{"id":6118,"date":"2010-03-23T15:42:57","date_gmt":"2010-03-23T22:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=6118"},"modified":"2010-03-23T15:43:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-23T22:43:00","slug":"fanview-lite-march-23-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=6118","title":{"rendered":"Fanview Lite: March 23, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Diamond Bar quarterback Andrew Cameron<\/p><\/div>\n

Good Afternoon!<\/p>\n

T-Minus-170 Days until \u201cThe Mid Valley Classic\u201d<\/p>\n

I didn\u2019t mean to upset Pacific fans or Stang Fan with my comment about the Pacific League being the weak sister in the Southeast Division last weekend… but you have to admit there are some week sisters in the Pacific…and I\u2019m not talking about Micronesia, Guam, or Wake Island.<\/p>\n

…And the drama in the Pacific will continue for many months to come.<\/p>\n

Shaun Livingston is still making a buck in the NBA… That\u2019s good to see.<\/p>\n

They play a million games, every night, from the start of the season until the end of the first weekend of the tournament, and then everything just drops dead for three days until\u00a0 they come back with the Sweet Sixteen.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s brings major withdrawls only football or Vin Scully can soothe.<\/p>\n

(No, the NIT doesn\u2019t count)<\/p>\n

Do you realize that Scully is beginning his 61st year with the Dodgers? Do you know anybody who is still functioning at the same job they were at in 1949? I mean other than Brett Favre.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat a division it will be,\u201d said Wilson HC Brian Zavala. \u201cI am not to thrilled about the six leagues.\u00a0I do not think it is fair to only have two teams guarateed playoffs.\u00a0 Competition is great, but when you have seven and eight team leagues, how can you only have two teams getting into playoffs?\u00a0The Almont league schools have an edge on the rest of us, their enrollment is just about doubled what we have.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interesting; in the current Mid Valley Sports poll the top four team are Monrovia, Schurr, San Dimas, and Whittier Christian… M-Town is the only Old Schoo Mid Valley team… I have a feeling if Schurr (Almont) wasn\u2019t in the mix Arroyo would be one of these final four teams.<\/p>\n

This goes with Zavala\u2019s, and many others, argument about the Mid-Valley Division being ultra competitive. Really good teams are going to be left out in the cold this November, teams which normally viewed a playoff birth as a given.<\/p>\n

I guess Eric Gagne\u2019s comeback didn\u2019t quite workout…personally I was broken up more by the release of shortstop Angel Berroa.<\/p>\n

Garrett Anderson is still in camp though…I wonder what Blue State thinks Anderson\u2019s chances are?<\/p>\n

Looking at the new Hacienda (Miramonte\/San Antonio hybrid) Diamond Bar looks like a wild card. For a long time the DB faithful have wanted to be placed somewhere, anywhere, where they could compete. Now they get their chance.<\/p>\n

After a playoff appearance in 2003 and an 8-3 record under Nick Cuccia, the Brahmas have suffered six consecutive losing seasons (16-43-1 combined). They have only won three league games since 2004 (3-27 combined in Sierra League).<\/p>\n

New league members Diamond Ranch, Bonita, Rowland and West Covina have been very consistent the last half decade. Walnut if not being locked in the San Antonio very well would be conisdered a power. This leaves a school like Los Altos and Jim Arellanes looking up along with Diamond Bar.<\/p>\n

The DB fans have clamored for a new birth of opportunity but looking at the numbers little may have changed.<\/p>\n

Brahmas quarterback Andrew Cameron posted solid numbers in \u201909 and he has decent receivers in Neil Ignacio and George Katrib. The defense needs a serious upgrade after giving up almost 40-points per game, plus there is a lack of girth in the trenches.<\/p>\n

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

238<\/p>\n

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