{"id":52603,"date":"2016-04-15T13:56:55","date_gmt":"2016-04-15T20:56:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=52603"},"modified":"2016-04-15T14:01:15","modified_gmt":"2016-04-15T21:01:15","slug":"fanview-april-15-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=52603","title":{"rendered":"Fanview: April 15, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Joe<\/a>

Joe T.’s not too thrilled with Rams deal with Titans.<\/p><\/div>\n

By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n

“…I let it go. And I said to myself, this is the business we’ve chosen!\u201d<\/strong>
\n—Hyman Roth<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kick it!<\/p>\n

Right off the Top:<\/strong> Tim Peterson said Kobe Bryant\u2019s 60-point performance on Wednesday night couldn\u2019t have been scripted any better.<\/p>\n

I caught bits of it\u2026It looked epic\u2026And it also looked scripted to me. Something was off but I can\u2019t put a finger on it. After all, the dude still had to knock down all of those shots.<\/p>\n

\u2026But if he had 60 to give on Wednesday night how come he didn\u2019t have much else to give over the course of the season?<\/p>\n

Just a thought before sipping the Kool-Aid\u2026Am I just being overly conspiratory on this?<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

The Los Angeles Rams gave up way too much to the Tennessee Titans\u2026Yeah, they got the number one pick but it\u2019s smart to build a team around second and third rounders (if you can)\u2026See Seattle\u2026You get prime years without an immediate salary cap crunch\u2026<\/p>\n

Until the offensive line is right\u2026Dan Marino in his prime would struggle as the Rams quarterback\u2026Right now an 8-8 record sounds like a good season for this team.<\/p>\n

My question is can the new \u201clifelong\u201d Rams fans handle a non-winning season and another postseason sitting at home?
\n***<\/p>\n

\"<\/a>

Joe Torosian’s high school football novel is available through Amazon.com<\/strong>
(Cover by Pat Cherry www.blackheartart.com)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n

I love Jackie Robinson Day, I love the fact that his jersey is retired by MLB, but I really hate the way his post-playing-career and the toll of all he endured has been largely ignored.<\/p>\n

The movie \u201c42\u201d was good\u2026but they gave it this sweet, overly dramatized, somewhat happy ending. Robinson\u2019s life was victorious\u2026but it was not without pain. That aspect of his bio needs to be shared and the public made more aware of.<\/p>\n

***
\nLast Add Kobe Bryant:<\/strong> \u201cKobe Bryant is the most fraudulent superstar celebrity athlete we\u2019ve ever seen\u2026His narcissism and selfishness destroyed a franchise.\u201d\u2014Jason Whitlock, sportswriter, telling his thoughts on Kobe Bryant.<\/p>\n

He\u2019s not my favorite player of all time\u2026but this guy played 20 years and when it was within his reach he got better each year. A great, great player\u2026but give me Magic Johnson all eight days of the week.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

What should have happened on Survivor Wednesday Night:<\/strong> The girls blew it\u2026Then again when you have no leadership things tend to fall apart\u2026They needed to vote for one of the guys and flush both the idols they had. Julia really blew it because she had individual immunity\u2026They should have voted out a guy\u2026the idols would have been played\u2026a girl would have gone home\u2026but the gals would have been in control\u2026Instead, they voted out a girl and the guys still have both idols.<\/p>\n

Big mistake.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Next Add Rams:<\/strong> It seems like this move secures Jeff Fisher for at least two more seasons. Unless this coming year is an unmitigated disaster, management is not going to want to put a second year, expensive, quarterback through the rigors of learning a new system.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Midbits (same as \u2018Tidbits\u2019)<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2028Midbits:<\/strong> \u201cFacebook is awesome…I feel like I’m watching a game with all of my friends but I don’t have to feed them or wait for them to leave when it’s over.\u201d\u2014Joe T.<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> \u201cSorry, but I find John Kasich in these TV interviews appreciably more egomaniacal than Trump.\u201d\u2014Dennis Miller<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> Whenever Jackie Robinson Day comes around I think of Butch Huskey\u2026I don\u2019t know why.<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> I\u2019m hearing, through infamous back channels, that Alhambra is ready for a breakthrough this year.<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> Jerry Sands lives\u2026as a member of the Chicago White Sox.<\/p>\n

MLB GAMES JOE T. HAS<\/span> WATCHED THIS SEASON (Minimum 5-innings)<\/strong><\/span>
\nNew York Mets: 8<\/strong><\/span>
\nSan Francisco Giants: 3 <\/strong><\/span>
\nLos Angeles Angels: 1<\/strong><\/span>
\nLos Angeles Dodgers: 1<\/strong><\/span>
\nQuick Pitch (Watney\/Ryan): 11<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

620<\/p>\n

Psalm 113:3<\/p>\n

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

Author of \u201cTangent Dreams: A High School Football Novel\u201d available through Amazon.com<\/p>\n

Follow Joe on Twitter @joet13b<\/p>\n

\u201cJoe T.\u2019s Scoreboard\u201d is found at www.midvalleynews.com every Wednesday & in the hard copy of the Mid Valley News, published every Wednesday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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