{"id":47461,"date":"2015-04-07T08:37:36","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T15:37:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=47461"},"modified":"2015-04-07T08:43:41","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T15:43:41","slug":"fanview-april-7-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=47461","title":{"rendered":"Fanview: April 7, 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_47463\" style=\"width: 452px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Scan-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47463\" class=\" wp-image-47463\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Scan-3-576x768.jpg\" alt=\"Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.\u00a0\u2014 Dinah Craik \" width=\"442\" height=\"589\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47463\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>&#8220;Oh, the comfort, the inexpressible comfort of feeling safe with a person, having neither to weigh thoughts nor measure words, but pouring them all out, just as they are, chaff and grain together, certain that a faithful hand will take and sift them, keep what is worth keeping, and with a breath of kindness blow the rest away.&#8221;<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Dinah Craik<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cWell there\u2019s Basie, Miller, Satchmo, and the king of all, Sir Duke.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><br \/>\n<em><strong> &#8212; Stevie Wonder<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Kick it!<\/p>\n<p><strong>Right off the Top:<\/strong> Oh, I\u2019ve always been a Jimmy Rollins fan!<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>At my church we sing a worship song called \u201cThat\u2019s Why We Praise Him\u201d&#8230;Now you don\u2019t have to be of my spiritual bent (and I\u2019m not attempting to convert you to my spiritual bent; my celestial brownie points are where they need to be)&#8230;but there\u2019s a line in the song that goes; <em>\u201cThat\u2019s why we praise Him, that\u2019s why we sing. That\u2019s why we offer Him our everything. That\u2019s why we bow down and worship this king&#8230;\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>I saw these father &amp; son pics and I could not help but think and thank our Maker for moments like these. A lot of us have moments similar to this. The blessing of children, the blessing of means, the blessing to watch baseball in a place like Dodger Stadium, in a country like this&#8230;It is overwhelming. We are rich in His grace&#8230;and that\u2019s among the many reasons that I praise Him.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47464\" style=\"width: 255px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Scan-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47464\" class=\"wp-image-47464\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Scan-2-576x768.jpg\" alt=\"Until you have a son of your own... you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.--- Kent Nerburn \" width=\"245\" height=\"327\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47464\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>&#8220;Until you have a son of your own&#8230; you will never know the joy, the love beyond feeling that resonates in the heart of a father as he looks upon his son.&#8221;<\/strong>&#8212; Kent Nerburn<\/p><\/div>\n<p>If the NCAA final was 36 minutes long we\u2019d all be singing \u201cOn Wisconsin\u201d&#8230;but those final four minutes will get you every time.<\/p>\n<p>Note to California Angels fans (Did I say California?&#8230;And wouldn\u2019t you prefer to be California as opposed to Los Angeles? How about just Anaheim?)&#8230;Is Jared Weaver still the guy?&#8230;I could be wrong, but I think you made a big mistake by extending this guy. That\u2019s okay though, your team hardly ever overpays its talent. So once in a while you can whiff&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Do Oakland Raiders fans know former defensive coordinator Charlie Sumner, 84, past away on Monday? Do current Raider fans need a refresher on who Sumner was?<br \/>\nIf they do, I\u2019m driving cross country in May, I\u2019d be happy to explain it to them. I\u2019ll even pull over to show them their future home in St. Louis.<\/p>\n<p>Happy for Ibis Aguilar.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of St. Louis: The oldest player on the Rams roster is Chris Long who stands in at a positively ancient 30 years of age.<\/p>\n<p>So who do you like in the Del Rio next fall? Did you know that Santa Fe returns a pair of solid linemen in left tackle Alec Rodriguez (6-2. 285) and right guard Andrew Leon-guerrero (5-9, 265)&#8230;Only problem is El Rancho returns some studs as well&#8230;and of course La Serna is the Duke of the 605.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Regards:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>In\u00a0regards to<\/strong> Miguel Zarate Jr.: Can you leave shameless bandwagoning to the professionals? I say this with all respect, but Dude, you are out of your league when it comes bandwagoning.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In regards to<\/strong> soft spots: I have a real soft spot for pictures of kids with their parents at Dodger Stadium (obviously). If you send it to me, I will publish it here.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In regards to<\/strong> the Masters Golf Tournament: Have I missed it yet? I try really hard to avoid it every year, but like traffic on the 210 I inevitably get stuck.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In regards to<\/strong> the MLB Network: Yeah, that station is alright.<\/p>\n<p><strong>In regards to<\/strong> Yordano Ventura: Thumb cramp? Sounds like a \u201cBrain Cloud\u201d to me. Who gets a thumb cramp. I saw the play, so okay. But if I had not seen the play I would have thought it was something former Dodger outfielder Mike \u201cGeneral Soreness\u201d Marshall might try to pull.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_47462\" style=\"width: 424px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Scan3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-47462\" class=\" wp-image-47462\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/04\/Scan3-576x768.jpg\" alt=\"I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father\u2019s equal, and I never loved any other man as much. \u2013 Hedy Lamarr\" width=\"414\" height=\"552\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-47462\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>&#8220;I am not ashamed to say that no man I ever met was my father\u2019s equal, and I never loved any other man as much.&#8221;<\/strong> \u2013 Hedy Lamarr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Dude abides\u2026<\/p>\n<p>599<\/p>\n<p>Psalms 91: 4-7<\/p>\n<p>Contact Joe at joe@midvalleysports.com<br \/>\n\u201cJoe T.\u2019s Scoreboard\u201d is found at www.midvalleynews.com every Wednesday &amp; in the hard copy of the Mid Valley News, published every Wednesday<br \/>\nFollow Joe on Twitter @joet13b<br \/>\nListen to \u201cThe Joe Show\u201d every Wednesday (6 &amp; 6:30 P.M.) at www.midvalleyradio.net<br \/>\nLIKE \u201cThe Joe Show\u201d on Facebook<br \/>\n\u201cThe Mid Valley Sports Show\u201d is LIVE every Tuesday (7:PM) at www.midvalleysports.com (Click on \u201cUStream\u201d button)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWell there\u2019s Basie, Miller, Satchmo, and the king of all, Sir Duke.\u201d &#8212; Stevie Wonder Kick it! 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