program each time they exit the locker room. “…And God bless Mrs. Sumler.”<\/p>\n

Bell Gardens has not scored more than a touchdown in each of its last two meetings with Montebello. Which is the issue for the Lancers. They are tough, they are physical, but points come harder than runs off of Madison Bumgarner. BG leads the Almont in most points scored but don\u2019t be fooled. They scored 112 points combined against both Keppel and Alhambra.<\/p>\n

The Oilers, on the other hand, have Isaac Mendibles a legitimate threat any time he touches the ball. So if Montebello gets out to an early lead you have to like its chances. But that\u2019s if the Oilers get the early lead…it\u2019s not easy to score on Bell Gardens either.<\/p>\n

CalPreps likes Bell Gardens, 27-12.
\nMVS Staffer Duane Barker likes Bell Gardens, 28-17.
\nMVS Staffer Joe T. likes,…Will pick a winner on Saturday.<\/p>\n

No One Notices I Think I\u2019ll Dye My Hair Blue Department:<\/span><\/strong> There are a lot of budding stars in the Northview galaxy but one guy flying under the all the optics is Elijah Grijalva. Dude is physical carrying the ball, dude is physical carrying the ball. Through eight games this season he\u2019s rushed for 357 yards and seven touchdowns. He\u2019s been in on 34 tackles, recovered a fumble, and returned and interception for a touchdown.<\/p>\n

Who is cruising for a bruising? Arrowhead Christian.<\/p>\n

Last Add World Series: I\u2019ve given the IRS smoother answers than the Chevy guy did giving away the MVP Award and truck to Bumgarner. Watching that guy for thirty seconds was like spending an evening with AmWay salesman.<\/p>\n

Regards:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In\u00a0regards to<\/strong> Kansas City Third Base Coach Mike Jirschele: “Believe me, I wanted to send him…I couldn’t do it. I didn’t want to go the whole offseason with Alex getting thrown out halfway to home plate right there.”<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> Gordon stopping at third: \u201cThe baserunner was watching the ball action instead of running purely watching the base coaches. That slowed him up as he rounded second. You can’t run as fast looking over your shoulder. However, I agree with a few of the bloggers. The giants shortstop had a great arm and had thrown a frozen rope the previous day from the outfield cut-off position. It would have been exciting but it would have been an out unless it was a bad thrown or a bobble or miss.\u201d—Russell, Yahoo.<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> Gordon stopping at third: \u201cA little math: If Gordon is running at 15 mph which is about average, he is traveling at 22 feet per second. So he needs 4.09 seconds to reach home. If Crawford throws the ball at 85 miles per hour, which most shortstops can, the ball is traveling at 124 feet per second. So If Crawford is say halfway between home plate and the all that is about 150 feet. The ball needs 1. 2 seconds to reach home plate. Gordon would have been out by 43 feet. Just go back at watch how close Crawford made it on the play where Butler scores. Almost the same distance and Butler was halfway down the line when Crawford threw the ball.\u201d—John, Baseball Fan.<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> James Shields: How much are they paying him?<\/p>\n

In regards to<\/strong> San Francisco: They rioted. Couldn\u2019t they have searched Google for some better ideas? Rioting after a title is so jejune.<\/p>\n

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

591<\/p>\n

Psalms 77:13-14<\/p>\n

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\u201cBy the pricking of my thumbs, Something wicked this way comes.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0—Second Witch Kick it!<\/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-43967","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\/43967","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=43967"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43967\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43970,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43967\/revisions\/43970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}