MidValleySports.Com

The TEN

(“The TEN” is not a top ten but ten items worth being included in “The TEN”)

1—Caitlin Clark scored 27 and added 11 assists in the Indiana Fever’s 123-88 victory over the Connecticut Sun on Wednesday night. She was also T’d for the seventh time this season. At eight, she will receive a one game suspension.

2—“I want to protect young girls in a locker room, or young girls in sport who shouldn’t have to go against biological men.”—Sophie Cunningham. Then later, “”I said what I said. I think it’s kind of common sense.”

3—“There’s no way that this happened normally. Why would a highly regarded QB from Arizona move to CA and choose to play for Matty V out of all people?”—MVS commenter, “BurbankHighFan” on recent QB transfer into Muir.

4—The Boston Red Sox split a double-header yesterday with the Baltimore Orioles and their winning streak ends at 15. The longest streak currently in baseball belongs to the Miami Marlins with nine consecutive losses.

5—“But we have Gano!” – MVS commenter, “Wildcat Pride,” July 23, 2015.

6—Players begin to arrive in Arizona and Pittsburgh as NFL training camps open.

7—Kansas City Royals catcher Salvador Perez hit his 14th home run last night. It was also the 317th of his career to tie him with George Brett for the franchise record.

8—On this date in 1974 the Dodgers’ Steve Garvey wins the All-Star game MVP award.

9—“I’m all about second chances but Xavier Smith’s mistakes make it hard to forget. I thought he would be gone for sure.”—RamView commenter, “@Paul11B2P” on the Rams bringing back the punt returning after his performance in the NFC title game in January.

10—”Yeah [I think I should be in]. … You got to look at my whole career and body of work … consecutive game streak National League record, six 200 [hit] seasons, five World Series, ten All-Star games and MVPs and NLCS…”—Steve Garvey to Dan Patrick in 2018.