{"id":54372,"date":"2016-08-18T05:30:14","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T12:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54372"},"modified":"2016-08-17T19:17:02","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T02:17:02","slug":"the-ten-8182016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=54372","title":{"rendered":"The TEN: 8\/18\/2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>

The TEN<\/p><\/div>\n

(“The TEN”\u00a0is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)<\/p>\n

1. The San Francisco Giants are 9-21 since the All-Star break\u00a0and have fallen 1.5 games behind the Dodgers.<\/p>\n

2. Former Boston Red Sox pitcher Curt Schilling\u00a0is considering running against\u00a0Massachusetts Senator Elizabeth Warren in 2018.<\/p>\n

3. Jamaican sprinter\u00a0Usain Bolt wins the 200 meter semi final but\u00a0Justin Gatlin of the United States fails to qualify\u00a0for the Final.<\/p>\n

4. The U.S. Men’s basketball team routs Argentina 105-78\u00a0to advance to the semi finals in Rio Games.<\/p>\n

5. Former Del Rio League rival coaches\u00a0Vinnie Lopez (El Rancho) and Margarito\u00a0Beltran (La Serna)\u00a0will face off Friday night when Lopez’ Pacifica team travels to Bell Gardens for a scrimmage.<\/p>\n

6. “Gabrielino!” – MVS Commenter “Anonymous” on the “50 Area Coverage Teams” story.<\/p>\n

7. The Lakers are set to sign China star\u00a0Yi Jianlian\u00a0to a one-year, $8 million deal. Jianlian, a seven footer, was a sixth round pick of the Milwaukee Bucks in 2007 and has spent the last four seasons playing in China.<\/p>\n

8. Other scrimmages this Friday night.\u00a0Monrovia at Crescenta Valley;\u00a0San Marino at Arcadia.<\/p>\n

9. On this day in 1951 3’7″ St. Louis Browns pinch hitter Eddie Gaedel becomes the smallest man ever\u00a0to appear in a Major League baseball game.\u00a0Detroit Tiger pitcher Bob Cain\u00a0walked him on four straight pitches. Two days later the American\u00a0League banned owner\u00a0Bill Veeck from ever using Gaedel again calling him a “promotional attraction”.<\/p>\n

10. “What can I do, I asked myself,\u00a0that is so spectacular\u00a0that no one will be able to say he had seen it before? The answer was perfectly obvious. I would send a midget up to bat.” – Bill Veeck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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