{"id":71704,"date":"2021-04-26T02:29:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-26T09:29:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=71704"},"modified":"2021-04-26T16:36:39","modified_gmt":"2021-04-26T23:36:39","slug":"going-gonzo-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=71704","title":{"rendered":"Going Gonzo: 4\/26\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/gonzo-e1599769092330.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69930\" width=\"178\" height=\"286\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>By Alex Gonzalez <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, it&#8217;s already been a week since the shortened high school football season ended, and I have to say, I miss it. I even miss the drive to the stadium.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<p>However, the most important thing about this season was that seniors across the state were able to get one last go at playing football. That is what matters the most, in my opinion.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Even when I talked to players before and after games, they would tell me that they are playing for the seniors and want them to go out on a high note. &nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With that said, I am glad that seniors got to play one last time and that everyone who went to the games followed health and safety protocols, and there were no outbreaks of the virus. The way things played out as far as wearing facemasks and being safe gives me much confidence that there will be an entire season in the Fall and 7-on-7 passing tournaments in the Summer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>***<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jumping to the diamond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Is there any team that can threaten the Dodgers to come out of the National League? Atlanta? San Diego? If I had to pick, I would lean towards the Braves.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Freddie Freeman is fresh off his MVP year, and Ronald Acu\u00f1a Jr. is an ascending player looking to dominate in the league for years to come.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Just a reminder but, this is the same Braves team that was up 3-1 on the Dodgers in the Championship Series six months ago. If there is any team that is looking for revenge, it is them. Now, the Padres come back to me when they actually did something and not just throw a ton of money out to players.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make things clear, I am not picking them to beat the hometown team. No. In my eyes, the Dodgers will win over 110 games and make it look easy.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Let&#8217;s hope that they can carry those wins into the postseason to win another World Series.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That&#8217;s where I&#8217;m going.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Alex Gonzalez Well, it&#8217;s already been a week since the shortened high school football season ended, and I have to say, I miss it. I even miss the drive to the stadium.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816,11059],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-71704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","category-baseball-2"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71704","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\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=71704"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71704\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71714,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/71704\/revisions\/71714"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=71704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=71704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=71704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}