{"id":5985,"date":"2010-03-12T09:37:49","date_gmt":"2010-03-12T16:37:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5985"},"modified":"2013-03-12T07:50:22","modified_gmt":"2013-03-12T14:50:22","slug":"fanview-lite-march-12-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=5985","title":{"rendered":"Fanview Lite: March 12, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So glad the Dodgers went to Taiwan to promote baseball, there’s a good chance the game could catch on there.<\/p><\/div>\n

Good Morning!<\/p>\n

T-Minus-181 Days until \u201cThe Mid Valley Classic\u201d<\/p>\n

Note to Covina\u2019s Darryl Thomas: Girls basketball coach Matt Kearns and standout Jackie Ford have confirmed their appearance on this Tueday\u2019s \u201cMid Valley Sports Show\u201d… Gear. Put the gear in their hands… and it will go well with you in 2010.<\/p>\n

Gear, or no gear, keep Billy Livingston healthy.<\/p>\n

Final Add Covina: I\u2019m a double XX…but I\u2019ll wear triple because I like my shirts lose when playing ball…<\/p>\n

I needed the day off yesterday…If I had written about Merlin Olsen\u2019s passing, I would have went War & Peace length on the greatest of all Los Angeles Rams.<\/p>\n

Sad at his passing, and sad that his legacy from a football standpoint, is forced to share his NFL career with his Little House on the Prairie\/Father Murphy career.<\/p>\n

Seeing Olsen play several times when I was a kid I can say the feeling of the fans at the Coliseum was almost Vin Scully-like when it came to Olsen. More than appreciated, he was revered.<\/p>\n

The great Deacon Jones said; \u201cYou didn\u2019t mess with Merlin on the field.\u201d<\/p>\n

Zeke Prado, who served as general manager for the New York Jets in last month\u2019s Mid Valley Draft, drop me a line saying his early drafting of San Gabriel\u2019s Arthur Brown at tailback was now justified because of Thomas Jones departure from the club.<\/p>\n

(Jones was released and signed with the Kansas City Chiefs this week)<\/p>\n

Note to Prado: Okay now convince Jude Oliva to give him the ball twenty times a game.<\/p>\n

A stupid headline on Yahoo Sports about San Francisco Giants starter Tim Lincecum asks: \u201cWhat Makes Tim Tick?\u201d<\/p>\n

I\u2019m not real sure but isn\u2019t he a member of the water bong society? Isn\u2019t he about getting high and listening to the fiddlers? (correction welcomed)<\/p>\n

So the Dodgers are in Taiwan. Couldn\u2019t go to Taiwan in January? Before Christmas? Middle of November? They have to distract from the 2010 spring training season by jetting to Taiwan?<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like it.<\/p>\n

Who I do like is the versatile and dependable Kevin Faulk. The veteran running back is signed again for another season in New England. Faulk was a second round pick in 1999 and part of four Super Bowl teams. Great to see the happy marriage of player and organization.<\/p>\n

I don\u2019t like chaos.<\/p>\n

Note to Area Baseball Teams: Got word last night that the Bolsa Grande baseball program, down in Orange County, recently had every piece of equipment stolen including its pitching machine. This is unsolicited on their part, but if you have extra gear you might want to think about giving Bolsa Grande High School a call and seeing if you can lend a hand.<\/p>\n

Maybe I was too early a year ago. Last spring\/early summer I was touting Baldwin Park in the Valle Vista as the team to watch and consider in the Mid-Valley Division. Part of my ingenious argument was based on the in depth analysis I pursued of San Dimas where I came to the conclusion they had lost too much to graduation and wouldn\u2019t be a threat in 2009.<\/p>\n

Yeah.<\/p>\n

Now BP does lose the underrated Manny Salcedo at quarterback and the talented Christian Lazaro at wide receiver but defensively this season they return a host of beasts in Mario Rodriguez, Jose Franco, Armando Montoya. They also have some kid named Crutchfield, Wardell, the third, who was dominant at linebacker last season.<\/p>\n

So maybe this is the year of the Braves in the Wild Wild Vista.<\/p>\n

Final Add Playing Ball: I\u2019m starting to loosen up. Should have seen me light up former Temple City quarterback Riley Saxon a few weeks ago.<\/p>\n

Stay thirsty my friends\u2026<\/p>\n

231<\/p>\n

Fanview Lite appears Monday thru Saturday at www.midvalleysports.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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