{"id":53207,"date":"2016-05-19T05:30:27","date_gmt":"2016-05-19T12:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=53207"},"modified":"2016-05-19T10:05:34","modified_gmt":"2016-05-19T17:05:34","slug":"the-ten-5192016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=53207","title":{"rendered":"The TEN: 5\/19\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_49627\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?attachment_id=49627\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-49627\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-49627\" class=\"size-large wp-image-49627\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/10-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"The TEN\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-49627\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The TEN<\/p><\/div>\n<p>(&#8220;The TEN&#8221;\u00a0is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in &#8220;The TEN&#8221;)<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>1. Dodger ace Clayton\u00a0Kershaw has a strikeout to walk ratio of 22-1 (88 strikeouts, 4 walks.) Kershaw has also struck out at least 10 batters in six consecutive games -a franchise record.<\/p>\n<p>2. Roughned Odor was suspended for eight games and\u00a0fined $5000.00 by MLB for punching\u00a0Toronto&#8217;s Jose Bautista.<\/p>\n<p>3. The USC-Alabama\u00a0game on September\u00a03 will be prime time\u00a0with kick off set for 5:00 PDT on ABC. USC\u00a0and Alabama haven&#8217;t played since\u00a01985.<\/p>\n<p>4. The Los Angeles Rams signed\u00a0defensive tackle\u00a0Dominique Easley who was released by the New\u00a0England Patriots last month.<\/p>\n<p>5. Whittier Christian beats Beaumont 4-2 in\u00a0Division 5 Wild Card game Wednesday. Other scores: Lompoc\u00a07 Azusa 2, Segerstrom 2 Los Altos 1,\u00a0Wilson 4 Palmdale 2.<\/p>\n<p>6. Angels&#8217; pitcher\u00a0Jered Weaver&#8217;s fastball topped out at 83 mph against the Dodgers Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>7. Covina&#8217;s 2016 non-league schedule: Arroyo, Pioneer, Diamond Bar,\u00a0at Montclair, Walnut.<\/p>\n<p>8. Schurr&#8217;s 2016 non-league schedule: South El Monte, California, at El Monte, at West Covina, at Whittier.<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0Happy Birthday to Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Garnett who turns\u00a040 today.<\/p>\n<p>10. &#8220;I have a problem sometimes with being too hyper.&#8221; &#8211; Kevin Garnett.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_50812\" style=\"width: 530px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Tangent-Dreams-School-Football-Novel-ebook\/dp\/B01ABCBLH2\/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1461875543&amp;sr=1-1&amp;keywords=tangent+dreams\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-50812\" class=\"size-large wp-image-50812\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/tangentdreams_jpg-594x768.jpg\" alt=\"&quot;A page turner...I'm sorry it's over! Is a sequel in the works?&quot; &quot;Torosian does for high school football what Hemingway did for the Spanish Civil War...compelling look beyond the scoreboard and into the lives of players...&quot; &quot;A truly great story unfolds in the pages of Joe Torosian's first novel. With high school football at its core, the story of Dale Andrade shows how a young man grows in all aspects of his life thanks to being a part of a team and a football community.&quot; \u201cThis is a great read for everyone: from those who love high school football to those who have no idea about the game.\u201d &quot;This book brings you onto the field and into the locker room...&quot; Joe Torosian's high school football novel is available through Amazon.com --click pic-- (Cover by Pat Cherry www.blackheartart.com)\" width=\"520\" height=\"672\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-50812\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>&#8220;A page turner&#8230;I&#8217;m sorry it&#8217;s over! Is a sequel in the works?&#8221;<\/strong><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>&#8220;Torosian does for high school football what Hemingway did for the Spanish Civil War&#8230;compelling look beyond the scoreboard and into the lives of players&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #008000;\"><strong>&#8220;A truly great story unfolds in the pages of Joe Torosian&#8217;s first novel. With high school football at its core, the story of Dale Andrade shows how a young man grows in all aspects of his life thanks to being a part of a team and a football community.&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>\u201cThis is a great read for everyone: from those who love high school football to those who have no idea about the game.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>&#8220;This book brings you onto the field and into the locker room&#8230;&#8221;<\/strong><\/span><br \/><strong>Joe Torosian&#8217;s high school football novel is available through Amazon.com &#8211;click pic&#8211;<\/strong><br \/><strong>(Cover by Pat Cherry www.blackheartart.com)<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(&#8220;The TEN&#8221;\u00a0is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in &#8220;The TEN&#8221;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[11798,3542,365,11755],"class_list":["post-53207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-10s","tag-high-school-football-novel","tag-joe-t","tag-joe-torosian","tag-tangent-dreams"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53207","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\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53207"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53207\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53218,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53207\/revisions\/53218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}