{"id":55358,"date":"2016-09-22T18:27:21","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T01:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=55358"},"modified":"2016-09-23T08:29:20","modified_gmt":"2016-09-23T15:29:20","slug":"fanview-september-22-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=55358","title":{"rendered":"Fanview: September 22, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Joe<\/a>

Joe T. … How did I feel after Cespedes was robbed last night?…Like I wanted to kill…you know? <\/strong>(just kidding)<\/p><\/div>\n

By Joe Torosian<\/p>\n

\u201cI love inside jokes\u2026love to be part of one some day.\u201d<\/strong>
\n\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u2014Michael Scott<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kick it!<\/p>\n

Right off the Top:<\/strong> What is the mentality of someone who won\u2019t flush a public toilet?<\/p>\n

This is not something keeping me up at night but whether its Bergstrom Stadium or a beautiful university campus\u2026I\u2019m stunned when somebody can\u2019t just kick the lever.<\/p>\n

\u2026And don\u2019t even get my started on the mind of somebody who scratches words into the seat of a public toilet\u2026Are they giggling when they do this?<\/p>\n

\"Amazing<\/a>

Amazing facilities at Covina District Stadium.<\/p><\/div>\n

***<\/p>\n

Since I wrote the preview for the Mission Prep-Sierra Canyon game on Saturday night, am I responsible for the Royals cheesing out and deciding to forfeit the game?<\/p>\n

I believe the Trailblazers were going to bludgeon them, but everybody gets hurt when these schools schedule a game and then cheese\u2026You only get so many games in a high school career.<\/p>\n

Now, that’s some 7-9 Bolshoi…<\/p>\n

What also bugs about this, is Mission Prep has money\u2026They can afford the drive\u2026Bad call\u2026It\u2019s was a bad call, Ripley\u2026<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Yes, today\u2019s column is late\u2026but something suddenly came up\u2026<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

Unintended consequences\u2026Over the course of seeing 114 New York Mets games this season I\u2019ve also seen the Atlanta Braves play 18 times.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

On this date in 1995, Long Beach Poly defeated Muir, 39-20 at home. Monrovia defeated West Covina, 24-21, Arroyo beat Walnut, 25-24\u2026and Arcadia defeated Temple City, 18-6 at North Field.<\/p>\n

I was at that game and the Rams looked overwhelmed. They played tough but physically couldn\u2019t match up with Jon Dimalante\u2019s team. Apache quarterback, Matt Shepherd, completed 12 of 21 passes for 239 yards, including an 80-yard scoring strike to Edgar Portillo in the fourth quarter to put the game out of reach. The pass, if I remember, was underthrown and deflected, but Portillo made the play.<\/p>\n

Arcadia also got touchdown runs out of Sultan Abdul-Malak and Mathis Ward. Temple City\u2019s lone score came on a 10-yard pass from James Schneider to Joe Novelli to make the score 12-6 early in the fourth.<\/p>\n

One last thing I remember about this date in 1995 was the passing of former Marshall Fundamental baseball coach Larry Lindblom of a heart attack. He was only 50 (I heard it happened on a public bus\u2014welcome correction) but the first baseball games I strung for the Pasadena Star News were Marshall games in 1987. They were awful, hilarious, and fun\u2026Parker Nishi, Ken Shaw, Marshall Bryant\u2026(If had kept enough notes, they would have been the subject of a fun book)\u2026and Lindblom was always gracious to me when people were saying the worst things to him from the bleachers.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

As a long-suffering St. Louis\/Los Angeles Rams fan\u2026I understand the pain\u2026but what it must feel like to be a Cleveland Browns fans knowing Cody Kessler is going to be your starting quarterback this week\u2026It gives me shivers\u2026<\/p>\n

\u2026Then again\u2026Case Keenum\u2026So what am I talking about…?<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

\"Joe<\/a>

Joe T.’s High School football novel is available through Amazon.com<\/strong><\/span>
\u201cA literary snapshot of what goes on over the course of a high school football season\u2026an awesome read and a story that truly will transcend time.\u201d\u2014Jim Singiser, AD\/HC Arroyo Knights Football<\/strong>
\u201cThrill, dread, anxiety, love, agony, success, and failure; basically all the emotions you feel as a football player\/coach as you do in life, all wrapped up in a single book.\u201d\u2014Marc Paramo, HC Rosemead Panthers Football<\/strong><\/span>
\u201cI read the book and really enjoyed it a great deal. I would think coaches and parents could Learn a lot.\u201d\u2014John \u201cCoach\u201d Kentera, former sports talk host at Mighty 690 & Mighty 1090<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Arroyo leads its all-time series with Rosemead, 35-21-1. Friday\u2019s match will be the first September meeting, ever, between the schools.<\/p>\n

Trivia: \u201cHis Arroyo Baldness,\u201d Jim Singiser has faced three Panther HCs in his tenure leading the Knights\u2026Name them\u2026<\/p>\n

***
\nGo Yasiel Puig\u2026
\n***<\/p>\n

Speaking of the Temple City Rams\u2026if the 18-6 loss to Arcadia on this date in 1995 was painful\u2026feel encouraged. On this same date in 1989, Terry Fesler connected with Chris Liu for a 5-yard touchdown pass with 34 seconds left in the game to beat Arcadia, 18-14.<\/p>\n

I know this because on the same night Arroyo got 247 rushing yards and three touchdowns from Darren MacLellan to defeat Pomona, 37-23.<\/p>\n

\u2026And Burbank beat Crescenta Valley, 26-10<\/p>\n

\u2026But the weird thing about this date in 1989 was St. Francis beat Blair, 21-6\u2026What a difference 27 years makes\u2026Could you ever imagine Blair and St. Franks being the field again at the same time? And if they were could you ever dream of it being as close as it was?<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

\"Speakes2\"<\/a>Midbits (same as \u2018Tidbits\u2019)<\/strong><\/span>
\n\u2028Midbits:<\/strong> Glad to know I\u2019m living rent free in the minds of Dodgers fans. Like I\u2019m going to slash my wrists because Cespedes was robbed of a game-winning home run\u2026MOTHER PUS BUCKET! I practically had a stroke last night…<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> Former South El Monte quarterback Fernando Ramirez turns 21 today.<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> Pomona and Duarte are two schools that best represent the cycle of life in high school football\u2026Extreme highs and low lows\u2026Every five or six years they climb the ladder and then fall all way back down.<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> Note to Dodgers fans\u2026I can let you have Jay Bruce for Ed Amelung and Ralph Bryant (If he\u2019s back from Japan)\u2026 Deal?<\/p>\n

Midbits:<\/strong> Nice to see Matt Barkley back in the NFL\u2026With Brian Hoyer on the Chicago Bears roster, it should only be a matter of time until Barkley gets to play behind that offensive line\u2026and go on injured reserve.<\/p>\n

***<\/p>\n

MLB GAMES JOE T. HAS WATCHED THIS SEASON (Minimum 5-innings)<\/strong><\/span>
\nNew York Mets: 114<\/strong><\/span>
\nLos Angeles Dodgers: 18<\/strong><\/span>
\nSan Francisco Giants: 15<\/strong><\/span>
\nLos Angeles Angels: 8<\/strong><\/span>
\nQuick Pitch (Watney\/Ryan): 85<\/strong><\/p>\n

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

640<\/p>\n

Psalm 133<\/p>\n

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

Author of \u201cTangent Dreams: A High School Football Novel\u201d available through amazon.com \u2026and \u201cThe Dead Bug Tales\u201d available this fall.<\/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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